It's everywhere, isn't it? Social Media has bombarded the brains of teens and adults all over the world. Most find it hard to detach themselves from their social media accounts. We walk around town and see people's eyes glued to their cellphone screens, often missing what is happening at that very moment in the world around them. In schools, students are told not to have their cellphones on campus and to not partake in social media viewing during school hours; however, we often catch students sneaking a peak at their Facebook or Instagram accounts on their school computers. One thing we need to realize, is that there are good and bad components of social media. There is the Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat social medias; and then there are the blogging, video creating, and career connecting social medias. There are educational social medias and there are social social medias. Educational Social Medias are a great way for students to learn how to respectfully respond to others via internet. They learn what is okay to say and what is not okay to say. They learn how what they type can be translated differently than face to face interactions. They learn how communication is a vital part of society, and how the way we communicate is equally as important. Here are some educational sites: TeacherTube TeacherTube is similar to YouTube; however, it holds educational videos for the classroom. Goodreads Goodreads is a website where readers can find books to read and they can also write book reviews. This is a great social site for the classroom, because students are actively participating in commenting on a book and learning how to voice their opinion in a respectful manner. Edublogs Edublogs is a blogging platform for teachers and students. Other school blogging sites such as, Google Sites and Kidblogs, are excellent blogging platforms also. Students could use these to write a variety of different posts and comment on other students post. There are many other educational social sites that students can be exposed to. These are just a few. The lessons learned by using educational social sites in the classroom can easily be transferred to other social media avenues.
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