The use of Social Media have become insanely popular for people to communicate
with one another over the years. People are now able to communicate with their friends, family,
or coworkers through a link, video, wall post, or a picture. Social Media users are capable of
sharing different details, stories and opinions about their lives through many different Social
Networks such as Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook have been a source of
communication from one person to another no matter where they are. With the massive use
Social Media, it can be a useful skill in the classroom of educators. The usage of Social
Media can be of benefit to improve students’ communication skills and their learning skills.
The purpose of the …show more content…
Richard J. Light as, “a proponent of social constructivism”
(Tomasewski, 2012). Dr. Light’s view on the impact of Social Media is valuable to many
educators who may have some concerns. He elaborates about the benefits of using Social Media
in the classroom. Social Media is a means of communication for many individuals. While using
Social Media as a communication tool, students can communicate with other classmates or other
schools to work collaboratively on various topics they are learning about in school.
Communicating with different students through different social networks can help students
understand their curriculum, enhance their communication skills and also make new friends in
the process.
While communicating with other students through the use of different Social Media,
group styled assignments or group learning has the ability to enhance students’ retention of the
information they are receiving from their teachers or professors. Many students form different
study groups or even group chats to communicate with one another in order to study together, …show more content…
As educators, enhancing
communication skills are a valuable factor in teaching. According to another article, “Making the
Case for Social Media” by James Asher also reiterates the advantages of Social Media in the
classroom, “using a classroom Twitter account to connect students with the world. They can
have real-time dialogues with experts, museums, publishers, journalists, and more. I remember
the excitement when a major library retweeted information about a project one class was
working on” (Asher, 2015). This article also supports that through the use of social media
students are more inclined to communicate with others and actually put forth effort into their
work, “the class promoted student work via Twitter, and students were amazed by all the
responses from around the world. (One student even said, "If I 'd known someone from Australia
was going to see this, I would have done a better job.")” (Asher, 2015). Both articles infer that
social media plays a role in enhancing communication skills within the
with one another over the years. People are now able to communicate with their friends, family,
or coworkers through a link, video, wall post, or a picture. Social Media users are capable of
sharing different details, stories and opinions about their lives through many different Social
Networks such as Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook have been a source of
communication from one person to another no matter where they are. With the massive use
Social Media, it can be a useful skill in the classroom of educators. The usage of Social
Media can be of benefit to improve students’ communication skills and their learning skills.
The purpose of the …show more content…
Richard J. Light as, “a proponent of social constructivism”
(Tomasewski, 2012). Dr. Light’s view on the impact of Social Media is valuable to many
educators who may have some concerns. He elaborates about the benefits of using Social Media
in the classroom. Social Media is a means of communication for many individuals. While using
Social Media as a communication tool, students can communicate with other classmates or other
schools to work collaboratively on various topics they are learning about in school.
Communicating with different students through different social networks can help students
understand their curriculum, enhance their communication skills and also make new friends in
the process.
While communicating with other students through the use of different Social Media,
group styled assignments or group learning has the ability to enhance students’ retention of the
information they are receiving from their teachers or professors. Many students form different
study groups or even group chats to communicate with one another in order to study together, …show more content…
As educators, enhancing
communication skills are a valuable factor in teaching. According to another article, “Making the
Case for Social Media” by James Asher also reiterates the advantages of Social Media in the
classroom, “using a classroom Twitter account to connect students with the world. They can
have real-time dialogues with experts, museums, publishers, journalists, and more. I remember
the excitement when a major library retweeted information about a project one class was
working on” (Asher, 2015). This article also supports that through the use of social media
students are more inclined to communicate with others and actually put forth effort into their
work, “the class promoted student work via Twitter, and students were amazed by all the
responses from around the world. (One student even said, "If I 'd known someone from Australia
was going to see this, I would have done a better job.")” (Asher, 2015). Both articles infer that
social media plays a role in enhancing communication skills within the