Let‘s face it, when most of us open a computer and click the web browser, we immediately head to our favorite social media site and peruse the daily happenings (Whether that be Facebook, Twitter, or even the “hipster-fied” Tumblr). You could be doing this on your own time or maybe you’re trying to sneak in a quick peek of your notifications at work. Either way, you’re trying to stay connected with the people in your life.

Now, why can’t we somehow incorporate that same idea into the classroom? Why shouldn’t students be able to tweet to their peers about a new project resource that they found or upload a new picture to Facebook that might help out another group member during the school day? Or maybe a student needs to talk to a group member that is all the way on the other side of the school building? It would be much quicker for them to just get on Facebook or Skype and talk to their group members that way.

Alas, social media is already in the classrooms at our school, but the teachers have yet to clasp on to the opportunity that is staring them down. Although Facebook has been banned because of the high usage reports, students like us check it from time to time on our smartphones whenever we might have some free time. Twitter on the other hand is growing rapidly among the student body. Growing so rapidly in fact that we both assist in running the Twitter account for our school. Running our school’s Twitter account has been a fantastic privilege that we enjoy taking advantage of on a regular basis.

All in all, social media should be allowed in schools, but with SOME restrictions. If the student is on any social media site or app for longer than five minutes without a good reason of being on there, they probably have some work to do. Social media implementation should be a privilege; so make students earn it!
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