A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
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7. Forms of electronic communication (such
asWeb sites) through which people create
online communities to share information,
ideas, personal messages, etc………..
9. Social media technologies take on many different
forms including blogs, business
networks, enterprise social
networks, forums, microblogs, photo
sharing,products/services review, social
bookmarking, social gaming, social
networks, video sharing, and virtual worlds
11. Mobile social media refers to the use of
social media on mobile devices such
as smartphones and tablet computers.This
is a group of mobile marketing applications
that allow the creation and exchange of
user-generated content.
12. Due to the fact that mobile social media
run on mobile devices, they differ from
traditional social media by incorporating
new factors such as the current location of
the user (location-sensitivity) or the time
delay between sending and receiving
messages
15. the Middle East and North Africa region
has one of the most youthful populations
in the world, with people under 25 making
up between 35-45% of the population in
each country.They make up the majority
of social media users, including about 17
million Facebook users,
25,000Twitter accounts and 40,000 active
blogs,
30. For children, using social media sites can help
promote creativity, interaction, and learning. It
can also help them with homework and class
work. Moreover, social media enable them to
stay connected with their peers, and help them
to interact with each other
32. Many parents and educators have been fearful of the repercussions of
having social media in the classroom
As result, cell phones have been banned from some classrooms, and
some schools have
blocked many popular social media websites.
As a result, many schools have realized that they need to loosen
restrictions, teach digital citizenship skills, and even incorporate these
tools into classrooms.
37. The teenager who tried to kill himself because he
wasn't satisfied with the quality of his selfies
A selfie-addicted British teen tried to kill himself because he
didn't like any of the photos he had taken.
Danny Bowman, 19, spent up to 10 hours each day taking up to
200 photos of himself on his iPhone. He then nearly overdosed
on pills, but his mother intervened and kept him alive.
Bowman's case is extreme, yes, but psychiatrists are starting to
consider selfie addiction as a serious mental health issue.