It is undeniable that since social media and networks slipped into our routine life, everything has changed. Starting from amending the definition of socializing, interacting, and planning or meeting new people, it influences almost everything. The ethical aspects are much discussed, so instead, we are proposing to focus on various points in which social networking sites are altering the education system and its functions.

Social media has now become a common tool even for educational institutions like schools and colleges for facilitating their operations. It has various benefits.

Empowering benefits

Beginning from primary school till the university level, social networking sites are empowering and facilitating students, teachers, and parents to use novel ways of communicating information and building a community. As it is now next to impossible to refrain kids from using these sites, it has now become a tool to update students with information that they cannot easily escape which they traditionally easily could.

Enactment in schools

Schools’ approach towards social media differs on the uses it has. It is common agreement that it helps communicate information or structure tasks, on the other hand, it is often referred to as the reason why kids don’t pay attention during classes.

However, there is a growing tendency for students to use social media in the classroom. And given the number of time students already spend using social media and interacting with others outside of school, why not do it in class as well?

Social Media Builds a Stronger Community

Social media's educational advantages need not end with the teacher-student interaction. The usage of social networks at higher levels can also yield a wide range of additional advantages. Administrators or principals, for instance, can devise fresh ways to incorporate social media. such as disseminating school information via social media, hosting online meetings with parents, or even initiating a fundraising campaign for certain initiatives.

The fact that social networks are such a large part of our daily lives means that there is no reason to exclude them from the educational process. Staff at schools, colleges, and universities should be pushed to use technology to communicate with parents and students.