Social Media, Me, My Classroom and the Future Tamara Burrows-Dixon
A class on Social Media! After slogging through so many topics on technology, I thought that this would be a breeze.... While I have learned so much it has definitely not been as simple as I expected. Why would I expect to cruise through a class on Social Media? Because I use it everyday! Multiple times a day! Professionally and Personally! Social Media has become a huge part of our everyday lives with Facebook alone having 1.97 billion users monthly and Snapchat over 400 million snaps a month (Kaur Kapoor et al., 2017). This number seems astounding to me until I think about all the information to be found on these platforms. Most of our news today is found on Social Media. Think about it where did you first hear about the Israel- Hamas war? News on Donald Trump's arrest? Social Media, I'll bet! I am no different, I regularly scroll Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for news around the Caribbean and World. In addition to learning more about what is going on around ...