Figure 1
Social Media Entry Model.
Table 1
Authors’ Use of Different SM and Entry Points for 21st-Century Skill Development.
| SOCIAL MEDIA DESCRIPTION | ENTRY POINTS | 21ST CENTURY SKILLS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO | CL | CR | CT | ||
| Pinterest allows users to curate, save, and present digital artifacts in individual and/or group theme-based pinboards similar to collages or scrapbooks. Users can like, follow, comment, and pin others’ content to their own boards. | Integrative | X | X | X | X |
| Instagram, a photo-centric platform, allows users to share images or videos. Users can like, comment on, and bookmark posts. They can also send private direct messages and host private or public live video sessions. | Integrative | X | X | X | |
| X (previously known as Twitter), a microblogging service, allows users to post 280-character posts (tweets), links to websites, or images on their own or others’ timelines. Users can like, comment, and retweet others’ posts and use a variety of hashtags to participate in X chats. | Supplementary | X | X | ||
| LinkedIn is a business and employment-focused global network for professionals. | Supplementary | X | X | ||
| Facebook allows users to connect with people in various ways. They can create and join groups, shop, share photos and videos, create public events, and host live private or public video sessions. | Community Building | X | X | ||
| YouTube is a free video-sharing platform owned by Google. | X | ||||
| Snapchat allows users to enhance the emotional content of photographs and videos (called snaps) by adding filters, lenses, or other effects. Snaps vanish after they are viewed. Users can create Snapchat stories, a collection of snaps captured within the past 24 hours, visible by default to all friends who can view them multiple times. Users can also use Snapchat to chat via text or video and share stories. | Community Building | X | X | ||
[i] Note: CO = Communication, CL = Collaboration, CR = Creativity, CT = Critical Thinking.
Figure 2
Group Pinterest board of free e-books created by Crystal and her pre-service teachers.
Figure 3
Group Pinterest board created by Crystal and her doctoral students.
Table 2
Five Week #bewell Instagram Project Challenges.
| CHALLENGE | DRINK 8 CUPS OF WATER | MEDITATE FOR 5 MINUTES | WALK AT LEAST 10,000 STEPS | EAT AT LEAST 2 VEGETABLES | EAT AT LEAST 2 FRUITS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | X | ||||
| Week 2 | X | X | |||
| Week 3 | X | X | X | ||
| Week 4 | X | X | X | X | |
| Week 5 | X | X | X | X | X |
Figure 4
Image representing Christian’s virtual office.
Figure 5
Christian’s consistent professional identity across five SM platforms.
Figure 6
Screenshot of Christine’s Snapchat Story.
Figure 7
Snaps posted by students on Snapchat.