Saturday, August 16, 2014

I find an interesting article about Social Media~!

Social Media is not a fashion any more, and they have already influence every aspect of our life.
I find this statistics and some opinion is quite useful.
http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2013/11/04/higher-ed-41-percent-of-college-professors-use-social-media-in-the-classroom/

Week Summary Aug 10-16

This week I was pretty busy. Besides the work at daytime, I have to finish the assignments for my PIDP 3240. The deadline is coming, so I have to finish reading chapter 4-8. From reading these four chapters, I have learned much about class. I realized the importance of social media, which can be used not just for class, but for preview, assignment, and review.

I got to know that Potcast is better than lecture, and the traditional lectures are being challenged. Modern technologies have made it possible for students to get access to lectures from famous professors. therefore, only the presentations and the lectures are really good will students attend. Besides, virtual community is good for students to share information and comments. On one hand, it is easy for peers to communicate with each other; on the other hand, the workload can be greatly reduced for teachers.

Modern Technologies have influenced every aspect of our life. I must make good use of them to improve our teaching process and therefore the students' performance will be better.