What are some pluses and minuses of using social media with students?


Cyber Bullying is a huge issue that needs to be addressed in the classroom before using a classroom-based social media program. There needs to be a collective agreement with the students that social media is to be used to learn and exchange opinions in a POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE way.


Positive:
Find shared interests
Helps students to connect to different groups of people and expand their thinking
Promotes Critical Thinking
Homework Help –Students can comment/critique (peer conferencing)
Models how to use Social Media responsibly
Means to share information with parents, guardians
Access to real time information

Negative:
Not all comments may be relevant to topic or may be inappropriate
Not all students have access to the internet
Cyber Bullying
Global Open Forum (the general public can have access to it)

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