Using Social Media in the Classroom

By Tiffany Martin, Robert Merson, Bridget Somerville &

Cooper Tewksbury

Table of Contents:

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Introduction..Page 3

Facebook.Pages 4-6

Snapchat....Pages 6-10

Pinterest...Pages 10-12

Instagram.Pages 13-16

Conclusion..Page 17

Student HandoutPage 18-

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BibliographyPages 22-23

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Introduction

Social media has become a prominent factor in practically every aspect of our daily lives.

As a result, social media has become an extremely controversial issue in the classroom and

education as a whole. With todays embrace of social media and students hyperfamiliarity,

teachers are inclined to incorporate social media outlets and apps into their classrooms. Students

today are familiar with snapchat, instagram, twitter, and pinterest. It is widely accepted that

many of our students will at least have one of the various social media accounts at their disposal.

In order to reach our audience of thirteen to nineteen year-olds, we need to meet them where they

are developmentally and make our content more accessible and relatable to them. As we

transition social media into the classroom, the platform creates many personal/ professional

setbacks for educators and students. The introduction of social media in the classroom creates

many instances of controversy and difficult conversations of socioeconomic status, disparate

treatment, blurring of professional lines between teachers and students, as well as unintended

student exposure to graphic material. Administrations tend to respond to these issues in one of

two ways. The first approach that a school might take in regards to social media in the

classroom, is non-inclusion or a banning of all technologies in the classroom. As a result of the

primary response, the secondary one is an acceptance of technology in the classroom with

limited regulations. Schools until recently have prohibited students use of social media. As the

schools begin to loosen restrictions. They are beginning to realize that there is a gap between

teachers and students on the usage and understanding of social media for educational purposes.

Our paper intend to discuss the issues, benefit, pitfalls, and possible solutions for introducing

social media into the classroom.

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Facebook

Facebook is the largest and most powerful social media tool in the world. With over 2

Billion users, 25% of the world are active members of facebook. We can be sure that a majority

of our students will be members of Facebook and a reality will be, those students are more tech

savvy than us. Facebook is a sight where a person can create a page based on themselves that

includes their personal information, pictures, and allows them to make connections with friends.

Facebook can be used in schools for a number of reasons, most of which are positive and will be

a classroom aid. However, Facebook does come with some drawbacks and things to consider for

teachers looking to use the platform. There are alternatives to Facebook as well that have the

same style formatting but function more specifically to schools. Bloomz (2017) is one of these

school friendly imitation Facebook sights. Bloomz looks and acts like Facebook but is limited to

one class or one group of students. Parents are usually given access to the sight as well either

through the web or the app (2017, para. 1). Teachers are able to take attendance on the platform,

have students complete homework and post it on their page, keep grades, contact parents, and

have one on one conversations outside of the classroom through a messenger app. This option

takes the idea of Facebook and makes it school friendly. If teachers choose to stick with

Facebook itself, there are a wide range of possibilities to enhance the classroom experience.

Teachers have started using Facebook to show their classes pages for different museums,

authors, and historical events (Novati, 2012, para. 3). With this, teachers are able to bring to life

some of their materials. There are interactive videos and an incredible amount of pictures for

most Facebook pages. Another way teachers have started using Facebook is to livestream

different teachers or lectures by leading figures (Levin, 2015, para. 1). For example, if a history

class is studying the Vietnam war, it would be a powerful experience to see a veteran talk about

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their experience and get a new perspective on the war. Facebook gives teachers the ability to

bring public speakers into the class virtually which can save time, money, and planning. The live

streaming feature also extends to connecting with students and their parents outside of school. If

a parent is unable to make a parent teacher conference because they are at work, there is an

opportunity to have a video call with that parent so they do not have to leave (Levin, 2015, para.

5). Finally, Facebook can be a personal connection to current political figures, authors, and

artists students may be researching. If students are doing research during an election year,

Facebook can be a powerful tool to find out different trends and positions of political figures

(Onlinecollege, 2017, para. 4). Some educators have reservations about Facebook because it

contains materials that are not appropriate. As with most online classroom materials there are

pros and cons for the teachers and students.

