Month: July 2023 (Page 2 of 2)

To curate my social media with a critical public audience, I would be selective about the groups that I am following on social media; I would find out whether we share similar core values and vision. Thus, minimising the occurrences of having to deal with contradicting opinions. I access information on the PLN with a critical eye. I check the sources of information that are shared to ensure that they are reliable. Hirst highlights that “the problem of fake news is one all of us are going to have to face, whether we are consumers, professional journalists or working in the social journalism space” (Hirst, p.99). Fake news have a stake in trying to catch our attention but we have to try our best to critically analyse the information to the best of our ability.

There are some benefits for public figures to engage with a public audience in a media space. If you take the example of a government official, they can engage with more members of the public through social media; showing that they care about public opinion. They can also clarify certain misconceptions. However, the risks is that they can get harassed by people who disagree with them or get trolled. If the government official takes the comments at heart, these experiences could have a negative impact on their professional or personal life.

It can be hard to receive negative replies and reviews, which reflect one’s personal values. However, it is important to take a step back from the situation; one should avoid getting defensive because this can escalate the disagreement which could potentially lead to nasty arguments. Furthermore, we should be respectful of the reviews and replies; we have to realise and appreciate that people are allowed to give their opinions, although it could sometimes be hard or hurtful to accept it. We have to realise that if we chose to share something on social media, we could be subject to these kind of risks.

There are often many restrictions when using certain online tools in the professional setting. Employers set up these limitations to safeguard everyone in the workplace or associated with the workplace. For example, they need to protect data for confidentiality.

Hirst , Martin. Navigating Social Journalism: A Handbook for Media Literacy and Citizen Journalism. -1st ed., Routledge, 2018.

(487) Social Media And Self-Image – YouTube

Interactive learning is becoming very common in modern education. It has several benefits; for example, learning is more engaging, collaborative, hands-on, flexible and it can offer different learning styles to the learners.

What kind of interaction would the video require from your students? Does it force them to respond in some way (inherent)?

For this task, I will use the behaviourist approach; it is “inherently interactive, as it forces learners to respond” (Bates, 2019).

I will use H5P.com to include certain activities such as comprehension questions; learner to materials interaction. The video will be paused at several points and students will need to answer certain questions in order to be able to watch the rest of the video.  

What activity could you suggest that they do after they have watched the video (designed)? What type of knowledge or skill would that activity help develop? What medium or technology would students use to do the activity?

For the designed interaction, students will have to complete certain tasks after watching the video, therefore they will use their own initiative to make notes and actively watch the video knowing that they will have follow up activities to complete based on the video.

Firstly, students summarize the keys points of the video and talk about a similar experience that they have heard or find another resource that relates to this topic. They will be able to choose their own learning style; they can present their work through a short paragraph or a video.

Secondly, students will write a blog following some prompts that will be provided to them. They will need to comment on two other classmates’ posts and add a link in their post. During this learner-to-learner interactive activity, students develop their communication skills and work collaboratively with other classmates.

How would students get feedback on the activity that you set? What medium or technology would they and/or you use for getting and giving feedback on their activity?

For the H5P comprehension questions, students will receive instant feedback. They will have the opportunity to attempt the questions several times.

Students will create their blog on WordPress. They will receive comments from the instructor and as well as theirs peers on WordPress itself.  

How could the video have been designed to generate more or better activity from viewers or students?

Perhaps, at the beginning of the video, the creator of the video could have included a reflection question that will prompt viewers to start thinking about the content of the video before watching it. Furthermore, there could have been a little pose before the interlocutor’s answers or responses. Thus, prompting the viewers to think about the question as if they were asked to them.

I think that my peer wrote an interesting sentence in her blog https://esltechnician.opened.ca/.

“The purpose of this discussion would be have learners look within, introspect and evaluate their present day beliefs and ideas”. The discussion would provide learners with the opportunity to do some self-reflection. This is a great way to make learning more meaningful to the learners as they are able to connect with what they are learning.

Bates, A.W (Tony). Teaching in a Digital Age – Second Edition. Pressbooks, 2018.

“Social Media And Self-Image.” YouTube, uploaded by Amaze Org, 11 Nov. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9N6k3nfwao.

I find the image where three young people are attempting to watch a ball game very powerful, it is a great example to demonstrate equality and equity. It highlights the idea that we should identify the barriers and overcome those so that all learners are able get the most out of their learning experience.

In my lesson, students will be offered the choice of how they can access the content, information will be represented in a variety of ways, for example, I will provide reading materials, videos for visual and auditory learners. I will also use the interactive resource on H5P to create some formative questions that students can answer while they are watching a video; this will help them check their understanding, if they grasped the key points.

I will offer students different options through which they can express themselves and demonstrate their learning; they can write an essay or present their work in a video or infographics.

I will provide various means of engagement. Learners will be able to collaborate with other learners through discussion sessions and this will allow them to feel part of the learning community. They will also have the opportunity to reflect on their learning, completing self-assessments; for example, they can have a better insight on how they learn best.

In my lesson, there will be mixed abilities discussion groups. I believe that it is a great way to help learners without special needs to develop the “cognitive effort required to explain themselves and [to benefit] from the contributions of peers with SEN from which they can learn”. (Roldán, Marauri, Aubert and Flecha, 2021).

If ever there is a pandemic, I will adjust my lessons to ensure that all my students are able to access the learning. I will implement blended learning, synchronous and asynchronous. Sometimes, not all the students are able to access their lessons if it they are being taught synchronously. Perhaps, there is only one computer in a household and if more than one learner has to use it to attend their classes, then some of the learners are bound to miss the synchronous learning. Therefore, by including asynchronous content in my lesson, my learner can access the learning content in his or her own time.

I was reading a peer’s blog ESL Technician (opened.ca) and I found that it was very interesting that they have modified their plan, changing in from a debate to a role-play in order to ensure that all the learners could benefit from the learning.

Roldan, Silvia Molina, et al. “How Inclusive Interactive Learning Environments Benefit Students Without Special Needs.” Frontiers in Psychology, 2021, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8116690/. Accessed 1 Jul. 2023.

Social media uses various ways to engage people, it is visual and auditory, and we have access to a lot of information through this platform.

However, social media can challenge communications as sometimes information is manipulated. There have been so many cases of deep fake and circulation of false videos or written materials. Sometimes these are done so professionally that viewers will believe the information that is shared without a single doubt.

Social media tend to be inclusive because anyone can communicate through this medium. People from all over the world can post, access and share information that is on social media.

My PLN often highlights the view of others, if I like a post on Facebook, I will hit like to let the creator of the video know that I enjoyed the post. Sometimes, if I think it is useful to others I will even share the post to others who I think will be interested about this topic.

When it comes to policies of employer, the code of conduct has to be respected, one has to be conscious about what is being shared online, one should be cautious not to refer to your employment.

To build my PLN, I choose some people or organisations that I find interesting and I follow them. They often share information on their profile, which could be of interest to me. Then I follow those new people as we share the same interests and I add them to my PLN.