When using social media in the classroom there are multiple ways it is helpful in the classroom and there are also multiple ways it isn’t helpful in the classroom. Some of the positive ways social media can be helpful in the classroom is it can help increase student collaboration. Each site is able to give you ways to contact one another regarding school projects, group assignments, or help with any assignment. It can encourage participation; students are able to express their thoughts through social media without being judged. Social media sites can be useful for homework help by posting or messaging the teacher or classmate. Social media can be easily accessible in the classroom. And last but not least social media sites can help keep parents, teachers, and students are on the same page.
Although these are great examples of how social media is helpful there are multiple ways social media is not helpful for the classroom. Social media can distract students in the class and some students may use it in a improper way. For example, they might use it to talk to other students in the classroom or school. Social media can keep students from interacting in person to people. They may not have face-to-face situations because of social media. There also can be cyber bullying on social media sites and that is not something that should happen. And the last one would be they post inappropriate content on the social media site. This stuff is not allowed in the schools and classrooms.
If my opinion I think that social media sites should be used when it comes to older students in high school. In my high school, teachers would use Twitter to remind students of due dates. I think in younger classrooms this would not be necessary. Each teacher can give students papers that say the due dates on them and the parents should be able to help the students remember that. I don’t think I will use social media sites in the classroom when I am a teacher.
Although these are great examples of how social media is helpful there are multiple ways social media is not helpful for the classroom. Social media can distract students in the class and some students may use it in a improper way. For example, they might use it to talk to other students in the classroom or school. Social media can keep students from interacting in person to people. They may not have face-to-face situations because of social media. There also can be cyber bullying on social media sites and that is not something that should happen. And the last one would be they post inappropriate content on the social media site. This stuff is not allowed in the schools and classrooms.
If my opinion I think that social media sites should be used when it comes to older students in high school. In my high school, teachers would use Twitter to remind students of due dates. I think in younger classrooms this would not be necessary. Each teacher can give students papers that say the due dates on them and the parents should be able to help the students remember that. I don’t think I will use social media sites in the classroom when I am a teacher.
In the first two pictures they are examples of how a school or teacher can use Facebook. On this Facebook page, my teachers wrote information about the trip that we were going to take to Italy and Greece. The teachers would write things to our parents that had Facebook so they could keep track of what we were doing. They would also write things if we needed to bring money, when meetings were, and multiple more things.
In the third picture it is an example of how a school or teacher can use Twitter. Showstoppers is a dance line team in my high school. They have the coach put up information about showstoppers, like meetings, money to bring, practice times, and multiple more things. They also can let people know when their meets were so they could watch them and give them support.
In the last picture it is an example of how a school or teacher can use Instagram. In this picture they were able to show each sport that got it go to state that certain year. They also were able to write a little description of what this picture is. This way people that follow this Instagram page can see what is going on.
Even though these aren't teaching anything, it still shows you how you can put information up and have different people look at it.
In the third picture it is an example of how a school or teacher can use Twitter. Showstoppers is a dance line team in my high school. They have the coach put up information about showstoppers, like meetings, money to bring, practice times, and multiple more things. They also can let people know when their meets were so they could watch them and give them support.
In the last picture it is an example of how a school or teacher can use Instagram. In this picture they were able to show each sport that got it go to state that certain year. They also were able to write a little description of what this picture is. This way people that follow this Instagram page can see what is going on.
Even though these aren't teaching anything, it still shows you how you can put information up and have different people look at it.