SNS

Posted on by Keith Aquilina

Whilst ‘patching’ up my ECA, I’m realising how SNS are entrenched in the lives of the majority of students. On the other hand schools (not just in Malta) tend to block access to SNS. What does this mean? That SNS are put in the same category of online gaming, porn and other time wasting online addictions?

I believe that this blockage is due to the lack of credibility that SNS have with older generations, therefore with teachers….We cannot control their usage, therefore we block them. Surely its the easiest way out, but is it the best solution ?

2 thoughts on “SNS”

  1. And yet, in the corporate sector, there are companies that encourage SNS use for networking. I went to a conference in the summer where several people commented how the law firms they were working for, positively encouraged them to use Facebook for networking.

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  2. The student union is also entrenched in the lives of many students, but they don’t want their teachers walking in!

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Published by Keith Aquilina

Currently my professional role is that of Education Officer (Quality Assurance) within the Directorate for Quality & Standards in Education in the Ministry of Education, Malta. After eight years teaching Computing and ICT within a state secondary school, I moved to the Department of eLearning where my role focused on the organisation of national educational events of which the national eLearning awards and conference, Malta Robotics Olympiad and student competitions. In addition to the work within the Department of eLearning, as from 2011 I have taken the role of ICT coordinator within the Directorate for Lifelong Learning where for 5 years, I was involved in the development and organisation of ICT related courses within the directorate’s adult education centres and collaborating entities. In 2012, I completed my Masters studies in Online and Distance Education from the Open University. This blog started off as an online reflective diary for my studies in the Masters in Online and Distance Education with the Open Univeristy. As may be easily deduced, my main interest is in technology, learning and anything in between. Linkedin; mt.linkedin.com/in/keithaquilina/