Issues Topic Social media as a beneficial tool in the classroom.

Group Members Donald Austin

Nicole Skanes
Isabel St Pierre
Date February 3, 2021
Learning Objectives Students will:
• Be able to use social media as effective means of communication
in the classroom.
• Understand that their social interactions on social media
platforms are an extension of real social interactions.
• Obtain a better understanding of some of the positive effects
social media can provide in the classroom.

Assessment • Demonstrate an understanding of effective social media

strategies for a classroom through participation in questions and
answers via Kahoot.
• Demonstrate an understanding of social media utilization through
interacting with the class Facebook group.

Materials • Google Slides

• Kahoot (accessed through phone/computer/tablet etc.)

Introduction • Present title and central questions to class. (1 minute)

• Introduce fun facts and the social media platforms (Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube) we will be discussing. (1 minute)
Body Social Media Usage in the Classroom
• Facebook in the classroom (4 minutes)
• We will discuss how the class, as future teachers may be
able to utilize Facebook in their own classrooms. The
discussion will start with presenting positive aspects of
Facebook in relation to a classroom.
• The class will then be introduced to the Facebook group
created for the lesson with examples as to how it can work
in real life. The students will have the option to join the
group.
• Twitter in the classroom (2 minutes)
 • Present how the future teachers of the class can use
Twitter in their classroom and the positive impact Twitter
can have with their students.
• YouTube in the classroom (2 minutes)
• Present how the class of future students can use YouTube
in their teaching and future classroom highlighting the
positive applications of the service.
Interactive Question and Answer: Kahoot (8 minutes)
• The class will be asked to participate in a set of questions through
the service of Kahoot. Kahoot could potentially be used in their
future classrooms.
• The questions will test the learning objectives, creating a better
understanding of social media usage in the classroom.
Closure Present the class with a final question to consider as the lesson ends. (1
minute)
Key Resources Kahoot: https://kahoot.it/
Professional References Bliss, K. (2015). Social media in the classroom: An experiential teaching
strategy to engage and educate. Pedagogy in Health Promotion,
1(4), 186-193.
Seo, K. (2012). Using Social Media Effectively in the Classroom: blogs,
wikis, twitter, and more. Routledge.
Teixeira, S., & Hash, K. M. (2017). Teaching note—Tweeting macro
practice: Social media in the social work classroom. Journal of
Social Work Education, 53(4), 751-758.