Argumentative Social Media

The relationship between the teacher and the learner should always remain professional. In the world of technology such as Facebook, it would be unsuitable for the teacher and the learner to become involved in each other’s personal lives, as this can impact into the teaching or any potential disciplinary processes than may need to be addressed.

Out of the variety of news sources such as TV, radio, or newspapers, one of the popular sources in today’s world is social media. People are getting addicted to and can’t live without social media such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. They use social media as of where they can post their status but also where they can receive a lot of different news. While social media are spreading any kinds of news such as trend, celebrity or even politics, people easily get the information that is not true called “fake news.” The fake news raises the major problem in social media as the news source. Once people see the news, they tend to believe and share it. Liking can spread out fake news in a second. When people like the news, the activity

Students are constantly checking their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat for the latest news. The article, “Social Media as Community,” written by Keith Hampton, indicates the average social network users had more intimate connections than those that did not. Social media allows people to connect with others from a variety of backgrounds. It gives people a chance from all over the country to connect with one another in seconds, instead of days. This gives students an opportunity to learn about different cultures and traditions, expanding their interests and knowledge. Teachers can take advantage of this and remind

Teachers should be mindful of their actions both in and out of the classroom. In regards to social media, many school districts have guidelines for appropriate usage that should be followed. In addition, teachers should never post confidential material or information that could harm their reputation or their students’ reputation. Teachers must uphold a sense of professionalism and should only provide students access to social media profiles that are directly and solely related to course material. As educators, we should model professionalism at all times, and this includes social media communication.

This report was prepared to establish the basis in order to execute the monitoring of students’ social media accounts, for the Pleasantville School District. Real-time social media has evolved to be the foundation in today’s society. The reality that people need to come to terms with is that schools have become a high-level focus for threats. It seems that almost every few months there is a mass shooting or tragedy, due to a cyber bullying incident. “Social networking sites and blogs have become deeply influential elements of social media, attracting a great number of users” (Ampofo, 2011).

Module two discussed how teachers should handle social media in regards to contacting students. A few scenarios presented in this video included a young, female teacher befriending her students on Facebook, a social networking website, and receiving crude comments on her picture from them, and a male teacher posting negative comments about his blog. The female teacher ends up telling her principle about inappropriate conversations her student had been trying to spark with

Howard, K. (2013). Using Facebook and Other SNSs in K-12 Classrooms: ethical considerations for safe social networking. Issues in Teacher Education, 22(2), 39.

In Christine Weiser's article, she discusses the school districts that decided against the use of these social media platforms. Through various interview excerpts, she reveals why educators dislike social media usage in the classroom environments with the main concern "that [they are] creating an avenue for increased bullying". There is also the concerns "about protecting student

Over the decade our generation has become more and more into Social Media. We can post any picture, tweet about our daily lives and comment on everything. However, as you pose for a picture, or tweet about something that happened to you, do you ever think if it interferes with the First Amendment? Most people do not consider that, and sometimes what they posted can lead them into a lot of trouble because it could violate the first amendment. Many argue that first amendment grants us the freedom of speech; however, to what extent should our activity on social media be protected as free speech under the first amendment? The people’s activity on social media should be protected as free speech unless the activity is determined to be an actual threat towards someone because there are different interpretations, our comments reflect our opinions, and the right of free speech is the foundation of our country and forms what this country is about.

Nowadays, a lot of people are using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and so on. Since the Internet has propagated rapidly, social media have progressed a lot. The generalization of the internet makes us to live conveniently and fast. People are almost using smart phones, i-phones or comfortable devices which can access to internet. These equipments make us to do social network easily. It helps contact friends, family, and other people even though they live far away. It could be, however, abused, if you don’t use properly. Especially, it is important that we understand and regulate the use of social media by young children.

Stacy’s situation is just one of many recent cases in which aspiring and practicing educators have faced unfortunate consequences because of the way others perceive the use of social networking tools such as MySpace and Face book. (Carter, Foulger & Ewbank, 2008). ” (www.pbworks.com, page 1)

Our society has become heavily reliant on social media, and today’s younger generation cannot avoid using it in their everyday lives. As time has progressed, social media has advanced significantly, becoming easier to access with a touch of a button. These advancements provide both positive and negative consequences to youths’ relationships. Due to the rapid advancement of social media, youths’ real-life relationships with their peers have been affected both positively and negatively.

The internet was invented roughly about 30 years ago by the World Wide Web. However, the first social media came out circa 20 years ago. The name of it was Six Degrees and it was created by Andrew Weinreich in the 1900’s. Six degrees users had the capabilities of uploading a profile, making friends, and sending messages with family and friends. Nevertheless on 2004, Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg, a 19-year-old who created the biggest social media that changed the world. Till this day, Facebook probably has up to 2 billion users and still counting. Nonetheless, most people seen on Facebook ranges from their teens to mid-40s, that have the capability of spreading information across the globe setting a chain reaction that created and spread fake news. Social medias’ fake news is spread by a heap of people that are easily convinced by false statements. According to Gretel, “In the midst of a nationwide debate over the proliferation of fake news on social media sites – and, as one 2015 study by the Media Insight Project shows, at a time when nearly 9 in 10 Millennials regularly get news from Facebook – the numbers, at first glance, may point to a bleak, uninformed future.” (n. pag.) Therefore, teens need to use social media to disintegrate some of the repercussions of real news.

The student and teacher may become biased or even sexually attracted to one another, leading to conflicting morals. In the year 2012, there was an incident between a student and teacher on which, according to the author, Raychelle Cassasa Lohmann, "He saw pictures of her with friends and family, at the beach (in a bikini), and drinking and posted them on his Facebook for his friends to see. She later ended up getting fired and blacklisted from teaching." These forms of pictures or private posts, can be very humiliating and ruin a student-teacher professional relationship, because they change the image of one or both involved, thus leading to a change in the relationship or trust. This teachers consequence is only one of many available to those who do the wrong thing. This also shows that teachers and students being friends on social media can lead to an embarrassing, and questionable relationships which result in the teacher being blamed for the incident. Just like with Sam and his teacher from the previous paragraph, many students want to "friend" their favorite teachers, however by doing so, it can change their relationship and open both of them up to getting in a lot of trouble. On the United Education Association website, it states that there is a law, that "any online communication between a student and teacher that is found to be

In this age of social media, we are constantly worried about being popular. We are driven by “likes,” “comments,” and “followers.” Not caring what our peers thought, our middle school selves posted anything and everything. Now, as seniors and having had access to social media for an abundance of years, we are far more cautious about what we post but not in the way you might imagine. Instagram is a resourceful tool but, if used incorrectly, could impair your social status.