Matt Britland is for social media in classrooms. The article not only explains how schools use this for advertising colleges and universities, teachers also use this to connect with students in order to send them information on what they're teaching the students in class.
I think this is a good idea because many teachers already use social media in the classrooms and it makes it easier to connect with the students since we are the technology generation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/jul/26/social-media-teacher-guide
Jason Koebler gives examples of different ways teachers use cellphones in class. He uses Willyn Webb as an example and says that she allows students to use cellphones for a large amount of reasons: "to poll students in class and send homework reminder text messages to students and parents. Students also use a Google text-messaging service that allows them to look up a variety of facts."
I think this idea could have advantages and disadvantages at the same time. On one hand it would be helpful to look up facts with cellphones and use it for other things but at the same time many students would only use cellphones to text and it will distract them from the class. Overall I think it wouldn't hurt to use cellphones in class at Thomson because students will use them regardless and you might as well have it contribute to the learning process at the same time.
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2011/10/26/teachers-use-cell-phones-in-the-classroom
Susannah F. Locke shows us how games can help teach students. The New York Department of Education teamed up with the Institute of Play. Their game designer created video games that taught school material which included, "Codeworlds (math/English), Being, Space and Place (social studies/English), The Way Things Work (math/science), Sports for the Mind (game design), and Wellness (health/PE)"
I think this is a great idea to have at Thomson because a great number of students are familiar with video games and are probably more educated in that department than they are in school. I believe this would help them learn alot better.
http://www.popsci.com/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2009-12/new-school-teaches-students-through-videogames
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