Social Media Issues In School

Social media is nothing, but a distracting, timewasting, nuisance to everyone surrounded by it, right? Wrong. Social media has changed the world as we know it. People can share information quickly, publish their thoughts, and exchange their ideas. Social media is becoming a certainty in this modern age, which is why it should be embraced rather than criticized. Although there is concern over potential for cyberbullying and lack of privacy, the use of social media is inevitable in teenagers’ lives, and necessary to the positive development of adolescents because it allows adolescents to gain confidence when interacting with others, it encourages users to create and maintain friendships, and it can facilitate learning while promoting educational growth.

In her book, It's Complicated, Danah Boyd expresses her views on modern-day social media and the modern-day teenager's reliability with it. The book is comprised of 8 enlightening categories: identity, privacy, addiction, danger, bullying, inequality, literacy, and searching for a public of their own. Throughout the book, Boyd provides data, true stories, and factual conversations to help support her main claim: social media has taken over our youth.

Social media has always been a controversial issue in the nation. As more and more technology is being introduced to classrooms, social media is not far behind. From twitter in first grade to Facebook pages for high school classes, social media is somehow being implemented in schools. Social media in the classroom is a very controversial issue because people are either extreme pro or extreme con, there is not much middle ground. However some teachers have found “middle ground” with hesitation. There are two sides to this controversial issue. It can be used as an educational tool but there are serious risks to using social media. Before implementing social media in the classroom the question must be asked, do the risks outweigh the

As stated in the text What Every Middle school Teacher Should Know (2014) , “Adolescents are naturally drawn to technological advances if they they help them to be entertained, provide information to satisfy their own curiosity, and lead to more control over their lives.” Therefore as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat users, middle school students are now privy to more information which used to be more “adult centered” like world peace, child hunger, bullying, etc. These students previously would not have cared about these issues, or even acted on them; but as members of social networks, they must voice their concerns publicly

Ever been on social media or seen someone on it? Social media is a website or an app that lets people connect online and post pictures or statements they find funny, happy, supportive of their opinion, sad, beautiful, crazy, etc, etc. However, there can be some downsides. These include inappropriate content, depression, and obsession, and there are age limits (at least partially) from some of these reasons! Students and children should not use social media unless they are mature enough to handle it because of all the said possible depression, obsession, and content.

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

Some school districts are currently blocking all social media from school computers and other devices logged onto their wifi. There is an ongoing debate about whether or not all schools should block social media. Both sides have a list of why their side is right. Those against it call social media a distraction and a waste of time. They bring up, in their debate, cases of cyberbullying and points on how social media discourages face-to-face communication. They state the dangers that social media causes such as strangers and pedophiles. In the end, these people just want to protect their children from those risks. However, schools should allow social media in schools because without it high social media users begin to develop depression and anxiety, schools would be able to engage school communities through social media, and schools could use it for school work. Social media has many excellent uses, and there is no reason for it to be blocked and trying to ban social media will not work. There are many pros to allowing social media in schools and failing to integrate it causes a disservice to the children, teens, and to practically everyone. Social media is here to stay so everyone might as well adapt and learn from it (Nicholls).

Various individuals long for a time when technology did not take over the world. For teenagers, it is difficult to imagine a life without the World Wide Web and its countless perks at their fingertips. Social media consumes young lives more than any other form of technological advancement. Social media has a few pros, but also its fair share of cons.

Social media is quickly evolving in front of our eyes and it is almost impossible to reject and hide from this new form of media. Not only is it an important part of socialization within peer groups but now it is used to market and motivate people to become a part of a larger community. It is undeniably changing the way one communicates and how one finds and shares information. Most websites offer communication through the use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and many various blog formats. With new apps on smartphones and photography and video made digital, media can be created, edited and shared quickly and once it is in this new digital cloud it is not yours anymore. Through these new advances in technology one can share things

In modern times, technology is the most important object in people’s daily life. Social networks is experiencing explosive development. No matter where we are, park, restaurant, classroom, or coffee house, almost everyone bows their head and plays cell phones, smart phones, or laptops. New technologies have been becoming more and more popular, at the same time, immeasurable people are using these new technologies. It is the most normal scene that people holds their devices and has no communication with others. Some people would say that these new technologies have positively transformed communication mode so that modern people prefer talking on the internet instead of face to face. That was a very popular statement at the beginning of 21st century. However, with time goes by, one of the new technologies—social networking— has begun to show a dark side. Although using different kinds of smart devices like iPhone, laptop, and tablet PC to log into social network is not inherently bad, some young people have been abusing this technology. It is so called troubling trend of social networks usage that needs to be focused on and solved. Indeed, parents can use some soft wares to control their child’s usage of social networking sites, another more powerful way is the law enforcement, the best solution to this troubling trend is let students take

Thesis Statement: Social media is something a majority of people use but, causes a lot social issues and economical issues for adolescents.

Some school districts currently block all social media from school computers and other devices logged onto their wifi. There is an ongoing debate about whether or not all schools should block social media. Both sides have a list of why their side is right. Those against it call social media a distraction and a waste of time. They bring up, in their debate, cases of cyberbullying and points on how social media discourages face-to-face communication. They state the dangers that social media causes such as strangers and pedophiles. In the end, these people just want to protect their children from those risks. However, schools should allow social media in schools because without it high social media users begin to develop depression and anxiety, schools would be able to engage school communities through social media, and schools could use it for school work. Social media has many good uses, and there is no reason for it to be blocked and trying to ban social media will not work. There are many pros to allowing social media in schools and failing to integrate it causes a disservice to the children, teens, and to practically everyone. Social media is here to stay so everyone might as well adapt and learn from it (Nicholls).

Today, when mindlessly scrolling through Facebook or any other derivative of social media sites you may see “Teacher Attacked by Student” or a video along those lines. Many of these videos and pictures of teachers lying unconscious surface the web. If you have not seen it yourself, you may have heard about it by a colleague or friend. According to the American Psychological Association, three percent of teachers are physically attacked by students (2015). Of the hundreds of videos plastered on the web, many of them are take out of context and the antagonist are commonly supported due to the simple fact that they are the students. The student automatically becomes the victim because the teacher retaliated but what most seem to forget to ask is, what did student do to cause the teacher or authority to react the way that they did? Yes, there is no excuse for violence in the classroom and there are procedures to handle situations involving unruly student but also there is no excuse for disrespect and mistreatment towards authority. With that said I ask, are we showing our youth that it is acceptable to express disrespect by siding with the antagonist in most mainstream situations such as the ones portrayed on the internet?

From having good grades, to studying for the ACT, in addition to trying to fit into the social aspect in high school a teens life has never been more hard. And the invention of the smartphone has only added to the amount of stress that a teen has to deal with. The smartphone has created an environment in which adolescents are always connected with those they go to highschool with, through the use of social media. For example if a bully were to be picking on a student at school the student could not just go home and forget about the incident, but now the bully has the ability to abuse that student at any point he/she desires. These types of incidents are creating a new wave of problems for adolescents and their parents, Nojiri Matthew interviewed Rick Wolf (assistant superintendent at Mifflin School district) explaining “The increase in social media use has added another element when identifying and caring for kids dealing with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other mental health disorders, Wolf said” (Wolf). The smartphone is the catalyst to these problems. If you were to take away the smartphone problems such as cyberbullying would be less of an issue. However adolescents these days are given smartphones at such a young age, with no supervision on how long they use it throughout the day, that it becomes second nature to be looking at it every minute of everyday checking their social media profiles.