Original post by dustin hyde on June 20, 2018
Hey everyone,
Scott Harkness and I have created a TouchCast video to highlight the features of Snapchat and the potential uses in an educational setting. We have posted this to the Mobile Culture, Education, and Technology forums of the Knowledge Mill because we felt the touchcast hit all three topics.
Touchcast enables the user to touch/ click the screen when a pictures/ video/ website, etc is being shown in order to interact with it in real time. For example, when we show the beginning of a YouTube clip, you can touch the screen and it will take you to the full video. The same will work for the journal articles we are referencing. Great program and we really enjoyed using it for this assignment. Highly recommend checking it out if you have not used it before.
Here is the link to the TouchCast video for Snapchat
Below is our references. The last image in the touchcast did not include ALL references so we wanted to make sure the entire work cited list was made available here.
References:
[BreakTheInternet]. (Dec 23, 2015). HOW TO USE SNAPCHAT FOR BEGINNERS.[Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sntEyrviFk
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2018). Social responsibility on the internet: Addressing the challenge of cyberbullying. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 39, 42-52. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2018.01.001
Graves, A. (2016). Snapchat Readers’ Advisory. School Library Journal, 62(6), 12.
Joly, K. (2015). Should your university SnapChat?. University Business, 18(3), 22.
Lawrence, A. (2017). An Epic Poem à la Snapchat. School Library Journal, 63(2), 16.
Miller, Matt. (April 11, 2016). 15 ways to use Snapchat in classes and schools [Web log post]. Retrieved June 3, 2018 from:http://ditchthattextbook.com/2016/04/11/15-ways-to-Use-snapchat-in-classes-and-schools/
NORC at the University of Chicago. (2017, April 21). New survey: Snapchat and Instagram are most popular social media platforms among American teens: Black teens are the most active on social media and messaging apps. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 9, 2018 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170421113306.htm
Punyanunt-Carter, N. M., De La Cruz, J. J., & Wrench, J. S. (2017). Investigating the relationships among college students’ satisfaction, addiction, needs, communication apprehension, motives, and uses & gratifications with Snapchat. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 870-875.
Reilly, M., Fogler, J., Selkie, E., & Augustyn, M. (2016). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder-related impulsivity and cyberbullying in social media. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP, 37(6), 511-513. doi:10.1097/DBP.0000000000000308
(Dec. 21, 2017). The Ultimate 100+ high schools, colleges and universities to be found on Snapchat. Retrieved from: https://mystudentvoices.com/the-ultimate-list-of-100-high-schools-colleges-and universities-to-be-found-on-snapchat-3c2882dfc1b1
Like Kristin I’m also drawn to incorporating social media like SnapChat and TikTok in my classes. I already have students using TikTok to film short videos of the recipes they’re preparing in class, but I feel like I need to better understand the limitations of it and how to harness it for education without having them get distracted by the barrage of notifications they receive.
Does incorporating the latest teen social media trends into education have educational merit? Or are we just going to be a perpetual step behind trying to learn how to incorporate it and have the students already moving on to the next great thing?
This presentation drew me in because of the prevalence of Snapchat of students in my school district. Online students come into the classroom to have tests supervised, I ask them to mute their phones and place them across the room. After their test, they have 20+ missed snaps in just the past hour. The students use snaps to communicate, and I would really like to understand how I can connect with the students educationally on the app. The project does a good job of highlighting many different features and includes a good list of references to back up their information. I know there will be a lot of naysayers that mention that snap chat is just a fad. Of course, it will, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try new ways to interact. Many teachers no longer have a course binder filled with daily overheads and handouts, they are continually evolving right along with their students. The project was ambitious, and I believe they succeeded in convincing a teacher like me to try it out. I am also interested in the presentation technology, TouchCast. I think this is a great tool that can be utilized more in video primary lessons.