Pros & Cons of Using Facebook for Teachers

Pros Cons

1. Good link between 1. Students can easily get

teachers and parents. off track.
2. Connects students 2. There is inappropriate
social lives to the material on Facebook
classroom. that students could
3. Good teaching tool: find.
a. Show museum 3. Some students may
pages, follow not have access
Teacher authors, follow outside of school.
professional 4. Not all schools would
pages, and be on board with the
have access to idea.
other schools 5. Teachers could
materials. compromise personal
4. A good place for information.
digital reminders and
class updates.
5. Set up a classroom
calendar

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 Pros & Cons of Using Facebook for Students
Pros: Cons:

1. Good way to connect 1. Not all students have

with classmates and
teachers.
2. A place for reminders.
3. Can turn in homework
online.
Students 4. Easy place to see
grades and have on the
spot connections with
teachers.
5. A way to get to know
all classmates and
their interests.
6. Builds connections
with future employers.
access and could be
bullied.
2. Students could get
distracted.
3. Students could reveal
personal information.
4. Students could access
inappropriate
information.

Snapchat

Snapchat is the newest and broadly used forms of social media for teenage millennials.

Forbes magazine estimated 50 million people use snapchat, most of which fit the age median of

18 (Colao, 2014, para. 4). And in the recent years those numbers have only continued to grow.

Although schools and teacher share apprehension towards incorporating Snapchat in the

classroom, some teachers, like Michael Britt, an adjunct professor at Marist College in upstate

New York, believe in meeting their audience where they are. Snapchat is a very interactive app

(Lee, 2016, para. 5-6). The main purpose of the app is to share pictures and videos. Snapchat at

is core is a tool for communication. With that being said we can use the apps popularity and

mission to communicate to our advantage. Snapchat in many ways can open up our classrooms

to families. The interactive filters can be used to make engaging videos, Real- life examples can

be shared in to moment, course material reviewed, reminder sent and questions can be asked (15

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ways, 2016, para. 26-29). The classroom can become virtual and relevant to students. The story

telling features of the app capture students attention at a multitude of levels. Considering that the

average adult can only truly remember 3-5 concepts at a time through any form of sensory

memory, teachers with content heavy instruction face the challenge of placing content in all

forms of memory. Snapchat allows for teachers to tap into student episodic and semantic

memory, thus opening up many pathways for students to receive and process information.

Moreover, Snapchat can be used as a tool for collaboration among classrooms (i.e professional

development) (Will, 2016, 24-25). Teacher from different content areas can overlap and share

snapchat accounts to make connects and further peak the interest of their students (15 ways,

2016,para. 37). Additionally, teachers snap accounts can follow those that share content related

information and show students how snapchat could be used to further their understanding.

Their are alternatives that exist for snapchat. In the recent years Facebook has tried

without success to purchase Snapchat, and has created an alternative story share feature to their

sibling app instagram. However, unlike snapchat instagram allows its users to create profiles

with permanent pictures and video that play on loop for all friends to see. In the classroom

snapchat can be used as a one-way or two-way street of communication depending on if the

teacher accepts and follows students back (15 ways, 2016, para. 17-20). If we decide to not

follow our students back we will not have access to their personal stories and our snap story will

just become a tool for broadcasting information instead of a tool for conversation. To ensure that

the classroom snapchat is used professionally, most schools and teachers develop a written

policy and conduct policy for students and them to adhere to when using the app (Walter, 2017.

Para. 12). Considering the apps informal approach some school and teacher have though of way

to use it as a way to encourage student moral: setting aside days for student take over, so they

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can give a perspective on student life (15 ways, 2016, para. 36). Furthermore, snapchat can be

used as a tool to help students caught up on work they missed and an accountability tool to check

if students are review the information provided. The app allows teachers to see who has viewed

their stories, who has replayed it or taken a snapshot, this can help students who may be absent

make up participation credit. The key is for us to think of ways to be proactive and utilize

Snapchat as a learning tool instead of viewing it as a distraction in our classrooms (Walter,

2017, para. 3). The app is popular for a reason, so we should use it to our benefit.

