Research Of Social Software Supporting Teachers And Students In Teaching And Learning

As the development of information technology and network technology, people's work, study and life has been a fundamental change. Using all kinds of software to develop personal interest and social interaction has become more and more common, and Social Software as a new study, has made greatly improved and has been applied increasingly wider. Which kinds of Social Software are familiar, and what role has bring to education are hot issues currently.This thesis analyzed the development of the Social Software in domestic and international, introduced the definition and characteristics to Social Software at home and abroad, Social Software can realize people- people dialogue beautifully. Specially, Wiki and Blog and other Social Software can process vitality highly to use very low technical barriers and design which rooted in the nature of social interaction attribute. Social Software into the field of teaching has become a developing trend, through investigating analyzing the applications of several common Social Software in the education, united the theoretical foundation which support Social Software's use in education, such as sociology theory, teaching theory, learning theory, has done further study from the supportion of Social Software to teachers' teaching and students' learning. Social Software which supports teachers' teaching-including improving their own quality, providing a platform for teaching, can change teaching methods and instructional mode from four angles; Social Software supports students' learning-including can expand learning resources and management them, changing the learning approach, and be propitious to students' communion and sharing of knowledge, can be conducive to innovation these four angles. In particular, the understanding of this paper on the teachers' teaching and students' learning are not on the general sense. Teachers' teaching includes teaching, preaching, imparting and disabuse in the general sense, but also means the study to improve their own quality. Students' learning includes a general meaning, but also that the help, guidance and disabuse for other learners in study.