Social Media and Education Flashcards
Why is environmental education important?
- Increases knowledge / stewardship
- “We will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught”
What is the chain of education?
The idea that education has a trickle down effect, you tell one person who can then tell someone else and so on…
What is considered environmental education?
- Formal education (lectures, labs, lesson plans etc.)
- Informal education (hands- on experience, social media, videos etc.)
What are the key underpinnings of environmental education
- Systems thinking (everything is interconnected)
- Cradle to grave (following something from production to disposal)
- Equity and inclusion (everyone must have equal access / opportunity)
- Focus on sound science (science that has been tested / trusted)
- Build on a sustainability platform
- Interdisciplinary
- Sense of peace
- Informed decision making
- Design thinking (separate categories)
What is learner-centered instruction?
- Focuses on students’ learning experience
- Collaborative classroom culture
- Knowledge through stimulating, interactive, and thought provoking experiences
- Active learning
- Cooperative learning
- Inductive teaching and learning
What is experiential learning?
- Helps students connect classroom theories to real-world situations
- Develops teamwork, leadership, and critical thinking
- Helps students clarify their values
- Helps students practice what they are studying and make mistakes
- Examples: volunteering, undergraduate research, study abroad, internships, student teaching
What is project based learning?
- Encourages students to learn by working on real-world projects
- Builds creative capacity
- Develop deeper understanding of course content
- Develop problem-solving skills, decision making, and creative thinking
- Builds confidence
- Allows students’ to connect with their communities
How can you engage an audience?
- Ask questions
- Tell a story
- Use visuals
- Connect to personal experiences
- Tone of voice is important
- Make jokes
- Gear to your audience
- Have confidence
What is anthropomorphizing?
Placing human emotions / actions on an animal
How can you engage / speak to children about complex topics?
- Connect to concepts that would be comfortable for them
- Avoid anthropomorphizing while allowing them to connect with the animal
What are some things that you should DO when speaking to the public about animals?
You should:
- Answer questions
- Allow people to form a connection with the animal
- Relate animal cases to human actions
- Encourage interest
- Discuss biology / species ID tricks
- Keep a safe distance, discuss safety
What are some things that you should NOT DO when speaking to the public about animals?
- Anthropomorphize
- Discuss specifics about behaviors
- Encourage interactions with animal
- Baby talk
- Disconnect public from animal completely (don’t scare people away from connecting with the animal)
- Use captivity related language (ex: use pool instead of tank)
Describe a mock stranding at NYMRC
- Hands on look into response and rescue efforts
- Can be done for a sea turtle, seal, or cetacean
- Use mock medical supplies, animal model, real “mock” data sheets
- Students work together to “respond” to the animal
- Emphasis on safety, animal anatomy, signs of normal / not normal behavior
- Can be altered depending on the audience
Describe a beach cleanup at NYMRC
- Public can volunteer and play a role in conservation efforts
- Use reusable containers like buckets or shopping baskets to reduce plastic use of trash bags
- Education before and after and during clean up
- Add a competition element for more participation
Describe an educational lecture at NYMRC
Can focus on…
- Rescue, rehab, release
- Seal advocacy
- Cold stunned sea turtle
- Can be adjusted based in group needs
- Add engaging questions / artifacts for group interaction
- Always have a Q&A at the end
Describe the bycatch lab at NYMRC
- Goes with bycatch presentation
- Exemplifies the harm of commercial fishing industries
- ## Takes minimal resources
What is the bycatch lab an example of?
Experiential learning
Describe a behind the scenes tour at NYMRC
- Firsthand viewing of animals, hospital conditions and treatment spaces
- Ability to form connections between guests and mission
- Include artifacts that tell a story from response, rescue, rehab and eventual release
Describe the junior marine rescuer workshop
- Immersive 3 day workshop
- Includes behind the scenes tours, helping with feed preps, helping with turtle physicals, kayaking, lab, seal and sea turtle lecture
- Middle school age students
- Balances lectures with hands-on materials
- Review game shelf measure comprehension
Describe tabling events at NYMRC
- Outreach to the community
- Donations
- Discussing organization
- More diverse audience
- Most events are free to participants (less barriers to education)
How can you reduce barriers to education?
- Offering free programs to the public is essential
- Increases awareness / outreach to underserved communities
- Encourage connections between life/cultural experiences and marine life
Thus inspires the next wave of ocean advocates
What are some social media creation tools/tips?
- Canva
- Procreate
What are some important tips when it comes to social media creation?
- Have a color scheme that goes with the logo of the organization
- Stay away from unclear fonts / anything too polarizing
- Make sure your content is aesthetically pleasing
- Do not make long captions
What are some tips for running a social media feed?
- Balance between photos and graphic
- Ensure feed encompasses the organizations full mission (animals, volunteers, rescue/rehab work)
Making a calendar is very helpful