However, despite its many benefits reservations concerning the app still persist. Snapchat

can expose students to a number of different ads vary in content/ age appropriateness for

students. Furthermore the terms and conditions if snapchat explicitly demand for all users to be

above the age of 13 to sign up. At that age students are still minors and will need parental

consent to engage. In some cases where parents do not sign off on the creation of the snapchat

account teachers will need to think of alternatives for these students to engage and feel as part of

the class. Additionally, in asking students to participate through snapchat and teacher decision to

share certain course material through those outlet can result in disparity impact. Meaning

students without the resources or fund to get a smartphone and access snapchat will be at a huge

disadvantage.

Pros & Cons of Using Snapchat for Teachers

Pros Cons

1. Accountability- the 1. Parents/

teacher knows when
the student checks the
snapchat stories
2. Reaching your target
audience where they
feel comfortable
administrators not
consenting
2. One way and two way
line of communication
3. Hard to draw a clear
line between

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 3. Use the story elements professional and
of snapchat to draw personal
Teachers and annotate 4. Disparate impact
4. Study/ reminder tool 5.
for student
5. Professional
development
6. One way and two way
line of communication
7. Can reach different
types of learners
8. Can show students
educational stories ex.
Buzz Aldrin for
science

Pros & Cons of Using Snapchat for Students

Pros Cons

1. Very engaging for 1. May not take the

different types of
learners
2. Can have a voice in
the school and
Students classroom
3. Content can appear for
relevant and modern
to them
4. The classroom
information seems
more personal and
simplified
5. Information presented
in a variety of way
information seriously
2. May pose a distraction
3. May not participate
because they feel
teachers can view
their personal stories
4. Disparate impact
5. Student s could access
inappropriate content

Pinterest

Pinterest is a social media format that invites its users to not only create ideas but to also

share them with others. As more and more millennials become familiar with this social media,

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teachers have the advantage of using this tool in the classroom to benefit students creativity and

learning experiences.

There is a feature on Pinterest called a board where its users can either add their own pins

(ideas) or repin other peoples. In the end, this creates a collection of ideas in a single place

where people are able to refer back to. Students can use this feature to imagine themselves as

certain historical figures or literary characters. They can think critically from these figures

perspectives and decide what they would pin or repin if they were alive. Students have freedom

to be as creative as they want if they use this social media format in the classroom. The feature

of the caption is a way for students to explain why they chose specific pins or repins to include

on their boards. Once students create their boards, they also have the power to share them with

fellow students and their teacher. According to BBS Active, There is no copyright in the world

of Pinterest, so students are able to use the ideas that they find in their classrooms. With this in

mind, Pinterest provides students who are working in groups to share their ideas with each other

for a project. They are able to virtually share the pin or repin and they can also send messages to

one another to provoke this collaboration.

However, this may open the door to cyber bullying as it cannot be monitored by their

teacher. Besides the risk of bullying online, students are at an obvious risk of getting sidetracked

with the work. Since students may feel so comfortable using the social media in the classroom,

there is the chance that they may become too comfortable using it. The sidetracking and the

suggested pins can lead students to inappropriate content.

A safer alternative to avoid this risk of inappropriateness is the website EduClipper,

which is essentially an educational version of Pinterest. It is safer because the sole purpose of its

creation is to aid educators in the classroom. Students are not exposed to inappropriate content

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that they may encounter on Pinterest and they are less likely to get distracted on EduClipper. A

feature on EduClipper that is not present on Pinterest is the creation of a page for parents. The

purpose of this page is to keep parents in the know of what their children are learning in this

classroom. However, this information can be easily provided for parents by email if that teacher

chooses to use Pinterest instead of EduClipper.

There are billions of ideas on Pinterest that are not necessarily guaranteed to be on

EduClipper, so Pinterest keeps the creativity going for students. These are some ideas that are

not specifically aimed at educators, but they can still certainly aid students in learning. Although

this does point out the flaw of inappropriateness that students are exposed to if they use Pinterest,

there are still billions of ideas that are available on Pinterest but not EduClipper that provide

students with the means of creativity.

