Social Media and Gamification

True or False: It is a good idea to use your account for professional use inside the classroom

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Using a separate account can help with privacy issues between students, parents, and teachers (Higgins,2017).

All of these social media can be used to keep parents up to date on student progress and share important information except

• SnapChat

• Facebook

• Twitter

Answer explanation

Parents can stay up to date on important events and activities within the class and school through social media sites such as Instagram, ClassDojo, Twitter, and Facebook (Willbold,2019).

Social media allows students, parents, and teachers to have better ____________

• Art Form

• Communication

• Idea

Answer explanation

One of the biggest advantages of social media is better communication. Students and parents can contact teachers, tutors, friends, etc if they need help with homework, have a question, or need clarification (Willbold,2019).

True or False: Using gamified instruction can improve students’ social skills

• False

• True

Answer explanation

One of the benefits of using gamified instruction is students’ improvement of social skills through collaboration, communication, and engagement (Schaff and Quinn, 2019).

Along with communication, social media can promote ___________ among students when using a message board or having the students work together in Google Classroom on the same document

• Friendship

• A partnership

• Collabroation

Answer explanation

Teachers can promote collaboration by allowing students to collaborate on the same Google document or through monitored or assigned message boards (Willbold,2019).

True or False

A teacher should get parents' consent before posting pictures of their child

• True

• False

Answer explanation

To ensure teachers are abiding by privacy laws and respecting parent and student privacy, it is best to receive permission before posting pictures on social media (Willbold,2019).

Students creating their Kahoot or Quiz to share with the class on a learning concept is an example of what?

• Social Media

• Digital Citizenship

• Gamification

Answer explanation

Having students create along with competing in Kahoots or some type of interactive quiz game can help increase student engagement and help teachers reinforce concepts. Through this type of gamification, students on both sides of the game are learning, collaborating, and learning to communicate with their peers (Schaff and Quinn, 2019).

Having the 3rd and 4th graders use the message board in Google Classroom as a form of communication amongst the class can be a form of what?

• Social Media

• Instruction

• Reading

Answer explanation

While it can create communication among peers, having the students use the message board in Google classroom, will allow teachers to monitor interaction and ensure students’ privacies are respected (Higgins, 2017).

True or False: Using tech-based games that are modifiable and can be individualized is a great example of practicing good gamification skills and instruction

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Presenting a game to students that cannot be modified to be individualized so all students can feel successful can do more damage than increase learning as students who may not understand will not be able to showcase what they do know properly

Students using Tik Tok as a form of presenting a project is an example of using ________

• The computer

• Facebook

• Social Media

Answer explanation

Students in the 5th grade or higher may use Tik Tok and other social media tools as a form of communicating, creating, collaborating, etc. Teachers may use this as an opportunity to individualize activities and increase engagement and creativity with the students (Higgins, 2017).