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You Be the Judge

You Be the Judge. Should Social Networking Be Allowed in Schools?. No. Yes. Social networking is a huge part of society today. Teachers can use the opportunity of having social media in the classroom to teach students about responsible digital citizenship. -Huff Post.

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You Be the Judge

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  1. You Be the Judge Should Social Networking Be Allowed in Schools? No Yes Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  2. Social networking is a huge part of society today. Teachers can use the opportunity of having social media in the classroom to teach students about responsible digital citizenship. -Huff Post Most kids already have cell phones so they can access social media during school anyways.-Huff Post Safe social media tools have been developed to use in schools for classroom collaboration but personal social media accounts should not be used. -Huff Post Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  3. Using Social media in the classroom can put students at risk of becoming sexual predator victims. -Huff Post Teachers could form or be accused of forming inappropriate relationships with students. -Huff Post Kids will have access to inappropriate material. -Huff Post Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  4. Using social media can help increase collaborative learning among students, teachers and families. -Huff Post Social media helps to increase social skills and technology proficiency. -Huff Post Social media can help improve students interpersonal (“people smart”) and intrapersonal (“self-smart”) skills” by creating innovative ways to discuss and figure out how to handle real life scenarios. –Sadker & Zittleman Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  5. Social networking can help students improve their grades and do better at school. —ProCon.org & Huff Post • When George Middle School in Portland, OR introduced a social media program to engage students, grades went up by 50%, chronic absenteeism went down by 33%, and 20% of students school-wide voluntarily completed extra-credit assignments.—ProCon.org Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  6. Decreases productivity and increase classroom disruptions because students will spend more time using social media to “socialize” and not for learning. –Huff Post • Two-thirds of teachers believe that social media does more to distract students than to help academically • -ProCon.org • Students who are heavy social media users tend to have lower grades. • Students who use social media had an average GPA of 3.06 while non-users had an average GPA of 3.82 and students who used social networking sites while studying scored 20% lower on tests. • —ProCon.org Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  7. Students who are shy might participate more in classroom “discussion” through the use of social media -Huff Post & ProCon.org • People who use social networking sites are prone to social isolation. • Social networking can exacerbate feelings of disconnect (especially for youth with disabilities), and put children at higher risk for depression, low self-esteem, and eating disorders. -ProCon.org Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  8. Kids are not supposed to have a Facebook account until they are 13, so they should not be allowed to access Facebook in elementary schools. -Huff Post Social media goes beyond Facebook and can include blogs, classroom web pages, wikis and more, for teachers and students to collaborate. -Huff Post Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information.—ProCon.org Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

  9. Works Cited Huff Post. Social Networking In Schools: Educators Debate The Merits Of Technology In Classrooms . Huff Post Education. May 27, 2011. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/27/social- networking-schools_n_840911.html > *Information from Huff Post consists of summarizing points from the article and reader comments. The article and comments represent an overall shared consensus among opinions found on the web that corresponds to the Huff Post reader comments and article* ProCon.org.Social Networking ProCon.org. ProCon.org. 12 Dec. 2012. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. http://socialnetworking.procon.org/ Sadker, David M., and Karen R. Zittleman. Teachers, Schools, and Society. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 2010. Print. 35-38. *”Social Media” background image from freepik.com Marie Sleight EDU 250 4/26/14

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