Don’t shame youth who post racist tweets, educate them

Posted by reyjunco on November 19, 2012 in Commentary | ∞

Recently, Jezebel engaged in the public shaming of teens who posted racist tweets after the election. The doxxing began on the comment thread to the original “racist teens” post and then the Jezebel writer ran with the mob mentality. Now, I’m not trying to give those teens who posted the racist tweets a “pass;” however, the way [...]

Tags: bullying, cyberbullying, education, identity development, moral development, psychology, shaming, social media, students, teens, twitter, youth

How today’s higher education faculty use social media infographic

Posted by reyjunco on October 23, 2012 in Commentary, Infographic, Research | ∞

Last week, Pearson and the Babson Survey Research Group released the results of their latest survey of how higher education faculty use social media. The results are quite interesting. For instance, they found that almost 34% of the sample used some form of social media (defined as blogs/wikis, Facebook, LinkedIn, podcasts, or Twitter) for teaching purposes. It’s [...]

Tags: education, facebook, infographic, social media, teaching, twitter

New appointment at the Berkman Center

Posted by reyjunco on August 31, 2012 in Commentary | ∞

I am thrilled to announce that I will be a Faculty Associate at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society for the academic year. I will continue my work with the Youth and Media Team and look forward to working with other faculty, fellows, and associates. I am especially thankful to Urs Gasser and Sandra Cortesi for their [...]

Tags: academic, Berkman Center, digital media, education, media, Research, social media, youth

Why I don’t trust that Facebook will keep your child’s information private

Posted by reyjunco on June 14, 2012 in Commentary | ∞

Last week, I wrote an opinion piece for NBCLatino entitled Don’t trust Facebook with your children in response to Facebook’s announcement that they are considering allowing children younger than 13 to join the site. In that post, I discussed four reasons why you would want to be wary of allowing your children under 13 to join [...]

Tags: children, facebook, opinon, parenting, privacy, social media, students, technology, teens, youth

Web Connected Minds talk outline

Posted by reyjunco on May 6, 2012 in Presentations | ∞

Today I’m giving a talk at the Web Connected Minds Conference about my research on social media, student engagement, and learning. I’ll be talking about my published research on how Facebook use is related to student engagement and student academic performance. I’ll also be talking about some of my published research on improving educational outcomes [...]

Tags: education, facebook, outcomes, persistence, Research, retention, social media, students, twitter

Twitter 101: Best Practices in Using Twitter in the Classroom Infographic

Posted by reyjunco on March 21, 2012 in Infographic, Research | ∞

Almost a year ago, I posted a call to collaborate with graphic designers interested in creating research-based infographics. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know that I’ve been fortunate to work with a number of graphic designers who have converted my research into infographics. Here is yet another one in this series. [...]

Tags: academic, best practices, education, engagement, infographic, outcomes, publications, Research, social media, teaching, twitter

StudentAffairs.com podcast Interview with Rey Junco

Posted by reyjunco on February 15, 2012 in Commentary, Research | ∞

Last week I chatted with Stuart Brown from StudentAffairs.com for the student affairs forum podcast. We spoke about: Variation in technology skills even among students who are “digital natives.” Digital inequalities and how these inequalities are reproduced throughout a student’s educational career. How digital inequalities in technology use can put students from minority racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds at [...]

Tags: college, digital divide, digital inequalities, education, facebook, interview, learning, podcast, social justice, social media, student affairs, students

Achievement not yet unlocked: Badges for learning project looking for funding

Posted by reyjunco on February 13, 2012 in Research | ∞

A while ago I posted about the proposal Game dynamics in the classroom: Badges to improve student engagement and learning in large lecture courses we submitted to the Digital Media and Learning Badges for Learning competition. We were delighted to see how much buzz our proposal generated online (here’s a post on Edudemic about our proposal [...]

Tags: badges, engagement, game dynamics, learning, methods, Research, retention, social media, teaching, technology

College students prefer to use Facebook in their courses

Posted by reyjunco on January 17, 2012 in Research | ∞

Over the last year, I’ve conducted or collaborated on a number of studies examining the use of social media in the classroom. One thing has been clear from our observations in those studies: when given the choice of a number of social technologies to use as part of a course, students will overwhelmingly choose Facebook. This [...]

Tags: academic, college, engagement, facebook, higher education, Research, social media, teaching, texting, twitter

Too much face and not enough books? Facebook use and academic performance

Posted by reyjunco on October 10, 2011 in Research | ∞

My latest paper Too much face and not enough books: The relationship between multiple indices of Facebook use and academic performance published in Computers in Human Behavior last week reports the findings of a study I conducted with 1,839 undergraduates. I collected data on Facebook use by surveying students and I had access to student grades [...]

Tags: academic, digital media, facebook, higher education, outcomes, publications, Research, social media, students, teaching

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