It is media designed to be create a social interaction with people using many electronic tools that are provided for internet.
"Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, weblogs, social blogs, microblogging, wikis, podcasts, pictures, video, rating and social bookmarking. Technologies include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing." http://en.wikipedia.org
Social media can help us as teachers in the way to have real communication with students in order they can have interaction with the language. It is a funny way to use the language with anyone who speaks it.
I think that it is a good technique to motivate students to use the language in a real contexts, and having the opportunity not just to practice the language, also to learn about other cultures and to meet new people.
Hello María de los Angeles,
ResponderEliminarWhen students practice in real contexts they are going to know the importance of the language, the english.
Even the contemporary pedagogias inhale the royal(real) life brings over to the school, challenge that we have the teachers.
Is a goal of the teachers!!
Regards