Todayâs lecture topic is regarding the usage of social media platform in classroom and how it can affect the relationship between the students and the lecturer. The lecturer started off the lesson by asking us to form into a group of 5 and each group was given an article entitled, âSocial Media & Classroom Engagement: Studentâs Perceptionâ. Each individuals need to participate actively by reading a paragraph each and to state the main points among the group members by the end of the reading task.
Here is the link related to the article given:
http://mediacritiques.net/index.php/jmc/article/view/83
 We were then given 2 questions related to this article which is, âWhat is the general conclusion of the article?â and âWhat do you personally think?â These questions were discussed together in the class. First of all, the usage of social media in classroom gives a positive effect to the studentâs perception towards the lecturer. However, there are also the negative effects such as there are some lectures who tends to âstalkâ a particular studentâs social profile to look at their personal issues and involve it during the class. Based on my opinion, there is a benefit of using social media platform in class to a certain extend. The usage of social media platforms does not only allow lectures to play their role in the professional academia environment but it also allow them to build a closer bonding with the students.
 Aside from the article discussion, we were also given a task which is to make a minimum of 3 memes within the same group mates.
Here are the links given to make memes for free:
1.    www.imgflip.com
2.    www.livememe.com
3.    www.quickmeme.com
4.    http://wigflip.com/automotivator/
We were then asked to email the memes to the lecturer. The memes that were made was shared on spot in the class. It was a really interesting to see everyoneâs creativity and the fact that we all shared the same humour. Last but not least, we were asked to state the potential ways and drawbacks of using memes in a learning context. Here are the list of potential ways and drawbacks:
¡      Potential ways:
2.    Make learning fun.
3.    Developed students creativity.
 ¡      Potential drawbacks:
1.    Takes a lot of time to prepare.
2.    Have to make sure that it is relevant to the topic.
3.    Needs to be funny/understood.
 Todayâs lesson had shown me that students doesnât have to learn a particular subject in a stressful academia environment. Planning out a fun and educational activity in class can boost and enlighten the studentâs day. As a future educator, it has given me an insight on the activities that I could apply to make the class a more fun, engaging and educational environment.
 Personally, I think that todayâs lecturer content was really interesting and the activities planned by the lecturer was really fun and engaging. In this 21st era, despite we all shared the differences of interest, but we all shared one thing in common which is memes.
Warner, B. (2015) Make Memes and Quotes with Your Class [online] available from <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il9YO8Yz5kY> [30 January 2019]
Nakakihara, D. (2017) Using Teacher Meme for Classroom Procedures and Norms [online] available from <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsgNJ_V0HKc> [30 January 2019]