Reflection & About Me

Hello all, 

My name is Lyndsey Anderson.  I am a junior in my Early Childhood Education and Early Intervention Specialist majors here at Akron.  I currently work at the Natatorium in Cuyahoga Falls and recently got a managing position at a daycare in Akron.  I have gained a lot of experience working with young children at the daycare and have learned how incredibly smart most of these children can be with technology.  As of today I am on four different social media sites, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter.  I use all four of these on an everyday basis, however, I do not post on all of them every single day, I just creep (you know how it goes ladies).  When I post on Facebook it is mostly pictures for my family members that I don't get to see very often.  On Twitter I will post miscellaneous things whether I'm happy, complaining, sad, etc. Never too much information though.  For Instagram and Snapchat I mostly take pictures with my friends and family.  My initial thought on using social media such as these in the classroom is that it is a great idea but more focused towards college students.  From seeing posts by middle school and high school students it astounds me what they're willing to say for the public to see.  I think that age group is still too immature to be able to handle social media in a class setting.  I agree a lot with the authors perspective on social media because he expresses how helpful it can be to interact with not only your friends but complete strangers as well, in a good way.  He also describes each site and what people think about them perfectly.  For example, he states how Facebook is for cute and appropriate pictures whereas Snapchat is where the most outrageous and ugly photos are taken...couldn't agree more.

That's all for now :)