The Negative Effects Of Twitter On The Classroom

“Aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices, especially smartphones, 92% of teens report goi ng online daily — including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly.” With new technologies, and a faster paced world, our society has turned away from proper grammar and writing style while using social media and texting. It is now uncommon to see a well-structured sentence or thought out idea when engaging in conversation with another person. For instance, twitter. Twitter only allows the user to incorporate what they want to say with a maximum of one hundred forty characters. With such a small allowance, one cannot get their ideas out using proper form. Instead, they turn to abbreviations, emojis and slang words. For those saying this doesn’t really affect our …show more content…
From school authorized personal tablets or laptops, to online classroom quizzes, companies will do anything to make teachers believe it is a positive influence on the students. Many social media websites have geared their products and services to fit in to the classroom better. Twitter is the biggest case of technology in the classroom. According to Alice Kassens, Twitter is a service that compliments a traditional lecture as well as forces students to express thoughts and develop writing skills. Twitter teaches students to be able to think creatively as they only have 140 characters to get their point across. In the classroom, twitter has brought about new ways of participation. A student can post a question during the lecture to the classroom’s account, and the professor will be able to answer them. It also has the benefit of polls that can be answered by the students, making sure they are engaged in the discussion of the class. One of the main drawbacks of this is some students may not be able to afford a device to allow them to use