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| The Social Media Montly |
New Magazine
This
weekend I was out of town visiting family and getting a head start on
my Christmas shopping. Since I was in a city that had places to shop I
decided to browse one of my favorite stores, Chapters (I could spend
hours there!). While I was looking, I came across a magazine called The
Social Media Monthly. I glanced through the pages and although the
format did not really catch my attention, I saw a couple of interesting
articles so I decided to pick it up. The issue that I picked up was #3
so obviously it is a very new magazine.
On the very long drive home (the main highway was shut down), I read
through and found a few interesting articles relating to our course.
Interesting Article
The most noteworthy was an article by Michelle Manafy called The Digital Native: 5 Things You Need to Know About this Generation to Succeed in Business.
Although it was speaking about the business world, you could relate the
same ideas back to education and teaching. She listed these 5 things
as very important:
1. "They live publicly online." (Many of our students live publicly online)
2. "They share knowledge." (We all know that students are sharing knowledge daily on many social media websites)
3. "They believe transparency yields trust." (We as teachers need to
have some level of openness or transparency in order for our students to
have that same level of trust)
4. "They are timely, not time managed." (Many of our students are
blurring the lines between school and social time. Students have social
media at their hands at all times throughout the day)
5. "They believe in interactions not transactions." (Teachers who are
able to develop good social skills at their students level will likely
have an easier time engaging their students than those that do not)
I have not noticed this magazine around at local stores but I will
keep my eyes open to see if I can find the next edition of the magazine
because I think it would be a good way to keep up on some Social Media
information on a month to month basis.
References:
Manafy, M. (2011, November). The digital native: 5 Things you need to know about this
generation to succeed in business. The Social Media Monthly, 3, 20-21.
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