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Reflection #6

    Social Media is one of those things I have always been apprehensive about. Ever since Instagram surfaced in 2010 I experienced its addictive nature. I remember scrolling through photos on hours. Sometimes not even being able to sleep at night. I feel the same about Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Twitter, Youtube Shorts and any other scroll like social platform. They have a very addictive nature and like you mentioned in the class videos, we as Educators have to be very careful about the way we use them in the classroom. I do believe in order for teachers to stay relevant and connect with students we have to use some of them. That said some of the ways I thought would work pleasantly are the class blog type discussions and instagram photo essays. Sharing school events and photos on social media is also nice because it can work as an incentive for students to participate and be active in school activities. 


The presentation part of the Lesson Plan was fun!😃There has always been a part of me that enjoys creating and putting visuals together. I did end up using google slides because I was a little familiar with it and I was already super late with the assignment but I am saving the rest of the presentation tool options for future reference. I enjoyed creating the Presentation for little minds and the visuals targetted for them.

    I hope to be able to catch up soon with all the assigments for all 4 classes since there is only exactly a month left! I don't expect to get much sleep within the next couple of weeks since I can only get work done after all my kids go to bed but know I will get a well deserved break and it will all be worth it in the end!  

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