Social Media in Education

Social Media in Education

Social Media plays an important role into today’s classroom. Many students have grown up using social media in their day to day lives. Below are three social media resources that could be used to help educators in the classroom.


World War II colourized (Facebook):   This resource on Facebook is useful because of its updating of photos of historical significance. World War II colourized is a community of photoshop editors who colorize black and white photographs from World War II. This resource is useful because it allows the user to see World War II events in full color. Because pictures are so important in history, a photo that has been colorized bridges the time gaps and makes people and places in history seem more alive and real. I have used this resource often throughout my classes. Students are engaged and intrigued by the colorized photos which generates more conversation about the topic.

 

Link

https://www.facebook.com/worldwarincolor/

Extra History (YouTube):  Extra History is a YouTube channel dedicated to history and mythology. This channel is useful for teachers in the classroom because it uses animated characters to tell the story. Students often enjoy these videos because they are short and informative. Another benefit of Extra History is that it covers a wide variety of historical topics. From Rome to the Modern day, teachers are able to use Extra History in order to teach a multitude of content in their classroom. I have found in my own classroom that students would look forward to Extra History because of how the content was broken down for everyone to understand.

 

Link

https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz

 

                The History Junkie (blogger):  blogger is a blog site where anyone can post their own ideas. The History Junkie Blog is full of useful information for both teachers and students. The blog covers a wide variety of topics from the Ancient World to Modern World History. This blog would be useful for the classroom because it breaks the topics down for students. This allows the students to better understand the information and in turn process what they have learned.  I found this blog particularly useful because the writer poses questions to the readers before the start of each paragraph. The blogger also lists his research links and resources for readers to find new information on their own .

 

Link

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/


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