Fitzroy Wickham, the 2021 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar who is now in his third year of his Doctor of Philosophy studies at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, has more to be proud about right here at home. The academic wiz’s teacher-mom, Florence.
Teachers using popularity of social media to prop up PdPR 12 May 2021 / 09:00 H. Pix for representational purpose only. -Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: ‘If you can’t beat them, join them.’ This is exactly what teachers are trying to do in an era where students are smitten with smartphones and social media applications such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Since the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) system has become the norm now with the Covid-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating yet, many teachers have jumped on the social media bandwagon to attract the attention of their students, even if it means having to be creative in their teaching methods.
Teacher Saliza Ibrahim, 34, said she came up with the idea of sharing tips on learning Bahasa Melayu through social media platforms due to restrictions during the first MCO. Bernama
‘If you can’t beat them, join them.’ This is exactly what teachers are trying to do in an era where students are smitten with smartphones and social media applications such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Since the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) system has become the norm now what with the COVID-19 pandemic showing no sign of abating yet, many teachers have jumped on the social media bandwagon to attract the attention of their students, even if it means having to be creative in their teaching methods.