Diane Gerdy

I am a highly committed Early Childhood educator with various levels of experience. I have provided professional development and coaching for teachers.

[Diane Gerdy @diane_gerdy]

@IsaacFreyEDTE @georgejroy Hi Issac - Yes, I would agree that some social media would be difficult to measure educational benefits. What do you think of some of the platforms we just learned about? Used the correct way, I think it could work.

[Diane Gerdy @diane_gerdy]

@IsaacFreyEDTE @georgejroy Hi Issac - I agree when you say "many times it is hard to integrate..." What do you think about some students live in rural area? Those area would make it difficult to have this type of learning and be successful. What do you think?

[Diane Gerdy @diane_gerdy]

@georgejroy #EDTE731SUMMER2022
There are benefits as well as challenges. Growing a community of like minded thinkers is a benefit. Some students can be lost because their learning styles are not conducive to this style. Monitoring students who are struggling would be difficult.

[Diane Gerdy @diane_gerdy]

@AshtonDoar @georgejroy Thank you, Ashton for responding. That is correct, being addressed in the classroom would be the first step. What do you think the parents responsibility should be?

[Diane Gerdy @diane_gerdy]

@CarolynHall_USC @georgejroy I agree with you, Carolyn. Young children should not be a part of social media. Anything to so with screen time, with young children, should be limited.

[Diane Gerdy @diane_gerdy]

@CarolynHall_USC @georgejroy Hi Carolyn- I agree with the benefits. What do you think the responsibility of parents [adults] should be in the learning of young children on social media? One of the difficulties, to me might be not being about to monitor children. What challenges do you think there are?

[Diane Gerdy @diane_gerdy]

@CarolynHall_USC @georgejroy Hi Carolyn-Young children should not use social media, for school. I think when parents get involved this style of learning can be beneficial. Parents need to understand the limits and guidelines for young children and how they learn. Thank you for responding.