2. Social Media
Background
Types
Benefits
Drawbacks
Conclusion
3. “ Social media is a computer-based technology that
facilitates sharing of ideas and information
and building up virtual networks and communities”
(Investopedia, 2018)
4. 1969- Commercial internet service
1971- First email was delivered.
1993 - World Wide Web.
2001- Social media.
2003 - Evolution of social media
5. 2004 -Facebook
2005- high school students to make
them share and explore information
Introduction of YouTube & Membership
for Facebook
Twitter was launched
Internet became THE thing!
7. Number of years for each 50 million people:
◦ Radio: 38
◦ TV: 13
◦ Internet: 4
Facebook : 200 million in 1 year!
8. Social networking – Facebook, Twitter
Social bookmarking - Digg, Delicious
Photo sharing - Flicker, Photo bucket
Video sharing - YouTube, i-Memories
Blogs – WordPress, Type Pad, Blogger
9. Keeps the student interested and engaged
Develops critical thinking skills
Develops capabilities in students that can’t
be acquired through traditional methods
Provides interactive learning
Extends beyond the school day
10. Promotes advocacy in their communities
Promotes individual expression
A forum to create new friendships
Enhances teamwork & collaboration•
Prepares students for life long learning.
11. Easy Access of information
Allows educators to build personal learning network
Can be used to gather instant feedback
Mentor colleagues and attend online conferences.
Provides new opportunities for communication
12. Difficult for teachers to monitor and control
Students may become victims to sexual predators
Cyber bullying may occur without a moderator
Overuse of social media
Privacy/ Trust issues within the cyber world
13. Text language is often used
Inappropriate relationship between teachers
Inappropriate materials viewed online
Less concentration in studies
Online charming mental effects
Stress Tension Tiredness
Cheating Copying
Overuse
14. Social Media is in the hands of the user to use it to its
advantage.
It is all about the usage and getting things done
positively by using the power of social media.
The true challenge lies in overcoming the
disadvantages and ensuring that the advantages create
the desired impact.
As technology evolves, education also evolves
Social networking provides a new outlet to advance education
Social networking promotes collaboration and communication skills
Social networking in education helps students to broaden knowledge by providing easy access to advanced technology
Social media promotes advanced communication skills
Social media is the interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.
Social media can also be said to be a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of internet that allows the creation and exchange of user- generated contents.
1969: First major commercial internet service got introduced for people in US.
1971: First email was delivered.
By the end of 90’s world wide web developed so rapidly and WWW technology got introduced in 1993.
In 2001 , various ways of social media were introduced.
2003: Evolution of social media took place and later it got introduced to teachers and students of colleges and schools
2005: Facebook introduced a different version for high school students to make them share and explore information and useful data through net. !
YouTube was introduced. !
3. Membership for Facebook account got expand. !
4. Twitter was launched as a social networking site. and got a huge effective feedback from people. !
5. People began to move forward towards internet applications and usages. !
6. Finally, Internet conquered almost every field of social and media networking and information sharing process
Accommodates different learning styles with greater flexibility in lessons (e.g. absent students).
Time- shifting
Place-shifting
Authority-shifting
It’s all about the shift of control and ownership!
Types of social medias widely used in education
Wikis – Wikipedia
•Student engagement was higher following social media lesson. For students: -Subjective benefits: •Students enjoy classes and participate. •Are more engaged with material (Coulombe, 2011). •Greater innovation, creativity and risk taking (academically!). •Accommodates different learning styles with greater flexibility in lessons (e.g. absent students).
Students may become advocates in their communities(Wolpert-Gawron, 2010)
• Promotes individual expression (Willard, 2011)
• A forum to create new friendships (Willard, 2011)•
Promotes communication (Dearmondj, 2011)•
Enhances teamwork & collaboration(Dearmondj, 2011)•
Varies learning environments(Dearmondj, 2011)
Allows teachers to collaborate, support, and access useful information across different geographical locations and at any time .
Provides new opportunities for communication and interchange ideas between teachers , parents and students
students use of social media
Social can be used for both good and bad, social media has also provided the negative and positive ways for the people.
