Team 3: Golddiggers
Well, my pop music choice for this is too easy, especially given that this group presented on TikTok! Discussions on music sampling and using that to teach music history are also a good link between TikTok and podcasts, which was the topic of Team 5’s presentation. I have thoughts on the use of podcasts for education, but that will have to wait for a later blog post.
I loved this group’s chosen topic, TikTok in education. The comment that I posted on Stephanie’s blog about TikTok being largely unverifiable, based on their presentation, and Stephanie’s reply about there being a new application around the corner for our kids (we have kids about the same age) rings very true (Messier, 2022). The concept of nano-learning was really interesting to me as well. I wonder how much smaller learning credentialling will get, but that is a question for another time.
For now, I want to focus on learner motivation in organizational learning that Stephanie discussed (Messier, 2022). Adnan et al. (2021) discussed listening comprehension. As a language learner myself, I. know how important comprehension is to be able to communicate to others, especially in another language than one’s mother tongue. A TikTok example of this is Dave Poirier, a Canadian teacher that I follow on TikTok. He quite cleverly uses student engagement with pop music in listening comprehension, as the following clip shows (Poirier, 2022):
You can see in the background that he positions his camera so that viewers can see his social media coordinates, as well as how long it has been since he forgot to take attendance. I know from watching my own son in Grade 8 admire his cool Social Studies teacher who played Toto’s ‘Africa’ in class how much impact these kinds of teachers have. I agree with Stephanie’s assessment that workplaces owe it to their future generations to at least explore TikTok seriously.
References:
Adnan, N. I., Ramli, S., & Ismail, I. N. (2021). Investigating the usefulness of TikTok as an educational tool. International Journal of Practices in Teaching and Learning (IJPTL), 1(2), 1-5. https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52140/
Messier, S. (9 May, 2022). Reflection on TikTok in education – Stephanie’s Blog. From https://malat-webspace.royalroads.ca/rru0225/reflection-on-tiktok-in-education/
Poirier, D. (27 Februarym 2022). Dave Poirier on TikTok. TikTok. From https://www.tiktok.com/@teachpoirier/video/7069394139367984389?_t=8SGFvo5EYTN&_r=1
Hi Corie,
Thanks for reading my blog and commenting on our TikTok team project. Yes, I could not agree more than learner motivation in organizational settings is so key. As I pointed out in our team presentation, when learners are not controlled by the traditional way of learning, then they are more resourceful and motivated to learn, and this conclusion was found in a study on students learning a new language. Learners were more involved in their learnings when it was self-driven (Adnan et al., 2021). As you are learning French, do you feel that way as well? What contribute to your motivation to learn French?
References:
Adnan, N. I., Ramli, S., & Ismail, I. N. (2021). Investigating the usefulness of TikTok as an educational tool. International Journal of Practices in Teaching and Learning (IJPTL), 1(2), 1-5. https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/52140/