Controversy Over The Use Of Social Media In High Schools

Should schools use social media to communicate? Most schools have a Facebook or Twitter account to communicate with parents and students. We know that social media is the quickest way to make information available to the public. Students don’t think they can survive without social media.

Teachers can use technology within the classroom to assist with providing instructional guidance and education to students. However, the use of technology in the classroom has both its advantages and

Technology in the classroom is important for teachers, parents, and students alike, because technology use has become a necessary skill for survival in today’s vastly expanding technology driven global economy. Research has shown an increase in student’s success rates when exposed to technology in the classroom. Also technology has opened lines of communication between educators and parents to keep students on track, and help teachers educate better.

Communicating effectively with parents and students is important in order to be successful at teaching. Studies have shown that parental involvement in a student’s education allows for greater success in the classroom (Duarte, G, Cerda-Perez, E & Rosenberg, G 2007). Technology is beneficial in communicating with students and parents. The use of technology allows for students and parents to have access to current lesson plans as well as access to the teacher after normal school hours. This opens up doorways for the student or parent to ask questions about assignments and class discussions. The uses of classroom websites, e-mails, text messaging and student web sites are just a few examples of technology that is used to communicate

Social media has become a huge part of our lives and the younger generation is becoming more involved with this new technology. However, the use of social media has been a great debate in classroom settings. School districts have been conflicted with the two options: to teach along and incorporate social media into the classroom or to restrict the use of social media during school hours.

As the 21st century furthers, social media has expanded rapidly; this has become an ongoing issue because social media is often a tool used to cyberbully. Nowadays, school districts are unaware of handling these issue since it can, and will, for the most part take place at home. Many individuals believe that the district cannot be held responsible since these actions are not viewed by school administration. As academic years further, school districts are forced to update the code of conduct to provide the rights of students. Although, schools provide this code to ensure the safety of students, it often gets reversed on the district. It has been proven that many schools are being sued for not following the correct procedures when dealing with

It likewise upgrades the relationship in the middle of teacher and student. At the point when technology is successfully coordinated into branches of knowledge, teachers develop into parts of counselor, substance master, and mentor. Technology helps make teaching and adapting more serious and fun. Technology has a few advantages. Anyhow teachers who will by and by administer students can't be supplanted. It is difficult to walk far from technology as it has effectively entered the general public, especially the procedure of getting

Technology not only affects students, but also teachers. Resources such as voice mail, email, and the World Wide Web all aid teachers in informing parents of upcoming events, responding to students and their questions, and searching for information. There are also technology tools

Jon Russell once said, “Social Media presents a huge opportunity for schools, universities and other educational organizations to reach out and connect with students and prospective students”. With no doubt, social media has influenced the way students are educated today. For those of you who do not know the exact definition of social media, the social media means ways of sharing information, opinions, images, videos using the Internet, especially social networking sites. Because of the Internet, people started finding ways to socialize through social websites and exchange information. Popular social network on the Internet such as YouTube became a sensation for me ever since I became a student in college. Today social media can be used for educational purposes. The ways social media is changing education has affected how the students express themselves, behave, and interact with each other.

Social media are the most ordinarily used media to connect with the world because of its many advantages and benefits. Many students are already involved in social networks and using it their daily activities including educational purposes. Social media have changed the ways of learning and providing pieces of information on education. It has been used in education nowadays more than ever and showing beneficial results out of that. Uses of social media are increasing continuously in education and both students and educators are becoming dependent on it. The reason behind this is, it is simple to access, effortless to use and easy availability. Among many of the advantages of social media in education, applying it for communication purposes, sharing class materials, files etc. for classroom projects as well as uses of QR codes are some of the leading ones.

For many teachers today technology is their best friend in the classroom. Technology allows them to present information quickly, and neatly as compared to hand writing on boards or in grade books. A few examples of technology are the “Reminder 101” app, this app allows teachers to send out a mass text to all of their students who have app, and reminds the students about assignments that are due, and upcoming events. This allows even the most forgetful students to have a chance of turning in their assignments on time. Another popular and common device is the “Smart Board” these have become more and more common in today 's classrooms. The Smart Board is like a large interactive monitor of the teacher 's computer. It is much easier to use than projectors, and white boards, because how quickly it can be changed from one lesson to the next. For many teachers it is not just the physical devices that are helpful, but online resources as well. One website that is helpful to teachers is

Social Media has been quite an issue in today’s society. Social media has become an issue with people of younger generations, especially those in school. Schools today have the biggest problem with controlling their students and the way they use their social media both on their own time and during school hours. Authors Steven Anderson and Bradley Shear have both addressed this problem in today's society in their articles that deeply describe what can and should be done to resolve the issue in schools. Anderson explains a way that a school can create their guidelines for device usage in schools while Shear explains how schools have illegally and legally prohibited social media and device usage in schools. Both authors have written their articles for mainly adults and especially for those who work for middle and high schools. Anderson’s article is the most informative article of the two as it has a better writing style and gives schools a better point of view as to how to resolve the social media problem in today’s society.

Also with the advancements of technology, students are able to communicate with their teachers outside of the classroom. Students are able to ask questions through e-mail, alleviating confusion in the class. Through e-mail, students can receive one-on-one attention he or she may not receive in class due to hesitation that may be caused by other students in the class.

While it was not possible to determine if using the site and increased academic self-efficacy users were seen attending more orientation programs and users were seen to help each other adjust to campus life(DeAndrea 18-19). Teachers are seeing different benefits from using social media. One benefit is more engagement from students, a theater class at the University of North Carolina used a video game to enter a social universe set in Shakespeare’s Globe theater. The class would act out plays in the virtual setting, the professor noticed more engagement and excitement from the more quiet and shy students(Blankenship 40). Not all teachers, and students, are receptive or willing to integrate social media into the classroom. One argument against implementation is that not all students have the ability to access the Internet when not on school grounds and requiring the school to provide technology outside of the classroom would be impractical or impossible to achieve(Blankenship 41). Another argument that is used is that social media is its impersonal nature “the best ideas often come from sharing an actual space with someone” (Blankenship 41). Educators are still researching social media’s place in education and the classroom is one of the best places to experiment.

The use of technology has the ability to allow teachers to teach the student, instead of teaching the grade level. Jon Bower, CEO of Lexia Learning Systems, points this fact out when he states,