The Social Classroom: Integrating Social Network Use in Education presents actual hands-on application in the design and implementation of instructions which incorporate the use of SNSs. The desirable and undesirable effects of the SNSs use as well as the ethical and social issues raised by the SNSs use are also extensively explored in this book. It is no doubt that the book is a pioneering and comprehensive work that contributes to the innovations in educational technology, pedagogy, and curriculum. The book, The Social Classroom: Integrating Social Network Use in Education, is highly recommended by us. It is worth your while to read it.
– Chia-Wen Tsai & Fan-Ni Hsia, Ming Chuan University
Separated into five sections, the work explores formal and informal uses of social media in the classroom, using social networks for specific teaching and learning exercises, ethical and psychological considerations when using social networks for educational use, individual social networks and their use in instruction, and specific case studies. Focusing on the benefits and challenges that social media represents in the world of education, this work is valuable to educators, practitioners, and students of education who want to know more about this changing impact and influences.
– Sara Marcus, American Reference Books Annual
This book will be a great resource tool for educational researchers, teachers, and educational administrators. This unique book attempts to bring together recent research in a growing field in social media that professionals in instruction and education will have to face whether they like to or not. I recommend this book to be used in a graduate technology-related program and/ or by individuals interested in using technology in their regular classroom. I think that the 50 authors who contributed their research provided invaluable research to this new growing field.
– Nicolas Cunningham, Doctoral Student at the University of Louisiana Monroe, under direction of Dr. Kris Bista
This book is extremely interesting and helpful to those educators who are curious about integrating social media and networking into their classrooms. The book gives many different ways on how to do this, how not to do this, why to do this, and many more informative practices. It gives information on virtual learning communities, how to create one and what guidelines should be followed. I will definitely refer back to this read when looking into incorporating social networking in my classroom.
– Chelsy Demers, Doctoral Student at the University of Louisiana Monroe, under direction of Dr. Kris Bista
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