Is social media good or bad for ECEC?




The Early Education Show show

Summary: Social media users in Australia are some of the most active in the world. 60% of the country are active users of Facebook, with 50% of the population logging on at least once a day. In Australia, there are 16 million Facebook users per month, 15.5 million YouTube users, 9 million Instagram users and 5.8 million Twitter users. With such widespread usage it is not surprising that the use of social media in the education and care sector is huge. But is the sector’s use of social media a force for good or not? We thought it was time we explored the positives and negatives of social media use in the sector.  Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.