A St. Mary-based educator is encouraging the nation’s youngsters to make use of social media for studying and never simply leisure, significantly as they tackle a brand new college 12 months in an more and more digital age.
Grade-six instructor at Port Maria Main College, Anna-Kay Harvey, highlights the worldwide use of widespread social media platforms resembling TikTok, X, and Instagram, to ship instructional content material by means of short-form movies that simplify classroom ideas.
“We [also] have YouTube… and… varied [other] strategies for college kids to make use of to really be taught the content material. I’ve seen the place, on TikTok, there are classes which are quick and spicy. I’ve seen the place they flipped instructing division and multiplication in such a method that everyone can truly learn to do that. It’s not nearly even the children; their dad and mom can be taught it as effectively,” Ms. Harvey, a instructor of six years, mentioned.
She added, “The factor about social media, as effectively, is that the movies are very quick, and younger folks get bored if there’s something that’s too lengthy. That’s the reason I feel it’s so useful.”
Because the 2025/26 tutorial 12 months begins, Ms. Harvey, whose ardour for instructing dates again to childhood, expressed optimism for the months forward, sharing that she is longing for “nice issues this 12 months”.
“I’m seeing the place the scholars appear very shy, and I’ve seen that since they got here to orientation. However I do know it’s going to be okay… that persona that I may be seeing proper now, received’t be [there] for lengthy,” she mentioned.
Ms. Harvey emphasised that expertise will stay central to her instructing and studying methods all through the educational 12 months.
“I realise that utilizing expertise enhances studying, and I need to be certain that I create a conducive setting for studying,” she acknowledged.
