What is a role of social media in education?
The role of social media in education is COMMUNICATION, because through
social media teachers and pupils understand and realize the facts, values and
learning in effective and efficient way. Social media increase pupils’ learning
because they are not only searching from the preface of the book to appendix
but they are searching the corners and mazes of the universe. Social media
really affects the learning of pupil’s with guidance of teachers; their
learning's may instill in their minds because of different effective tools use
by teacher and in that way the motivation of pupils to learn increases. Social
media increases socialization and collaboration of pupils to teacher and
teacher to pupils in collaboration pupils get information from a teacher and
vice versa. No one is suggesting that
social media is flawless tools or that they should totally replace live,
person-to-person interaction. We must be trained to become literate in social
media that we are not inherently born knowing how to use them effectively.
Indeed, social media in education helps pupils to learn effectively and
efficiently and it help teachers to teach with collaboration and participation
from pupils. Social media is useful in many such as:1)Get students attention,
the ability to know where and when to place one's attention when navigating
various types of social media when navigating between social media and
"real world" moments .e.g. Jeniel
standing in front of a class, often would not be able to get his
students to stop staring at their laptops or
to their cellphones. He suggests that we must be trained in on how to
decide what deserves our attention or we will become overwhelmed and
distracted. 2) Participation this is a question of being a "good
participant" of knowing how and when to post comment on a blog and knowing
what kind of comment will be helpful and appropriate.3) Collaboration, online
communities are designed to thrive via a collaboration, that lone wolves
refusing to listen in other people are going to slow down or detail progress.
Wikipedia, for instance is a website that doesn't work unless its collective
members know how to embrace each other’s contributions and therefore, users
need to become literate in skills of collaboration, both online and in actual
world. 4) Network Awareness, broadly this means being literate in how a social
media network operates. Mastering the privacy setting on Facebook, for instance
requires literacy. 5) Critical assumptions, literacy refers as “crap detection”
the ability to surf ocean online information and decide which nuggets are
reliable and which are disposable. Determining which information is relevant is
up to the consumers, not to the provider. “If we can pick any idea out of the
air, we need to be able to evaluate what we're seeing and hearing. Social media
affects and beneficial to education and in that way teachers deliver quality
education to learners....
21st Century Learning Opportunities
(A) Research and identify current or
emerging occupations
(B) Analyze future employment outlook
(C) Research entrepreneurial
opportunities
(D) Analyze rewards and demands for
various levels of employment
(E) Identify the academic and
technical entry requirements for employment in various high-skill, high-wage,
or high-demand occupations
(F) Identify and pursue opportunities,
available in high school and post-secondary, to acquire the necessary academic
and technical skills for employment in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand
occupations
(G) Evaluate the rights and
responsibilities of employers and employees
(H) Apply money-management and
financial-planning techniques
(I) Evaluate and compare employment
options such as salaries, benefits, and prerequisites
(J) Compare rewards and demands for
various levels of employment in a variety of careers
(K) Determine continuing education
opportunities that enhance career advancement and promote lifelong learning
(L) Determine preparation requirements
for levels of employment in a variety of careers
(M) Determine interests, abilities,
personal priorities, and family responsibilities affecting career choice
(N) Demonstrate effective methods to
secure, maintain, and terminate employment
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The world is much different today than it was
even 20 years ago. We live in the 21st century and technology
impacts everyone and everything in which we come in contact. We are constantly
being bombarded with technological changes and must embrace the transformation
of learning and teaching techniques in order to prepare our students for global
learning. The educational methods used
to teach children in previous centuries no longer apply. There is a large variance between the
knowledge and skills most of our students are learning in K-12 education and
what they will really need in the average 21st century
civilization.
There are a number of influences in
the world today that have dramatically changed the way people live and
work. Schools must revise their
traditional methods of teaching in order to educate students for the 21st
century, using 21st century tools.
