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1. Esperanza Román Mendoza [email_address] http://eroman.wordpress.com http://slideshare.net/elearningxxi/innovations2010 I Have a Voice. Do I Want to Use It Online? Encouraging Students to Participate in the Cyber Dialogue Innovations in Teaching and Learning 2010 George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia October 4, 2010
15. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM? M. Wesch. Those of us striving to integrate participatory media literacy practices into our classes often face resistance. Other faculty might argue that we are turning away from the foundations of print literacy, or worse, pandering to our tech-obsessed students. Meanwhile, students might resist too, wondering why they have to learn to use a wiki in an anthropology class. The surprising-to-most-people-fact is that students would prefer less technology in the classroom (especially *participatory* technologies that force them to do something other than sit back and memorize material for a regurgitation exercise). We use social media in the classroom not because our students use it, but because we are afraid that social media might be using them - that they are using social media blindly, without recognition of the new challenges and opportunities they might create. ELEARNING NEWS October 4, 2010 WHAT MATTERS TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
17. Social Media in Language Learning Social media offer a variety of environments that are ideal for learning beyond the classroom walls. The opportunities that social media open for communication in authentic situations are particularly important for second-language learners, who need to become competent communicators in a language other than their native ones. In addition, because of the increasing familiarity of most students with digital media, it is reasonable to assume that the integration of social media in the foreign language curriculum can only bring positive results in terms of language interaction with native speakers and, as a result, the acquisition of multicultural competency.