The world of social media and networking is so vast that you can manipulate it however you deem appropriate. But as an educational tool, why not? After all, the social media and networking world is free for all; just use it along with proper responsibility and etiquette and you will surely benefit from it.
Social media sites, if used properly, prove to be very favorable to students. Online sharing of articles, items, video and audio clips can be used by students for better information that can aid them on their daily life, inside and outside of school. Professors and teachers can also conduct online classes if and when the need arises. Some schools even allow students to download books and articles to be used inside the classroom instead of buying them in bookstores. Submissions of projects are also done online. This is how beneficial social networks have become to ordinary students. Art teachers welcome MySpace technologies for their classes as they believe that hands-on lessons are more effective than verbal and texts; more often than not, they succeed with higher number of learning students within their classes. There are also seminars conducted for teachers interested in integrating technologies with their everyday teaching methods. This will allow students and teachers’ bonding in a more common ground and less formal than their supposed interaction in classroom settings.
Unfortunately, although there are many teaching professionals supporting MySpace as an educational tool, there are those who are a bit skeptical about it and a few totally opposing the use of all social media sites for educational purposes, even proposing a total ban for such in libraries and classrooms.
