My past experience with social media is the infamous ‘FACEBOOK.’ A friend of mind spoke so highly of facebook that she talked me into creating a facebook page. Once I created that page I could not wait to log on everyday just to see if I had reconnected with old classmates, family etc. Facebook is an excellent tool for staying in contact with friends, family, co-workers etc. However, once I reenrolled in school I discontinued the facebook page as I would be consumed with facebook for hours at a time. I also have a blog that I have utilized for my studies while at Walden University. I definitely use email. Now I frequently use youtube to find clips of Sunday Morning Messages, Children’s Choirs singing and to look up information for my headstart classroom. I do not have any experience with twitter.
The social media that I feel lends itself to effective advocacy are the following: Youtube (PSA’s); online newsletters from credible resources. I could use Youtube to demonstrate different aspects of the classroom environment for early educators. For example, we could demonstrate effective strategies to transition three year olds from one area to another. We could also demonstrate to parents how children learn in the classroom through play. We could demonstrate to policy makers why children need early childhood experiences to be effective in society in their latter years.
What ways do you think that I could effectively use social media in my advocacy efforts?