Pros & Cons of Using Pinterest for Teachers & Students

Pros Cons

Teachers 1. Immediate clarification 1. Students may become distracted

2. Students come to class
prepared having already
looked at a teachers
Pinterest page
3. Students are more engaged
in the content
4. Evokes creativity (how
students can use the boards
and what they can Pin)
5. Group collaboration
6. The feature of Secret Boards
allows a little more privacy
between the students and
teacher
2. Students may be exposed to
inappropriate Pins or ads
3. May not have as credible of
resources on Pinterest
4. The Repin feature may make it
difficult for a teacher to see if a
students idea is his/her own
5. Limited privacy settings
6. Its easier for students to get
away with not doing the task
7. Facebook/Twitter must connect
to Pinterest account

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 7. A way for students to gather
resources in one place
8. Encourages students to be
organized

Students 1. Immediate clarification 1. Not all students may have

2. They are familiar with the
social media platform
3. Available on website and
app
4. Aids visual learners
5. Group collaboration
6. The feature of Secret Boards
allows a little more privacy
between the students and
teacher
7. A way for students to gather
resources in one place
8. Encourages students to be
organized
access to it
2. Limited privacy settings
3. Students may be exposed to
inappropriate Pins or ads
4. Students may get sidetracked
5. Its easier for students to get
away with not doing the task
6. Facebook/Twitter must connect
to Pinterest account
7. Any learner who is not a visual
one does not benefit from this
necessarily

Instagram

Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms in our world today.

Instagram began as a photo-sharing platform where users may upload any photo that falls within

the guidelines that the service adheres to and all users agree to the terms and conditions of the

platform prior to having access to it. As it has grown, Instagram has adopted features from other

Facebook owned platforms such as instant messaging from Facebook and disappearing photo

stories like that of Snapchat, which must also follow Instagrams terms and conditions.

Essentially Instagram has the right to remove photos or account that they believe break their

terms and conditions. This has caused many issues in the past because there seems to be much

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debate as to what constitutes as breaking the terms and conditions.

One of the unintended consequences of Instagram is the illegal sale of drugs and weapons

using the photo-sharing platform. People are free to post whatever they like on Instagram

outright because there is no filter for images to not be blocked from being uploaded. The only

issue that Instagram actively searches for is child abuse, any other violation of Instagrams

policy must be reported by another user before Instagram will address that accounts content at

all. A user simply posts a picture of the contraband in question and lets their customers come to

them. According to the BBC, users will complete transactions using WhatsApp or another social

media communication platform. As Instagram has continued to grow they have added features

such as a direct messaging section, which has made these elicit sales even easier to perform. The

BBC as well as other reputable social media sale platforms have suggested Instagram take the

necessary steps to provide for typical protocols to prevent these crimes.

Another part of Instagrams policy is not to allow any nudity or anything that might be

considered sexuallysuggestive. Although this may seem very appropriate, Instagram seems quite

unsure as to what constitutes as either nudity or sexually suggestive. In 2013 a Canadian

photographer, Petra Collins had a photograph of her waist censored because she had some pubic

hair protruding from her bathing suit bottom. Although she did not violate any of Instagrams

conditions, Colins believes her account was banned because, What I did have was an image of

MY body that didnt meet societys standard of femininity. Social Media seems to have a

larger impact on young women because of society's high standards for women as opposed to

men. According to CNNs reporting the UKs Royal Society for Public Healths study titled

#StatusofMind, "Instagram easily makes girls and women feel as if their bodies aren't good

enough as people add filters and edit their pictures in order for them to look 'perfect. Young

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women are forced to conform to these standards of beauty in order to remain up to date or

relevant amongst their peer groups.

