Rheingold points to five reasons for teaching students social media:
Developing students' literacy in our new online environment is as crucial as developing their abilities to read and write. Communication is moving toward social media. We can either help students thrive in this environment or leave them flailing.
Many students bring their computers to class. Why not work with this trend instead of fighting or ignoring it?
Social media is just that: social. Students who use Twitter for class are "learning collaborative skills that are particularly important today."
There is only so much class time. Rheingold makes mini-lectures on video that students comment on between classes, allowing more time to engage the issues through in-class discussion.
Shy students who hold back in class often speak up online. "If you can extend the discussion to an online message board, you enable students who may not jump into the discussion," he said, to "make a thoughtful contribution."
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