Volume : 10, Issue : 5, MAY 2024

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES: A VERSATILE PLATFORM FOR MODERN CLASSROOM TEACHING

DR. RENU

Abstract

Social networking has become an important part of everyone’s life across all the ages for communication purpose. It has evolved as a most powerful communication tool over the past decade, for sharing information in the society. Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are used in a number of areas beyond their leisure use. This paper focuses on the use of SNSs in classroom’s teaching-learning environment and its impact on academic practices. Due to the very casual nature of social networking usage, the serious concern over its integration in a learning environment is doubtful but there are many and varied potential positive outcomes of its use in modern classroom. Its effectiveness as a good communication tool is already apparent in the millions who use SNS to communicate on a daily basis. So it is feasible for an educator to create a learns cape - an environment for formal and informal learning in the classroom adhering to the educational guidelines. This paper entails creating new learning ecology, and exploring the challenges of technology experts and educators in delivering an innovative and effective approach to education

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