Nicole A Buzzeto-More wrote an article titled, "Social Networking in Undergraduate Education." Her main focus is exploring social media systems (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) as instructional tools in the education sector. Are they effective?
She conducted her study at a school with a large demographic. The results showed that mos results showed that the student body would prefer using sites like Facebook rather than the previous ones.
She also feels that faculty members should adopt using these sites more so it can build better learning communities and stronger student relationships.
I too believe this is the way education should go. I remember my brother showing me "The FaceBook" site that was only for college kids. I had a Myspace page but it was nothing like Facebook.
Now that social sites have grown just about everyone I know has a Facebook page. I work in a school setting and I believe that since students are on it anyways it will actually help them focus on it rather than being a distraction from their work .
I feel it would be a great thing to foster the power of it so it can add to education.
She conducted her study at a school with a large demographic. The results showed that mos results showed that the student body would prefer using sites like Facebook rather than the previous ones.
She also feels that faculty members should adopt using these sites more so it can build better learning communities and stronger student relationships.
I too believe this is the way education should go. I remember my brother showing me "The FaceBook" site that was only for college kids. I had a Myspace page but it was nothing like Facebook.
Now that social sites have grown just about everyone I know has a Facebook page. I work in a school setting and I believe that since students are on it anyways it will actually help them focus on it rather than being a distraction from their work .
I feel it would be a great thing to foster the power of it so it can add to education.