Leveraging Social Media as Educators [Part 2/2]

Michael Hernandez & Don Wettrick are two educators that are actually assigning students social media homework; tweet at least three times a week, connect with an influencer on LinkedIn, discuss how the new Instagram updates will change your content strategy.

They're not utilizing social media for it's own sake, but to leverage the greater work of students telling stories and directing their own learning.

In this episode, we discuss:

how Michael defines digital storytelling

opportunities students get to share stories of people who live very differently from them

how one student learned more about Cuba from a frustrated comment that someone from Cuba left on the Cuba documentary she created and posted to YouTube

how one student used Twitter to become an influential voice in her city

how Don has students find mentors on LinkedIn

one of Don's students who has taken to documenting his business journey on LinkedIn

the reality of social media addiction

how language learning educators are utilizing Instagram in homework assignments

how educators can begin to start using social media in their curriculum

This is part 2 of a 2-part series. Listen to Part 1 with YouTuber/Instagrammer teacher CJ Reynolds - Leveraging Social Media As Educators [Part 1]

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