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Benefits and Challenges of Using Social Media in the Classroom
- Learn new digital literacy skills.
- Improve knowledge retention & understanding.
- Increase class participation and motivate students.
- Build community; connect students to each and the global community.
- Become an effective member of an online community.
Social media can be a useful tool for businesses, bringing advantages such as engaging with your audience and boosting website traffic. However there can also be disadvantages, including the resources required and negative feedback.
What are the advantage of social media to students?
The biggest advantage of social media is better communication. A student can connect with anyone at any point in time via Kids Messenger or WhatsApp. They can use such platforms via their smartphone, tablet or computer, and learners can exchange questions, make phone calls or video calls.
Social technology such as texting and Facebook is a tool for today’s teens to develop emotional bonds, their own identities, and an ability to communicate and work with others according to psychologists. In fact, teens who spend time on social networking sites are actually the healthiest psychologically according to new accumulating evidence.
A teen may see positive traits being liked and shared, such as healthy eating or academic success. A teen may then be motivated to follow those trends. A look at the effects of social media on teens highlights the fact that voter participation went up when people saw posts of their friends voting.
Does social media affect teens positive or negatively?
Social media can affect teenagers in both positive and negative ways. Research has found that social media use can affect self-esteem, and make typical teenage pressure and bullying worse, but it can also connect isolated teens and help them find supportive networks.
They broaden their worldview. Social networks push teenagers to get out of their bubble and put their feet on the ground,as they’re exposed not only to different ways of