Being aware of how exposed they are to the world through their writing, drives them to take special interest in their grammar and spelling

3. A view of visitors to one's blog is pretty stimulating.

4. Responsible digital and world citizenship.

Students feel compelled into posting valuable and sensitive content.

hey will feel the pressure of being responsible with what they express and how they express it.

5. Stimulates critical thinking.

. Enhances web-creating skills.

Fosters creativity and artistry

Positive digital footprint

Blogging develops collaboration skills.

A blog could represent a nice cover letter when applying for a job.

Students work in groups, and when they have a question, they call him over. He arrives with iPad in hand and records his voice and his writing on the iPad, which he immediately uploads to the class website so other students can benefit from the explanations instantaneously.

he incorporates peer-instruction and inquiry-based learning,

“I’m using it in the context of peer instruction, which is research based. You get anonymous feedback, which is great, and kids see all that information condensed,” he says. “Sometimes it’s just cute and fun and that wears off. But much more often, it’s more efficient and meaningful, and it makes the classroom feel like a bigger place.”

Using Socrative, an app that shows real-time poll results for both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes, he challenges his students at the end of class to answer specific questions in order to get a broad look at whether they understood the concepts discussed that day.

Improvement of research skills.

rmation online is a skill that is now important in the workplac

improvement of communication.

or students and teachers to communicate effectively.

ocial medi

Relevant, real-life learning.

The promotion of digital citizenship.

tudents have to learn about how to conduct themselves appropriately online.

Engaging your students.

he ability to share learning material.

The potential to appeal to different learning styles.

create a Facebook group dedicated to your class, or set a task to research something across these networks?

Ease of access.

Social networking requires no expensive equipment or modern upgrades

Assisting shy students.

Distractions.

Unless teachers properly supervise their students

The risk of cyberbullying.

imiting face-to-face communicat

The need for schools to research, understand and implement.

Continual social media change.

There are constant changes to platforms themselves and their security settings — of which schools and teachers must keep up to date with and act accordingly.

The need to manage multiple sites and keep updated.

he possibility of malware infections or phishing scams.

The need to filter and plan.

Inappropriate content sharing or exposure.

Controlling device use in class.

Exposing the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.

allow them to instantly tweet their blurts silently instead of out loud.

Parents can sign up to receive tweets from teachers, learning about activities, tests, projects, and more.

Send out quick quizzes on Twitter, and have them count for bonus points in the classroom.

Students can tweet sentences using a particular word to build vocabulary learning.

As long as students are held accountable for their grammar, using Twitter offers a great opportunity for improving writing and punctuation.

Ask students to unscramble anagrams, contribute synonyms, or give vocabulary definitions on Twitt

When students participate in Twitter discussions in class, there’s a great opportunity for conversations to continue to develop even after the lecture is over.