Educational Applications

The ways to incorporate social and digital media in the classroom setting are endless and proven to be effective in enhancing student learning. Here are a few ideas for media integration in that classroom that specifically draws on students’ personal experiences and connections with media, thus allowing them to share facets of their identity within their school environment. Many of these applications also allow students to engage in more self-reflective processes, which ensures their work maintains relevancy to their own lives by facilitating “ongoing personal and intellectual engagement” (Yancey 10).