Technology or Social Media
Hello all, my name is Stephanie and I am studying to become an early childhood educator. I really want to teach 2nd grade. Right now, I work at a daycare and babysit for multiple families. The way I see it, I would rather help multiple families than just one because not everything is just about making money.
After reading a teenager's view on social media, I have to say, he is pretty much accurate. However, in my experience, I do not avidly participate in social media, but I am just referencing what I see with people my age. I only use Facebook when I am bored to scroll through my news feed or if I want to post some pictures occasionally. Other than that, I do not use any other social media besides Pinterest for teaching purposes. I do not see the importance of it as i have more important things to do, like study as social media takes up a lot of time.
The way I present myself on social media is in a professional manner. I do not post regularly, maybe once a week to once a month, and I make sure that my posts will not come back to haunt me in the future. I do not like how so many people are on social media constantly because everyday, I walk by people always in their phones, not engaging in face-to-face conversations or walking and taking selfies for snapchat. My thoughts are "really, is that picture that important, I'm sure it looks the same as the last hundred you sent." I just prefer to spend my quality time talking to someone face-to-face.
I cannot give my opinion on too many of social media apps because I am not familiar with them when it comes to using them, I am just bunching up social media into one as I see people using it.
I think technology should be encouraged to be use in the classroom, but when it comes to social media, NO! Honestly, when I saw 2nd graders posting to twitter about what they did in the classroom, I was appalled. They should not know how to use social media because it is a safety precaution. If a child to knows how to use social media and/or has access to the internet (which most do through phones, ipads, etc.) they can get themselves into trouble by posting things, strangers getting to know them. Children do not necessarily know who is bad or the signs to look for and incorporating social media in the classroom puts them at greater risks for something happening to them. I know when i was a kid, when i learned something knew, I was persistently trying to show my parents what I learned or trying to recreate things at home. Children are experimenters.
Hello all, my name is Stephanie and I am studying to become an early childhood educator. I really want to teach 2nd grade. Right now, I work at a daycare and babysit for multiple families. The way I see it, I would rather help multiple families than just one because not everything is just about making money.
After reading a teenager's view on social media, I have to say, he is pretty much accurate. However, in my experience, I do not avidly participate in social media, but I am just referencing what I see with people my age. I only use Facebook when I am bored to scroll through my news feed or if I want to post some pictures occasionally. Other than that, I do not use any other social media besides Pinterest for teaching purposes. I do not see the importance of it as i have more important things to do, like study as social media takes up a lot of time.
The way I present myself on social media is in a professional manner. I do not post regularly, maybe once a week to once a month, and I make sure that my posts will not come back to haunt me in the future. I do not like how so many people are on social media constantly because everyday, I walk by people always in their phones, not engaging in face-to-face conversations or walking and taking selfies for snapchat. My thoughts are "really, is that picture that important, I'm sure it looks the same as the last hundred you sent." I just prefer to spend my quality time talking to someone face-to-face.
I cannot give my opinion on too many of social media apps because I am not familiar with them when it comes to using them, I am just bunching up social media into one as I see people using it.
I think technology should be encouraged to be use in the classroom, but when it comes to social media, NO! Honestly, when I saw 2nd graders posting to twitter about what they did in the classroom, I was appalled. They should not know how to use social media because it is a safety precaution. If a child to knows how to use social media and/or has access to the internet (which most do through phones, ipads, etc.) they can get themselves into trouble by posting things, strangers getting to know them. Children do not necessarily know who is bad or the signs to look for and incorporating social media in the classroom puts them at greater risks for something happening to them. I know when i was a kid, when i learned something knew, I was persistently trying to show my parents what I learned or trying to recreate things at home. Children are experimenters.
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