Morgan Milovich
12/7/11
News Media
Social Media Around Creighton’s Campus
Social media tools have taken over Creighton University’s campus.
From Facebook, to Twitter, to YouTube, to Blueline, the use of these social
media tools has grown both in and out of the classroom. Many teachers and
students alike use these tools to communicate about events, assignments and tests.
Creighton Students Union Program Board uses Facebook to advertise
upcoming events on campus. Skutt Student Center uses Twitter for special events
and special deals in Jack and Ed’s. Clubs also use Twitter and Facebook to advertise
events they are hosting.
Students and professors both support the use of social media tools in
classrooms. Dr. Jeffrey Hause, a philosophy professor, uses Blueline as his main
source of communication with his students.
“I use Facebook if it’s the only way to reach certain students,” Hause said.
“Sometimes their mailboxes are full and they won’t receive the email I send out to
the class. If I really need to reach them, I’ll send the message over Facebook.”
Business junior Jessie Skain said most of her teachers stick with Blueline.
However, last semester, her marketing teacher made a Twitter and would post five
out of 50 test questions the night before the test. He used Twitter as study tool for
his students.
“Social media is an effective was to communicate, but sometimes people
abuse it a little too much,” Skain said.
Arts & Science junior Alaine Oshefsky also likes the use of social media in the
classroom. She has had an English class and a few journalism classes that have used
Twitter in the classrooms.
“[Social media] is practical and prepares us for the professional world,”
Oshefsky said. “It is very relevant.”
The use of social media tools is continuing to be more and more prevalent in
Creighton’s classrooms. Whether it’s to communicate instruction, post study aids,
socialize, or advertise, social media tools are utilized.