socialmedian: Can New Media Be Taught in Schools?

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Source: ReadWriteWeb

Jul 31, 2008

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Tests on Twitter, wiki-style study groups, students quizzed on yesterday's most popular YouTube videos and the biggest hits on Del.icio.us/Popular - is this what the future of education is going to look like? In some journalism schools around the US, it just might be. Would that really be so bad?

Inside Higher Ed has an article today detailing some colleges' plans to fund "new media" sections in their journalism schools. Many people think that new media departments in schools are a terrible idea. We believe, however, that there will be some important successes in teaching new media in schools.

Making The Changes

Old media is slower, less compelling and more expensive than many emerging media online. It's also more professional, often of higher quality and generally easier to monetize. The same could be said of old vs internet new in almost any industry where new players are fast taking leadership positions they would not have been able to access so easily without the technologies in question.

We think the video short series Good Morning, Internet (right) c

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Comments (10)

Matthew Sboc,

Jul 31, 2008

Sure! Check this: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational-activities

Nishith,

Jul 31, 2008

Future of education would be teaching to ask the right questions.

Angela Maiers,

Jul 31, 2008

The question to ponder here is not can social/new media be taught in schools; the question is WHEN and HOW can social media be taught...in every classroom!

Tyfn,

Aug 01, 2008

adding on to what Angela says. We need to ensure that students have access to computers, that school boards get proper funding to provide laptops if necessary.

Tyfn,

Aug 01, 2008

adding on to what Angela says. We need to ensure that students have access to computers, that school boards get proper funding to provide laptops if necessary.

Tyfn,

Aug 01, 2008

adding on to what Angela says. We need to ensure that students have access to computers, that school boards get proper funding to provide laptops if necessary.

Thesleepygeek,

Aug 01, 2008

It's not that I think it's unimportant information but to teach a college student about something online seems a little redundant. Things like twitter/facebook/social media is geared towards that group and we are along for the ride.

Kendra,

Aug 01, 2008

I've been working with kids, schools, teachers and technology since the early 80s. Frankly the kids are so far ahead of most teachers, they don't need schools teaching and testing them. What schools can do is help kids integrate traditional learning with technology.