Twitter In The Classroom Analysis

Technology is an essential part of the 21st century. It is not only creating its own space among society on the creation of the “future”, but also influencing people with its biggest tool, social media. Twitter has grown in unbelievable ways, specially among the young generation. Since Twitter has created its own space in this century, the question is how can Twitter be used by college students to enhance the interaction in class. The answer is simple. According to a few studies, Twitter can be used in the classroom to increase the interaction between college students where they feel the authenticity of the course and that they are in some way connected to something real.
Technology is being used with almost everything, and social media is …show more content…
Two major facets were proposed in the study which are the in-class engagement and the out-of-class engagement. They also point out the seven principles proposed for good practice in college education, which are student/faculty contact, cooperation among students, active learning, prompt feedback, emphasizing time on task, communicating high expectations, and respecting diversity. All of seven principles are related to student engagement, and at the end of the study the authors successfully proved that the seven principles could be implemented by technology. Matt Kapko takes a whole different way on his article “Is Social Media Receiving or Killing Our Classrooms?” where he presents different points of view about the use of social media in class. Without taking a side, Kapko explores the arguments presented by professionals of the educational area which seem not to agree with one another as to whether or not social media is improving the engagement in class. People sometimes think that Social medias in general can be dangerous for college students where they can use such tool for the wrong purposes. “In an informal survey of faculty done by FacultyFocus (2011), 3.7 percent of the more than …show more content…
The use of Twitter was good to give continuity for class discussions giving the students a low-stress way to ask questions and helping them to connect with each other and with their instructors. Time in class in short, so Twitter served as a tool to engage the same discussion outside class and to bring new perspectives on the subject to next class. Twitter can serve as a alternative way to ask questions and doubts students have. “Our results suggest that Twitter can be used to engage students in ways that are important for their academic and psychosocial development. We were able to lever- age Twitter to support Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education.” Says Junco. The study was a success, and the authors reached the expected