Using Popular Media in Teaching
Jonathan T. Usman II-BEED
Using Popular Media in Teaching Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Media can be a component of active learning strategies such as group discussions or case studies. Media could be a a film clip, a song you hear on the radio, podcast of a lecture or newspaper article. Students can also create their own media. For example, student video projects can be a powerful learning experience.
What is Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning
The term media was first used to describe newspapers more than two centuries ago. Today media has many different connotations. For instance, there are mass media, print media, visual media and social media. While media can take on many different forms, the purpose of all media is universally the same -- media is a channel of communication.
Why Teach with Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning?
The use of media to enhance teaching and learning complements traditional approaches to learning. Effective instruction builds bridges between students' knowledge and the learning objectives of the course. Using media engages students, aids student retention of knowledge, motivates interest in the subject matter, and illustrates the relevance of many concepts.
Social Media
Social media includes varied online technology tools that allow people to communicate easily via the Internet to share information and resources. The dramatic growth of social media creates new opportunities for engaging students. These include social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter along with blogs and wikis. Social media are rapidly changing the way the we interact with one another. The best way to experience the power of the social media revolution is to watch this YouTube video on the Social Media Revolution.
The Advantages of Using Social Media in the Classroom:
Interaction using social media provides students with a sense of belonging and creates bonds between students and their peers,
Using Popular Media in Teaching Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Media can be a component of active learning strategies such as group discussions or case studies. Media could be a a film clip, a song you hear on the radio, podcast of a lecture or newspaper article. Students can also create their own media. For example, student video projects can be a powerful learning experience.
What is Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning
The term media was first used to describe newspapers more than two centuries ago. Today media has many different connotations. For instance, there are mass media, print media, visual media and social media. While media can take on many different forms, the purpose of all media is universally the same -- media is a channel of communication.
Why Teach with Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning?
The use of media to enhance teaching and learning complements traditional approaches to learning. Effective instruction builds bridges between students' knowledge and the learning objectives of the course. Using media engages students, aids student retention of knowledge, motivates interest in the subject matter, and illustrates the relevance of many concepts.
Social Media
Social media includes varied online technology tools that allow people to communicate easily via the Internet to share information and resources. The dramatic growth of social media creates new opportunities for engaging students. These include social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter along with blogs and wikis. Social media are rapidly changing the way the we interact with one another. The best way to experience the power of the social media revolution is to watch this YouTube video on the Social Media Revolution.
The Advantages of Using Social Media in the Classroom:
Interaction using social media provides students with a sense of belonging and creates bonds between students and their peers,