Welcome to my first Blog post on Social Networking Talk! Social networking platforms have become a way of life for most us. It’s way to instantly stay connected family, friends, news, entertainment, and any other individual interest. You literally have access to just about anything with social networks. It plays a very intriget part in our day to day needs and interest. There are so many advantages to social networking, it allows people to have constant engagement, but from an education perspective, social networking has created a new way of learning which has made a huge impact on how we view education.
Since social networks have began implementing educational platforms, accessibility and opportunities has led to greater advantages overall for students. “Starting from elementary school up until university graduation, social media has the role to empower parents, students and teachers to use new ways of sharing information and build a community. ….What’s even more extraordinary is that, even though some of the students use the social networks for entertaining and other purposes, there are a lot of them that actually use it to promote a lot of positive and useful activities. From finding a summer internship, promoting a success story about how to win the student-loan battle or collaborate on international projects, everything is made possible” (Wade, Georgetown University).
Clearly social networking has created more educational advancements for students to succeed. While I don’t disagree that social networks have some disadvantages, which I will discuss in a future blog, there is no denying that it’s impact has changed how we view education.
Wade, Lisa. Center for Social Impact Communication at the School of Continuing Studies. Georgetown University.
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