Why Social Media is not #EdTech

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  • Fred and Jethro: What’s New
  • “Raising Cyberethical Kids: An Audio Course”
  • You Are There – Signing of the Declaration of Independence
  • Educators are eager to use social media in and out of the classroom
    • Garett Talcott (@vividmichael) (TikTok) - #2021–03–24 Kindergarten teacher goes viral for enthusiastic remote field trip to zoo - #2021–03–23 Redmond kindergarten teacher gains social media fame for unique virtual lessons
    • Emmanuel Robinson (@RobsRobins) (Twitter) (_mannymoves) Instagram - #2021–03–04 Atlanta’s ‘Teacher Bae’ And His Virtual Classes Have Gone ViralAtlanta’s ‘Teacher Bae’ And His Virtual Classes Have Gone Viral - #2021–03–01 Meet Atlanta’s ‘Teacher Bae’ whose virtual classes have gone viral
    • Phil Cook (@chemteacherphil) - #2020–01–17 TikTok’s favorite chemistry teacher wants you to be careful with hydrogen peroxide
  • The Lure of Fame / The Need for Cash - #2018–08–31 Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet
  • Defining EdTech
    • the combination of IT tools and educational practices aimed at facilitating and enhancing learning.
  • 92% of teachers believe tech is going to have a major impact on the way they educate their students in the near future
    • https://builtin.com/edtech
  • Privacy and Educational Technology
    • https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/
    • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
    • Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
    • Potential challenges:
      • Intellectual property
      • Information sharing
      • Web hosting
      • Data storage
  • Benefits of EdTech
    • For Students
      • Increased collaboration
        • Response: potential for bullying
      • 24/7 access
        • Response: increased pressure, no down time
      • “Flipping the classroom”
        • Response: challenging shift in traditional power dynamic
      • Personalized educational experience
        • Response: possible loss of core educational goals
      • Attention-grabbing lessons
        • Response: ADD is already a problem; boredom happens
    • For Teachers
      • Automated grading
        • Response: growing emphasis on standardized tests and machine-readable answers is the opposite of personalization
      • Classroom management tools
        • Response: using edtech to manage classroom reduces actual teacher-student interaction
      • Paperless classrooms
        • Response: favors more tech-savvy teachers, has potential to increase digital divide
      • Eliminating guesswork in assessment
        • Response: again, pushes concept of standardized testing and scoring
    • Hack Education Audrey Watters http://hackeducation.com/2019/12/31/what-a-shitshow
  • Social Media Is NOT EdTech
    • Not specifically designed for classroom use
    • No specific privacy protections for students and families
    • Increased risk of misuse of information
    • Much more difficult to monitor
  • Some pedagogical benefit but care is required

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