COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Department of Teacher Education

Visca, Baybay City, Leyte

Dos and Don’ts of Social

Media for Teachers

Submitted by:

Neil Pita Declaro

BSEd-MAPEH

Submitted to:

Lynette Joy V. Paller

Course Instructor

February 2019
Dos and Don’ts of Social Media for Teachers
Thursday, June 1, 2017

For better or worse, social media is an ever-growing

presence in everyone’s lives. For teachers, it may seem
like a minefield that can lead to distraction or
inappropriate behavior. But with some common sense and
creativity, social networks can be a positive experience in
a teacher’s professional life.

Do: Use it in the classroom

Many teachers are afraid of social media as a tool in the classroom, but when it’s used thoughtfully,
it can lead to rewarding educational experiences, increased engagement, and lessons that students
can connect to their lives outside the classroom.

To keep pace with today’s hyper-connected world, standards are placing more and more focus on
communication in the classroom. In the outside world, much communication occurs online—even
in professional settings. Students who can craft a winning tweet or create an effective LinkedIn
profile have a leg up on their competition in many different professions. Classroom lessons that
incorporate these online networks provide valuable strategies and experience.

It’s also important for students to learn about the challenges around using social media, the
potential dangers, and how to discern real information from fake information. Parents play an
important role in providing these lessons, but the classroom is a good safe environment for that
learning as well.

Don’t: Make your personal information widely available

Knowing the ins and outs of how to protect yourself online isn’t just good for students. Being
mindful of what you post on personal accounts is important to your career as well. Take advantage
of networks like Facebook which offer privacy controls that allow you to filter who can see what
you post. On other networks, like Twitter, you have no choice in who can visit your content and
should post accordingly.
Do: Connect with the world

Just as students need experience in communicating with each other, they also need practice
communicating with the outside world. Social media can be a great way to bring people into the
classroom that would otherwise be unavailable. For instance, reaching out to an expert on Twitter
can often lead to further interaction between them and your students (perhaps even a Skype call).
Your students can also forge bonds with students in classrooms from around the world, which
definitely beats the old lessons built around having a pen pal. Just as the world is becoming flatter,
so too should your classroom.

Reference:

Sterling, S. (2017). Dos and don’ts of social media for teachers. edmentumTMblog, 1.
retrieved from https://blog.edmentum.com/dos-and-don%E2%80%99
ts-social-media- teachers
 Online Article: Dos and Don’ts of Social Media for Teachers
(Summary)

The use of Social Media is very rampant and timely. It became channel of communication

and/or a way social interaction. Social media is also used among the many to express their

thoughts, beliefs, and somehow provides a platform. The rapid growth and advancement of

technologies and the evolution of social media have grown so fast not just in the Philippines but

throughout the world. Social media essentially peoples’ lives that also help people to connect with

their family, relatives, partners, friends, and strangers, that changed the world of many in various

ways, but somehow it also affects each individual in different ways. Social media is powerful and

influential, it has the power to change our lives, with our perspectives, interests, beliefs, and etc.

But at the same time cause such conflicts which can negatively affect a person.

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instragram, Twitter, and any other doesn’t limit

to the number of users. Therefore, everyone is welcome to join. For teachers, it may seem like a

minefield that can lead to distraction or inappropriate behavior. But with some common sense and

creativity, social networks can be both positive and negative experiences in a teacher’s professional

life. Thus there are things that teachers must need to understand the “Dos and Don’ts of Social

Media”.

First, the Do’s:Social Media can be used it in the Classroom. Through an effective

implementation of some activities with the use of social media, it can lead to a rewarding

educational experiences, increased engagement, and lessons that students can connect to their lives

outside the classroom. It is also pertinent that students must learn how social media greatly

influenced them negatively, they should be taught the potential dangers and as well as teach them

how to discern, or identify what is fake and what is authentic especially when it comes to

information gathering. Parents play an important role in providing these lessons, but the classroom

is a good safe environment for that learning as well.

Second is the Don’ts. Make your personal information widely available. Teachers must be

mindful of what you post on personal accounts is important to your career as well. Make your
personal information private, take advantage of the networks which offer privacy controls that

allow you to filter who can see what you post. On other networks, like Twitter, you have no choice

in who can visit your content and should post accordingly.

Social media provides quick access to information, connects people from all around the

world, and also provides an avenue of expressing our thoughts, ideas, and aspirations. However,

teachers must be aware of their roles and limitations in using social media. Teachers are public

figures, therefore they must learn to validate things first before posting it online. As what Ms

Universe 2018, Catriona Gray said, “Everything is good but in moderation”.

Reference:

Sterling, S. (2017). Dos and don’ts of social media for teachers. edmentumTMblog, 1.
retrieved from https://blog.edmentum.com/dos-and-don%E2%80%99
ts-social-media- teachers
 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Teacher Education
Visca, Baybay City, Leyte

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Submitted by:

VANSKIE R. AJETO
BSEd-MAPEH

Submitted to:

LYNETTE JOY V. PALLER

Course Instructor

February 2019
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Department of Teacher Education
Visayas State University
Visca, Baybay City, Leyte

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BSEd-IV MAPEH

Submitted to:

LYNETTE JOY PALLER

Course Instructor

February 2019