Category: EDCI338

It’s been a great 3 months into taking EDCI 338 and I have learned a lot from the course materials and perspectives from my peers.

From the course materials, I learned something from every weekly message, and although all of them benefit how I see the world from the angle of social media, there are three parts that I feel blown away the most. The first one is about cyberbullying lesson plan. I know about cyberbullying for a long time, but I never thought about curing this phenomenon from its origin: young minds. the lesson plan Keena and I improved not only may someday teach kids, but also has taught me how to cope with cyberbullying. The second one is Media Triangle, the thoughts and ideas it present is very new to me, so I was and still am interested in this topic. The third one is all the social media companies we managed to connect through out the term. I have been using these apps for years but I’ve never used them professionally. Now I have developed new ways of expanding my PLN and it’s exciting. I visited several peers’ blogs sites and I found keena’s blog post on how health information science professionals use Youtube intriguing. The course has managed to change my whole perspective on the use and functions of social media. I see the power of it, and I’ve decided to use it well in the future.

WE ARE ALL CONNECTED !

There are various types of information to discover when we check out one’s social media accounts, starting with one’s private information.

For instance, me, you will find my name, age, graduated school, address, etc.

You can also follow my regular sharing and posts to see my recent activities, where I was or even where I am right now.

When you check me out at a professional perspective, you will find me being fascinated by professional articles and materials in my field and sharing those discoveries. I would also post some daily life activities like some technology I just bought or a new computer set up I just DIYed.

I think the posts that most describes me as a professionals are often those ‘geeky’ materials where I share materials related to technology.

I am a computer science major and I frequently study and learn from professionals’ Youtube videos. Most people I subscribe make tutorial videos for students to learn and review. I notice that they usually produce better educational material comparing to school lessons and I really like checking out professionals’ tutorial videos after I finish class at school or before an exam. The only disadvantage of Youtube videos is I can’t really ask a question or communicate with the producers in time. They don’t usually respond to my comments.

Keena and I have finished A Cyberbullying lesson plan for 4th graders!

Check this link and leave any comments and questions, Thanks!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joIW5Ve2D93vdl50yd-mv_4J1JCa9jPenM_MIYSGgRM/edit?usp=sharing

The article mainly talks about how social media is primarily considered as distraction at most educational institutions, but can be a significant tool to guide students toward more successful learning outcomes.

When I was in middle school, I moved to a closer location to campus for convenience. My temporary new home did not have any smartphones, computers, or wi-fi. So I was “offline” for almost 2 years. I didn’t like how it feels not to be online, but I have to admit I was able to learn better under that environment. My grades went up along the way, and I felt nothing was to distract me from school.

So, ever since middle school, I’ve always had this minor thought that social media is definitely a distraction for students, but after reading this article, I find that social media isn’t the source of this problem. The problem is that most schools don’t care or does not have enough funding to educate students how to use social media appropriately.

Overall, this subject is highly related to my field of study, computer science. Think about the movie Social Dilemma, the big social media companies do not care about the proper and humane way to design their software for customers, they only care about how long they spend on their apps to make more money. This means there needs to be help from school and parents to guide students how to use social media in a helpful way.

To me, there are various techniques to enrich the power of blogs.

1. A drawing Title: Just like any article or advertisement, you want to draw the readers’ attention to get them start reading your work!
2. A neat and formatted form of words: Don’t give a chance of getting dizzy and wondering to the reader’s head, make your points nice, clean, and understandable.
3. Be convincing: Bring out solid evidence like statistics or images if you are proving a point.
4. Upload Media: Use of images or videos not only to make your words more convincing, but also brighten up the whole blog and make your blog prettier and more professional.
5. Make it worthy: Use your blog posts as a tool to grow other viewers’ PLN. Make the contents educational, professionally spreadable, and meaningful.

This is an image of how growing and obtaining PLN works! One of the most simple ways to develop your own PLN is through your phone. You could grow your own network via social media apps like Blogs and Vlogs software, News, Email, Reddit, etc. To be even simpler, you could just have a video chat with other people to connect and communicate.

I drew this particular image to show you what a phone could do to grow your PLN and how your PLN growth can be represented in this way (by looking at those notifications)