Up-to-date: Social Media in Schools

We all agreed that Social Media and Technology nowadays are very popular not only in the Philippines but in other country as well. There are also times that they are more hi-tech compared to our country.


Most of my professors and even parents took their college during 1970s-1990s. They were able to experience lots of hard work especially if they are going to make a Thesis.


One of the Principles of Education says that homework is the continuation of learning. But nowadays, you can see your homework and you can pass them through Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo and many other social media. Unlike before, once there is a homework you need to be passed them on the same time with the same day.

When I saw this picture on Google, I realized that they're both sleepy. Then I guess it's because during 1960s you only have books to read just to finish your homework, term papers, projects, reflection papers, feasibility study and even thesis. But now, you only have 1 click to finish them all, very easy isn't it? It makes our life easier, however, the student from 2013 tends to be sleepy because they have so many things to do with their laptop such as playing online, chatting with friends, video calling with friends and many more things. Due to their addiction students will sleep late at night and the results would be late in class.

CONS about Social Media and Technology

Most of the people in high school what they do after class is to go to any computer shop nearby. They used to play Dota, Facebook, youtube, and many more. That's why Computer shops are very rampant nowadays, because many people are patronizing them.


But through Social Media; a lot of posers, lots of scammers and lots of bashers came out. The create negative things and abuse the use of technology that what we have now.


Also, some students are now able to do "cutting classes" because of the technology and social media, they are desperate to play online and to do stuffs with the computer. Due to this instance, they might be failed in class.


Most of the students no longer support books as a reference to answer their homework. Instead, they use Google, Yahoo or any website where the answer keys are there.


For those students who don't have internet connection at home will have a hard time to submit their homework. Especially when the computer shop nearby is full.

PROS about Social Media and Technology

Simply makes our life easier, you can search everything instantly.


We are up-to-date on what's happening in our world. Like the Ice Bucket Challenge, Make-up Transformation and many more.


We can do multi-tasking at a time. Like typing a reflection paper, chatting with friends and doing a research. Also, it makes us attached to our loved ones. Especially if our parents or relatives are in abroad we may contact them via voice call or video call.


We can easily search words in less than a minute without having a hard time.


If students didn't get the lesson especially in Mathematics, they are able to watch it in Youtube. They are also How To's in the said website which they can apply into their daily lives.

Therefore....

Social Media or Technology have positive and negative feedback. I guess everything has pros and cons so the nature would be balance. As the Yin and Yang do.


What is the best thing to do is to teach our children or students on how to manage the technology. We should not abuse them, we should use it in a right way for "everybody" not a right way for "oneself".


Also, we should not always depend on Technology, because it also fails. We must have a Plan A and Plan B for everything.




Love,


Michelle