Making The Case For Social Media In Schools

Lastly, social media is a benefit in class because of how it can be used to connect students with other students, or even the world. In the article “Making the Case for Social Media in Schools,” Principal Jim Asher says that Twitter is a great way for teachers to connect their students with the world. He is correct on this on. If students were allowed to access Twitter during certain times in class, they could watch live videos or interviews about something that is happening in the world, like an election. Social study grades would definitely go up and benefit from this because each teacher could have some way for kids to take notes on what people are saying about a world event that is happening. Because it would be on Twitter, kids would definitely

This connection between classes can help students want to work harder because they see what all the other students are doing which is connecting them at the same time. This may be a distraction because kids might just sit and talk back and forth to kids from other classes, but if a teacher is in charge of the students’ accounts, then they can just log of students who may not be doing what they are supposed to be doing. Edmodo also eliminates the fact that students might come across not school appropriate content, so Edmodo is an excellent social media site because it is closed just for the students in the school, and it can connect students on what each class is working on. Although some may say it can make some students feel left out and depressed because other classes are doing things they aren’t, the likelihood of that happening to students is very low because since students will be so connected with others, they will want to be in that loop of people and work ten times harder so they can share their own projects and be