The Teaching Space

Episode 19 of The Teaching Space Podcast explores how teachers use social media for personal and professional development and networking. Podcast Episode 19 Transcript Welcome to the Teaching Space Podcast, coming to you from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Hello, it's Martine here. Welcome to Episode 19 of the Teaching Space Podcast. Today I'm going to be giving you the lowdown on teachers and social media. Well, I say lowdown. This is a 10-minute episode, so it's quite difficult to give you the lowdown in 10 minutes, but I'm going to try. Q and A  I'm focusing on teachers using social media for personal and professional development and networking, not to connect with students. And I thought the easiest way to do this episode would be a Q and A format, so essentially I'm going to interview myself. I hope this works well. Anyway, let's give it a try. Question: Are you against using social media with students then? Answer: In principle, no, I'm not, assuming the students are of an appropriate age. I've seen m