Create a Networking Assignment for Students

Learning Activity

Students can use online networking to connect with role models, like their favorite authors, and find new friends online. You could also encourage your students to use social networking sites to form study groups and share resources. (Check out Common Sense Media's list of safe networking and social media sites designed exclusively for children and adolescents.)

1. Use the resources below (and find your own resources), then answer the following questions
2. Create an assignment that requires students to network (ie. with peers from another school, role models, or subject matter experts on a topic they are learning about).

Resources

Social Media for Teachers: Resources

Common Sense Media: Social Networks for Teachers and Students