Aren’t social media and blogging just more things to think about in our already full days?
Well, the reality is that we are now living in a technologically pervasive world, and as such, it is our responsibility to empower all stakeholders in the learning community (including ourselves!) by underpinning our practice with the attitudes, aptitudes and skills needed for 21st-century learning. But it’s 2014…can’t we rebrand “21st-century skills”? Hmmm…how about we call them:
New Skool Skillz
We help learners develop these skillz in a myriad of ways during our teaching and learning cycle!
However, two initiatives that NIST has taken on to help engender an environment in which we develop the above skills are blogs and social media. These help us to:
Engage in open reflection
Develop literacy with different media
Engender independent voice
Create an open archive of learning
Develop a positive digital footprint
Connect globally with other learners
Blogging Resources
- 5 reasons your students should blog
- Can blogs promote fair and equitable teamwork?
- Using Blogs to Enhance Critical Reflection
- Reflective Language Learning Through Blogging
- How Blogging Can Promote Learner Autonomy
Twitter Resources
- 50 ways to use Twitter in the classroom
- A teacher blogs about how she uses Twitter in a primary classroom
- Introducing social media to elementary students
- The Teacher’s Guide to Twitter
- Hatching into the Twittersphere
Twitter as PD in 60 Seconds
We are excited to share in your learning journey! Have a Twitter handle you want us to follow? Tell us! Have a blog you want us to tweet out about? Let us know! The whole point is to connect and allow our entire community of learners to connect with others around the globe.
Go out and flex your new skool skillz, yo!
Peace out!