1. The Pros and Cons of social
media and social networking

2. My online presence
 Digital foot print
 trail left by an entities interactions in a digital environment;
including their usage of TV, mobile phone, internet and world
wide web
 Purpose of using
 Whether it is private or public
 Frequency of use
 Last access date

3. My online presence

4. Why social networking?
 Online space for individual to present themselves
 Articulate their social network
 Establish & maintain connects with others
 Examples
 Facebook connects you with people around you (400 million
active users)
 Twitter (65 millions tweets posted per day)

5. Popular Social Networking Activities Among
Online Students (K-12)
 41% post messages
 32% download music and videos
 29% upload music
 25% update personal web sites or online profiles
 24% post photos
 17% blog
 16% create and share virtual objects
 14% create new characters
 10% participate in collaborative projects and send
suggestions to web sites
 9% submit articles to web sites; participate in quizzes,
polls, or surveys

6. Things to consider when working with social media
 Target audience
 What tools to use?
 Costing
 Privacy level
 Community driven
 Stakeholders

7. Using internet for young people
 Focus too much on self
 Use social media to connect to people
 Collaborating / networking opportunities
 How to publish and contribute to community

8. Pros of using social media
 Instant, real-time, Make the publication easier
 Reach a big audience group
 Low or no cost
 Good tools for sharing and consume content
 Real time communication and engagement
 Use hashtags to create twitter backchannel
 Allow chance for reticent student to express
themselves
 Work within their comfort zone and voice out in
writing

9. Sharing & learning
 Professional development
 Personal learning network
 Personal learning environment
 Self engagement

10. Cons of using social media
 Take time to create accounts
 Immediacy
 Emotional
 Privacy
 Impersonate

11. Social media in Education
 Technology take too much time
 Social media in school is dangerous!
 Social media is for entertainment only
 Social media increases off-task behavior
 You don’t need to learn about social media in schools

12. My Conclusion
 Balancing innovation with student engagement
 Use right tool for right outcome
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every
problem begins to look like a nail. ...