How can you use social media and applications to develop critical thinking and problem

solving-skills of students? Identify 3 social media or applications that you can use in
teaching and learning. Write how will you use each to improve critical thinking and
problem solving-skills of students.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER APPS Your way of using the media to
improve critical thinking and problem-
solving skills of students
1 Facebook Posting inquiry based learning activities.
When students communicate online, they
don’t face the same turn-taking
constraints: opportunities to have the floor
are balanced.

Linking the learners’ social networks to

coursework.
Posting activities related to real life
experiences like issues outside class,
such as how to systematically make
decisions regarding college or work or
how to avoid manipulation by politicians
and advertisers.

Evaluation on the credibility of sources of

information.

2 YouTube Using multimodal instructions. Suggesting

the use of YouTube as it provides input
through a variety of modes such as text,
visuals, graphic organizers, audio, and
video, such will stimulate how students
absorb and make use of the topics being
taught.

Referring credible supplemental videos

from YouTube for the topics discussed in
class.

3 Messenger Messenger provide excellent medium in

easier communicating. Students see
authentic language ranging from casual
conversation to academic discourse.
Students will be able to evaluate how
formal or informal they communicate
online.
Encouraging questions from student.
There’s nothing wrong with questioning,
so the students have become much more
willing and accepting of criticism because
it’s not really criticism anymore.
Personalization lets students think
critically.