Originally published in TEACH Magazine, November/December 2016 Issue
By Meagan Gillmore
Digital communication, including social media, is more than just a fact of life. It is life, integral to the professional and personal existence of many students and teachers. Teachers flock to Twitter to ask other educators for advice. Instagram provides visual accounts of student work and classroom arrangements. Posting news on Facebook has, in some schools, all but replaced printing paper newsletters.
Some school districts and classroom teachers have official social media accounts. While some educators used to dismiss social media, now teachers use it not only to plan their lessons, but also to deliver them. This is vastly different than outright banning mobile devices in the classroom. And, some say, more realistic.
TEACH is the largest national education publication in Canada. We support good teachers and teaching and believe in innovation in education.