Institutions of learning must figure out how to “bridge the gap between
how students live and how they learn”. In 21st Century Learning, department
provides professional development for the integration of technology in the
classroom. The goal is to inform and transform teaching, learning and leading
through the development of four key 21st Century skills, the Creativity,
Collaboration, Communication and Critical Thinking through the use of
e-learning.
Teachers in 21st Century
have a big role in the learning of their students. They are the key for the
student’s success. They need to engage their students in the real-world.
Students need to look inside themselves and draw
conclusions based on their own knowledge base. So, teachers must concentrate on
making connections between the facts and new learning opportunities for
students since instruction needs to be modified for student responses and needs
to encourage students to analyze, interpret, and predict information. As
Toffler (n.d.) states, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not
be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn.”
Students
can act as the creator of his or her own meanings in learning. So, teachers
need to provide opportunities for new material, practice of the material (both
guided and independent), and interactive assessment activities. ). Students
need to be taught to think carefully about how they are learning. This can assist students in taking control of
their own learning, monitoring their own progress, and improving their
achievement. This may be the key for the student’s success but teachers must
remember that they must know their students and they need to determine the best
way to bridge the gap between how students learn and how they’re tested.
The
world is much different today than it was even 20 years ago. We live in the
21st century and technology impacts everyone and everything in which we come in
contact. We are constantly being bombarded with technological changes and must
embrace the transformation of learning and teaching techniques in order to
prepare our students for global learning.
The educational methods used to teach children in previous centuries no
longer apply. There is a large variance
between the knowledge and skills most of our students are learning in K-12
education and what they will really need in the average 21st century
civilization.
Personal Experience
Way
back 2010 when I enter the portals of Southern Iloilo Polytechnic College-
Western Visayas College of Science and Technology, Miagao campus located at
Igtuba Miagao, Iloilo. I felt something different when I take the admission,
interview until I take the Teacher’s Aptitude Test or TAT. The first teacher I
met is Dr. Ma. Mercedes M. Monsale or also known as Mrs. M because of 4M’s that
found in her given, middle and last name and also as Program Coordinator of
Education Council in that time. She asked me “would you like to be a Teacher?”
I nervously replied “yes Ma’am”. My nervous get higher when I interviewed by
Mrs. Fritzy M. Balisang, transition of questions was asked to me like “Why you
enter education besides of many courses here in SIPC?” “Are you sure of your course” “what is your
talent that can you share to your pupils” I proudly replied. “I came from the
family of teachers and I believe that I was motivated and inspired to teach and
I know I born to teach. And I ashamedly answered I believe my talent in singing
is one that can I shared to my pupils. That interview is my unforgettable
interview ever in my life in which I felt mixed emotions and feedbacks. But my
nervous never end their because TAT is the hardest test that I take because I
have no idea about the real classroom setting and how to answer it correctly
without deduction in my score because it is right minus wrong kind of
test. Lastly, I take admission exam
without any nervous, I’m calm and prepared because I know it is like elementary
test. Luckily, I passed the unforgettable interview, the wild TAT and the
entrance exam. That unforgettable experience really reminds me how hard before
I enter in this course- BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
About my course
Vision
The teacher education department as a center
of development in teacher education along with Science and Technology
Mission
The teacher education department of
Southern Iloilo Polytechnic College-Western Visayas College of Science and
Technology Miagao Campus is committed to bring about total development of
quality teachers who are imbued with Filipino aspirations, ideals and values
and who are sufficiently equip with knowledge skills and desirable values for
effective delivery system in teaching.
