{"id":2101,"date":"2012-07-16T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2012-07-17T11:46:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T06:16:48","slug":"a-social-learning-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/2012\/07\/a-social-learning-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"A Social Learning Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The use of social media in primary education has been debated over a lot by the likes of social media experts, teachers and parents in recent years. While traditionalists say that allowing children to access social networks in schools would distract them from the very purpose of discipline and education, some argue that there are unseen and unfelt benefits of the same for students which outweigh the risks. <\/p>\n

We think, if used with care, established social media platforms could be leveraged to build schools reputation and can also, on a microscopic basis, provide a sound education to students through involvement of teachers and parents. Of course it goes without saying that all the activities that a student undertakes on the social platform is under a teacher\/parent\u2019s able guidance. <\/i><\/p>\n

A new book<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

It is surprising that a platform as popular as Facebook<\/b> has yet not been an active provider in the education sector. What is more surprising is the fact that there are host of features that a student can capitalize to broaden their knowledge base or simply assist them in the process of learning.<\/p>\n

For instance, a class can be divided into groups<\/b> based on interests, subjects, extra-curricular activities etc. and students could be provided with access to Facebook groups<\/a> under the teacher\u2019s guidance at school and the parents at home. The groups could turn out to be quite an ideal platform to share assignments, homework, ideas and learning within the members<\/b>. It can also be used as a collaborative platform<\/a> for project work and assignments. <\/p>\n

Also, features such as notes can be used to come up with feature writing on a particular topic. Teachers can use the page to:<\/p>\n