Using Social media in the Classroom: a best practice guide (book review)

Using Social media in the Classroom: a best practice guide (book review)

This book is addressed to teachers that are looking for a well-structured guide to the introduction of social media tools in their day-by-day activity. It is not a manual as such because the author, Megan Poore, who is an Australian researcher with a background in training pre-service teachers, means to provide general principles on how to use these tools with clear objectives in mind, focused on the students’ skills and needs. Beginners are guided in their discovery of the virtues of social media through four chapters namely Getting Started: The Essentials, The “Big Four”, Enriching Your Practice, and Social Contexts. Practitioners as well as beginners are likely to find this book useful. This second edition published in 2016, uses much of the same content as the 2012 edition and also includes two new chapters about educational games and mobile learning. This guide is accompanied by a very helpful companion website which provides many useful links. This book was published by Sage in 2016 (ISBN: 9781473912786

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