Goals
1. To promote and maintain quality Teacher Education program
pursuant to the regional and national development goals
2. To train future teachers and leaders in the field of
scientific, liberal and technological education
3. To develop and implement relevant and updated Teacher Education
curricula
4. To produce relevant educational researches
5. To contribute to community development through outreach
programs
6. To encourage innovations and to promote production of goods and
services
The Bachelor of Elementary
Education brings holistic development to students who are in line their
expertise in white collar job which improves the quality education of
humankind. Provide students
with broad based knowledge of the tool, professional and major subjects
, develop
in the students competencies needed in the profession such as curriculum
development, lesson planning, materials development, educational assessment,
and teaching approaches, equip
students with adequate knowledge to pass the Licensure Examination for
Teachers. Train students to
participate actively in the various government educational thrusts and programs
through seminar-workshops and community immersion. Provide
direct experiences in the field such as classroom observations and practice
teaching, home students’
innovativeness and creativity in utilizing indigenous resources in their
locality to improve the teaching learning processes and to imbue students with cultural, moral, social, and spiritual values
to become responsible members of their community through curricular and
co-curricular activities. Indeed, the BEED in SIPC-WVCST Miagao-Campus offers quality
education and develops teachers to become effective and efficient
About my School
The school has
undergone several changes through the years. From a regional high school, an
extension of Iloilo High School after it has evolved into a vocational-technical,
polytechnic and state college.
In 1945, Miagao
Regional High School was born through the concerted efforts of the Municipal
Officials and concerned citizens. It offers technical courses. Beneficiaries
of the short-term course were from Miagao and from the neighboring towns like
Guimbal, Igbaras, Tigbauan, Tubungan, Oton and San Joaquin. In
1947, the school was officially recognized as the Miagao High School with Cruz
Sedotes (1945-1948) and Francisco Gargarita (1948-1958) as principals. Later on,
Miagao High School was converted to Miagao Vocational School in
1958 with Rosauro de Leon (1958-1960) as principal. The
enrolment continued to increase and the divergent needs of the students in
particular and the community in general, could not be met adequately by the
prescribed curriculum of the Miagao Vocational School whose emphasis was on
vocational courses. The Trade Technical Education gave the
high school graduates of the community and of the neighboring towns the chance to
avail of the knowledge and occupational skills that would help them earn a
decent living. The school then was under the leadership of
Donato V. Opina (1960-1972) and Adriano Sullesta (1972-1976) as School
Administrators.
Later on, Miagao
Vocational School was changed to Southern Iloilo Polytechnic College in 1984
under the administration of Jose V. Francisco (1976-1985). It was in view of the magnitude of the
service area of the school and of the multiple demands of the changing times
that the expansion was a necessity. Additional shop courses were offered to
meet the demands of the community. The College was selected as one of the
priority schools to offer One-Year Technician Curriculum with concentration on
Refrigeration and Airconditioning during the administration of Dr. Gerardo
Solas (1987-1993). Pursuant to RA No. 7722 known as the
“Higher Education Act of 1994”, the Southern Iloilo Polytechnic College was
under the supervision of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It was
during the administration of Ernesto N. Narida (1993-1997) as
Officer-in-Charge. Effective November 24, 2000, SIPC has been integrated to
Western Visayas College of Science and Technology. Mr. Jesus N. Nasa(1998-2002)
was the superintendent at the time of the integration. Lastly, In March 2002, Dr. Raul F. Muyong took
over the administration of the College upon the retirement of Mr. Jesus N.
Nasa. In line with the integration of the College to WVCST, the Secondary
Program was phased out effective August 27, 2002
At present,
Southern Iloilo Polytechnic College-WVCST Miagao Campus caters to the
educational needs of more than two thousand college students. The College
offers Bachelor of Industrial Technology; Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Technology; Bachelor of Science in Electronics Technology; Bachelor of Science
in Automotive Technology; Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant
Technology; Bachelor of Science in Information Technology which is awarded the
Candidate Status by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and
Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP), Inc. from December 1, 2008 to
November 30, 2010; Bachelor of Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary
Education major in Mathematics, Social Studies, Biological and Physical
Science, English, Filipino and Technology and Livelihood Education. The
Secondary Teacher Education Program is awarded Level 1 Accredited Status by the
AACCUP, Inc. from December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2011.
The College is located along the highway about 500 meters from the
town plaza and the Miagao Church. The site is titled and covers 10.33 hectares.
The College is envisioned to meet global needs in this fast-changing world.
