Incorporating Social Media in the Statistics Classroom

摘要

For several years, I have enjoyed using Facebook, primarily because it has been a great way for me to meet, get to know, and collaborate with other statistics educators. I see social media as providing professionals with so many ways to connect and extend the discussions they might begin in professional settings such as conferences. My love of teaching, coupled with my fascination with the power of social media, led me to question how tools like Facebook and Twitter might be used for instructional purposes as well. I know my students are sometimes distracted by social media when they should be paying attention in the statistics classroom. Rather than try to compete with social media, I began to wonder if I could motivate and engage them by incorporating social media into the curriculum.