Social networking has opened the doors to Promote Education

I would point out to what extent the rise of social networks has led or assisted in our Mexico to encourage the education of our students, it is interesting to know other teachers in educational experiences that have already started to do social networks have opened the exchange of educational activities and school classroom.

Considering the current situation in Mexico in the first decade of XXI century information technology and communication have an important role in basic education in primary and secondary levels, these elements have become relevant and necessary for progress in education. These are in particular tools that help students and people involved in education to develop competencies and skills.

Social networks have enormous potential that can be deployed to the extent that access to intimate knowledge of their structure and function. It gives you the resources needed to learn in a practical and educational use the same tools used by students in primary and secondary education. They offer the opportunity to learn to use technology resources to support your learners to communicate in various ways and learn visually and hearing. In 2009 I saw as a coordinator of the courses used to promote exchanges between students, ideas, concepts, comments, pictures, audio and video, and interact directly with only give your page views discussed in forums and creating groups for dosing information in the course content, with very good results.

I think in Mexico are doing different things with handling technology worth, move it to our classrooms and students is a commitment for us, on par with the education authorities to overturn these tools and stop brooding the issue of equipping classrooms in primary and secondary schools, join or login to share experiences with your fellow teachers, a social network encourages the exchange of planning with creative activities. Until now, social networking has been very educational to professional level, which seems a long way since the exchange through networks fosters the continuous improvement of teaching in terms of information technology and communication is concerned.

We must also take into account that many of the teachers hardly use email to exchange information with students, think of a social network for the exchange, the teacher will also need to commit to promote it as an alternative means of experience education.

Actually my experience in social networking is very satisfying when done as a novelty, but if there is commitment and undivided attention is a resounding failure and that failure to answer a question from a member becomes the complete abandonment of the exchange activities. It is critical that teachers are the main drivers of these tools as educational support, otherwise what would be the educational thrust?

We are in times where learning is free, we share opinions, interests, problems, solutions, and I think we all have something to tell about our teaching experiences, if all teachers knew for a fact that with the use of social networks and his wealth would be more appropriate dissemination of learning, teaching and content, but few people involved in education that offer educational content through social networks. We are experiencing progress with these technologies in education and therefore especially in Mexico and Latin America.

Indeed social networks as sources of information are available to everyone, but despite being a bicentennial celebration of our independence, and progress in education, we have not a culture on its use and educational benefit.

Luis Alberto Leal Espinoza

In SHMZ

La Paz Baja California Sur, Mexico

April 2010