Social Media has a place in Education!
Social Media has a place in Education! Yes it does. It has many places as a matter of fact. As a teacher that sounds so very weird for me to say. Social media in schools? No way! Elementary Social media in elementary schools can be a free communication tool. From Facebook groups to Twitter, if educators can commit to being diligent about updating, these media outlets can be lifesavers to the busy parents. No more waiting for an email or waiting as the school closings scroll by on the bottom feed of the local news. For students, social media is not so much for school, but friends and trends. But they should take heed, there is a lot to learn from social media. From celebrities to athletes, many have learned a valuable lesson of the consequences of posting. College coaches and employers are using tools to scour social media outlets to verify potential players and employees. These tools will report not only posts to social media, but likes, retweets/reposts and tags. Recru