Social media good or nawww?

Social media, who has it? Practically everyone. Most people use social networking sites to communicate to their peers and family. These websites could even help during the school day. Social media sites should be allowed in South Western High School because they enhance writing skills. fillicates students collaboration on projects and assignments, and provides instant communication between the school and the community.

First, social media sites would motivate students to write more, and therefore tremendously improve their writing skills. When most students hear the word “essay,” their eyes roll into their heads and their brains shut down immediately. The word “essay” itself frightens students who otherwise feel comfortable with writing. In fact, according to some sources, “ Teens who enjoy expressing their thoughts and feelings in writing often spend their time blogging, or updating online journals.” (“How Online Social Networking are Used”). If students are already writing online, shouldn’t teachers be able to use social media instead of irksome essays to teach writing? Since teachers usually have to instruct grammar, spelling. and sentence structure, using social media would help students understand the importance of these skills. According to Hani Morgan, “Students publishing their writing on the Internet often improve their word choice, grammar, punctuation, and syntax, as they become aware that their writing has a purpose and is more than just an assignment for their teacher.” Rather than teachers assigning vapid worksheets to enlighten grammar, teachers can rely on the authentic pressure of a real audience. A real audience forces most students to reconsider how they word their ideas. To avoid looking mediocre or illit...

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...eir matches and tell us what place they’ve made and if they made it to counties and or higher. At Southwestern the our principal, Mrs. Berryman, has a blog. Let us be honest here, how many people actually look at her blog? Not a lot I can assure you. If Mrs. Berryman made a Facebook or Twitter page just for school, the students and parents would actually check it. According to Morgan, “Since Internet resources have replaced traditional media as sources where people first get news, principals should take advantage of these resources to report school news on a daily basis.” The school could find things out much quicker rather than having to go to the school homepage, then into the high school’s homepage, then clicking on Mrs. Berryman’s blog page. That takes up to much time. Teachers should really use Social Networking pages to get information out to the public.