From Facebook to Instagram, the young generation is strengthening their connections via social media platforms more than ever. Consisting of information about various aspects, ranging from economy, social problems to idle gossips of teenagers, social media is becoming an indispensable part of human’s life. Yet many people think social media is only a distraction to students rather than a useful tool. The drawbacks of social media in education, surprisingly, are outweighed by the obvious advantages in communication boosting, information searching, and distance learning.
To begin with, communication boosting is what has established the reputation of social media, even in the classroom. Students, in particular, can connect with teachers, educators, experts and other students in a fast and efficient way. For instance, if a student cannot deal with a difficult homework, they now can use social media to interact with their teachers without waiting to meet each other physically. Through social media platforms such as Facebook, high school and colleges can communicate with students about upcoming events, make announcements, and sharing useful information. Therefore, a stronger connection between educators and students is formed, not to mention the possibility of parental involevement through social media as well.
Secondly, social media is a tremendous source of information which can be accessed conveniently. There is a wide range of useful knowledge on social media, from scientific facts to insights shared by experts and professionals on various issues and technical topics. Students can also study extra curriculum via online courses and videos on YouTube or useful Facebook articles. Besides, students and teachers can sometimes rely on the newest, up-to-date information social media has to offer, although those information is not always precise and careful selections are usually required. Hence, it is undeniable that social media plays an important role in providing knowledge and even inspirations for students all over the world.
Last but not least, social media enables the ability to study from great distance for students in special cases. Platforms like Skype, Zoom, and Teams are designed specifically for education and working purposes, in which they have teaching-boost functions such as online assignments, recording lectures, sharing documents as well as webinars. Teachers can easily set up classes online and simulteniously guarantee the quality to some extent. Fortunately, thanks to the high development of technology that studying and interacting online during the recent epidemic of Covid-19 become a global trend, and this is the very time when social media comes into prominence in education.
To conclude, the advantages of social media in schools and classrooms are obvious and numerous. It is not exaggerated to say that social media can be highly effective in improving academic performance. In the future, there might be new platforms that enhance the interaction between people even more effective than today, so we can hope for a much better cooperation between social media and education.
From Facebook to Instagram, the young generation is strengthening their connections via
social
media
platforms
more than ever. Consisting of
information
about various aspects, ranging from economy,
social
problems to idle gossips of
teenagers
,
social
media
is becoming an indispensable part of human’s life.
Yet
many
people
think
social
media
is
only
a distraction to
students
rather
than a
useful
tool. The drawbacks of
social
media
in education,
surprisingly
,
are outweighed
by the obvious advantages in communication boosting,
information
searching, and distance learning.
To
begin
with, communication boosting is what has established the reputation of
social
media
, even in the classroom.
Students
,
in particular
, can connect with
teachers
, educators, experts and other
students
in a
fast
and efficient way.
For instance
, if a
student
cannot deal with a difficult homework, they
now
can
use
social
media
to interact with their
teachers
without waiting to
meet
each other
physically
. Through
social
media
platforms
such as Facebook, high school and colleges can communicate with
students
about upcoming
events
,
make
announcements, and sharing
useful
information
.
Therefore
, a stronger
connection between
educators and
students
is formed
, not to mention the possibility of parental
involevement
through
social
media
as well
.
Secondly
,
social
media
is a tremendous source of
information
which can
be accessed
conveniently
. There is a wide range of
useful
knowledge on
social
media
, from scientific facts to insights shared by experts and professionals on various issues and technical topics.
Students
can
also
study extra curriculum via
online
courses and videos on YouTube or
useful
Facebook articles.
Besides
,
students
and
teachers
can
sometimes
rely on the newest, up-to-date
information
social
media
has to
offer, although those
information
is not always precise and careful selections are
usually
required.
Hence
, it is undeniable that
social
media
plays an
important
role in providing knowledge and even inspirations for
students
all over the world.
Last
but
not least,
social
media
enables the ability to study from great distance for
students
in special cases.
Platforms
like Skype, Zoom, and Teams
are designed
specifically
for education and working purposes, in which they have teaching-boost functions such as
online
assignments, recording lectures, sharing documents
as well
as webinars.
Teachers
can
easily
set up classes
online
and
simulteniously
guarantee the quality to
some
extent.
Fortunately
, thanks to the high development of technology that studying and interacting
online
during the recent epidemic of Covid-19 become a global trend, and this is the
very
time when
social
media
comes
into prominence in education.
To conclude
, the advantages of
social
media
in schools and classrooms are obvious and numerous. It is not exaggerated to say that
social
media
can be
highly
effective in improving academic performance. In the future, there might be new
platforms
that enhance the interaction between
people
even more effective than
today
,
so
we can hope for a much better cooperation between
social
media
and education.