Social Media is your FRED Friends
Listen the sooner learners get the “hang” of the real world, the better right? Yeah. So I choosing the ‘Hey let’s make our lessons public’ team, because essentially you will be doing the teaching community a favour, the less creative teacher could become inspired by your work... and I would expect that the more competitive teachers will show you something new once in a while.
Children on the other hand need to learn responsibility. Once young adults, people need to start focusing on learning career-goal oriented behavior, and one of the most vital skills people should learn is the manner in which to conduct themselves in society, or in a more inner social circle.
With exposure to the science field, the learner will definitely understand more about the subject content they learn about in class. The learner will in time learn critical thinking skills and discernment. Much deceptive information related to science is in the internet, although ‘Google don’t tell lies’, some scientific material is very faulty. So the more learners are exposed to the flaws of some documents available on the online they will be able to develop discernment through exposure. The ability to ‘spot out’ or find reputable literature is a critical skill that Researchers need to possess.
Having said this, I also have a strong opinion about the promoting anti-social ‘tendencies’. School should be a place where learners develop interpersonal skill, team work and stress management skills. For instance rather than promoting tweeter as an individual task, make it a chance to make group discussions in class, or on the particular social media site.

I soooo agree with you when you say that learners have to develop critical thinking skills because the internet is full of lies and they need to be able to figure out what is true and what isn't. Your example is really good too - I have been wondering about this whole critical thinking business for a while now, but it has felt a little... academic. Until I read your example about science and Google. Your idea is something tangible, something I can actually take with me and teach learners.
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Thank you so much! For sharing your thoughts... Has brought much joy for a while now. Thank you
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