Facebook is a social place and they should use it for social purposes. It's
THEIR place, THEIR space, THEIR party
they need to have a place to vent their exasperation about education (how
telling is that!) in desperate messages in which they complain how much studying
sucks
Spanish students hone their foreign language skills with frequent webcam chats with their English-learning counterparts in South
America.
Students who go above and beyond mandatory assignments will be more likely to
remember class material and apply it when they get out into the working world.
Mobile Phones
take a snapshot of the blackboard for later studying.
the number of cell-phone related infractions is “minuscule
Students were provided with an iPod touch, given instructional materials, and
told they had to make a few academic-related tweets a day. Soon, a thriving
community grew, complete with @replies and hashtags