Social Media inside the Classroom

Social media: an easiest way to connect with the world, an impressive way to create virtual identity, and nowadays a handy tool to communicate with friends and
other people as well. In short, it’s an easy tool to reach millions of people virtually, to impart knowledge, to share thoughts and lots of things which we love to do.

Social media is not limited just for society but it also entered the classrooms very effectively. It is possible and it often happens that students get distracted only because of social media. Even it may be proved harmful for society as many people specially young generation lose their lives or get depressed in comparison of likes and dislikes, comments of friends and many times because of cyber crimes.

Nevertheless, does social media mean only Whatsapp, facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, Hangout? No, I don’t think so.  However, there are a number of tools which are the parts of Social media but can be used or I should say are being used for academic purposes in this present era of technological enhancement.

Blogs are very popular and useful tool for sharing material with students. It can be used to enhance the communication skills of the students. Google Classroom is also very helpful tool for teachers as well as learners to share material, assignment collection, and virtual classroom communication. Ted talk is also very helpful for not only motivational talks or knowledge sharing but also for improvement in listening skills.

Hangout or Zoom applications can be used for group discussion among students, teacher can deliver lecture even during holidays from their home and students can learn at their time and place. There are thousands of tools we can consider as a part of social media, which can be fruitful, if we allow them in the classroom.