Unlike the brain-eating zombies in intense action movies, a classroom of zombies refers to students who struggle to engage and pay attention in class. From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube, the “big three” of social media have dominated the twenty-first century- that is, until now. While all three platforms have seen a considerable amount of online traffic since their initial rise of usage in 2006, Facebook was the most popular until YouTube’s usage shot up in 2018. However, Generation Z– those born between 1997 and 2012 and who are currently considered “college-age”– has been drawn to platforms that require a…
Author: Laurie Miller
During an early fall barbeque at the beginning of this academic year, a friend of mine, a faculty member at another university in my area, told me about her new fascination with TikTok. I was surprised as all I knew of TikTok were short dance move, magic trick, or “how to” videos. She explained her interest started when she found out that one of her students was a TikTok influencer, which had inspired her to have this student help their class create a project producing videos to promote issues facing the deaf community. I was intrigued. Here was a platform…