Learn how this teacher uses TikTok to make his classes versatile

Professor Fernando Pantoja, from the Tec’s Morelia campus, has designed an activity through the TikTok app aimed at managing emotions.

”TikTok is an application that students are used to using, it’s something they like and that represents what they’re experiencing,” says Fernando.

This activity was applied at high school level with the support of other teachers in charge of tutoring classes, to emphasize the attitude that we face situations with.

“It wasn’t just about letting them make a video, but also to review social media issues; what the issues are, what they leave us with, the risks to which we are exposing ourselves, that everyone can see what I do and what I represent with my posts,” Fernando mentioned.
 

Second, fourth and sixth-semester students developed this activity to represent different themes according to their context:

• The second semester had to reflect the difficulties of adjusting to a new school along with all the changes that this entails.
• The fourth semester worked with the emotions of starting to choose a career and planning for the future.
• The sixth semester worked with the emotions involved in graduation and entering a new stage of life.
   

This exercise was carried out as part of the organizations for Ruler Day, an emotional intelligence program from the Center for Emotional Intelligence at Yale University, implemented in all PrepaTecs in the country.

In addition, this activity made it possible to strengthen two competencies of the students: creativity and critical thinking.

It was not necessary for the students to upload the video to the social network, but simply download it so that it could be shared within the class, however they could use all the platform’s tools.

“Sharing them in the classroom created a space for them to share their thoughts and possibly realize that they were not the only ones who reflected certain emotions,” explains Professor Pantoja.
 

One of the points to be addressed within this activity was to raise awareness, not only of the dangers posed by social media but also that they are a place where we can support each other.

“These types of activities require a constant search for new ways that allow the students to have fun while learning and that also helps the teachers to bond with them,” Fernando shared with us.

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