Social Media is influencing our lives. Instead, this article proposes to focus on the numerous ways in which social media is changing. although social media can be good but it can also create a problem about teachers reputation considering that everyhthing is on line in nowadays. Students and teachers have access to any positive effects towards student’s education achievement.
Empowering Effects
Starting from elementary school up until college graduation, social media has the role to empower parents, students and teachers to use new ways of sharing information and build communication. Statistics show that students that have internet access are using social media. For instance, students access to Snapchat, Instagram or any other comments which it can be positive and negative. Now, students can also give information through social media which it can impact highly to the school or towards the education they receive. ( negative side).
But an increasing trend of adopting social media in school is starting to show. And since students already devote a lot of time for social media and connecting with others outside school hours, why not do it during school as well?
It’s a matter of practicability, really, because it makes perfect sense to use the online universe to communicate with your students since they’re already there most of the time. Students browse their news feed, sharing photos on Instagram of sending Snapchat messages has become a part of their daily routine.
Can teachers use social media? Is it helping in education?
Blackboard is one example of learning which leads to the actual implementation of social media within classrooms. It can be also positive impact considering that students use the practicality on using their smartphones all the time, when there is any updated information for students, administrators,and teachers then any news related to the district can be on Instagram,Facebook,Snapchat,etc.
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