Not all aspects of social media are negative, in fact, there are much more positives than

one might expect. As we sift through all of the different negative aspects of social media we

seem to be forgetting one key aspect, which is the young users of social media. Much of the time

spent on analyzing social media is the negative ways in which young people use it. There will

always be Internet trolls and people who find comfort hiding behind a glass screen but not all

people use the internet as a shield; some use it as a stepping stool or even a crutch. Are we really

expecting each person that uploads a picture to Instagram to be bullied and ridiculed? Probably

not. CNNs report on the positive effects of social media discusses how, typically young women,

will promote and hype up one another. Why would anyone continue to be friends with or allow

anyone that insults them or hurts them a window into their lives? The answer is that they

probably wouldnt. Peoples followers on Instagram tend to either be celebrities that they do not

communicate with or their real life friends. In the instance of someone being rude or hateful, a

user has the ability to unfollow, block, and report another account and based on the actions and

content of the accused account, Instagram reserves the right to remove those accounts. If friends

put themselves in a vulnerable position it is to be expected that their friends would support them.

According to CNN, a majority of teenagers feel as though sites like Instagram actually helps

their friendships thrive rather than hinder them. The combination of constant communication and

people who care about us is bound to improve our overall well-being. The most positive aspects

of Instagram are its alternatives.

There are a surprising number of alternative ways to use Instagram in the Classroom that

result in positive outcomes. The website WeAreTeachers gives a number of excellent ways to

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use Instagram academically and the first step is to create a private Instagram account so that only

those students in your class may access it. The first is to show off a student or the work that they

had done that week. If a student goes above and beyond or even performs at an exceptional level

on an assignment, they should be recognized for it. By only acknowledging when a student

performs poorly, we are only perpetuating the students stereotypical anxiety that becomes

associated with school and graded assignments. Another way to use Instagram is to take photos

of class trips or even unusual classroom activities. Students can enjoy their favorite classroom

moments anytime that they wish and not only will the students be able to create fond memories,

but they can also see how much they have accumulated both academically and socially inside

and outside of the classroom. WeAreTeachers also mentioned designating a student to run the

class Instagram account. This position can be used to instill more responsibility in a student or

can even be used as a reward in order to get students to want to participate. Another activity is

creating a finsta, which is a fake Instagram account where students pretend to be either a

historical figure or a character in a book; whichever is appropriate. The students will use this

role-playing exercise to expand their knowledge of the content area, without even realize theyre

doing so.

Pros & Cons for Using Instagram for Teachers & Students

Pros Cons

Students 1. Location sharing 1. Students feel negative

keeps people together when not using
2. Keeps people up to 2. Location sharing puts
date with friends peoples at risk
3. Stay up to date with 3. Easily distracted
assignments 4. Bullying
4. Boosts self esteem 5. Lower self esteem
5. Increases friendship 6. Click bait
7. Unrealistic

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 expectations
8. Bad for mental health
9. More addictive than
cigarettes and alcohol
10. No face to face
interactions

Teachers 1. Mass communication 1. Job risk

2. Promotes positive 2. Aid foreign nations fix
classroom welfare an election
3. Communicate with 3. Explicit content
students outside of the 4. Unnecessary or
classroom improper censorship

Conclusion

As with any piece of technology, social media has substantial advantages as well as

disadvantages. As the use of social media continues to grow, we must have a competent crop of

young teachers who understand the need for adaptation and assimilation of social media in the

classroom. Social media is not going away and is most certainly not leaving the classroom

anytime soon. The faster we embrace our new learning obstacle, the sooner we can use it to our

advantage. The more we use these advances in communication, the more immersed in them, so

that we may better regulate and adapt them into our classrooms.

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Using Social Media in the Classroom

Facebook:

Pros for Teachers using Facebook in the Classroom:

Good links between teachers & parents
Connects students social lives to the classroom
Good teaching tool
Students can follow museum, author &
professional pages
Have access to other school materials
Good place for digital reminders & class updates
Set up a classroom calendar

Cons for Teachers using Facebook in the Classroom:

Students can easily get off track
Inappropriate material that students can find
Some students may not have access outside of school
Not all schools would be on board with the idea
Teachers could compromise personal information

Pros for Students using Facebook in the Classroom:

Good way to connect with classmates & teachers
A place for reminders
Can turn in homework online

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 Easy place to see grades & have on-the-spot connections with teachers
A way to get to know all classmates & their interests
Builds connections with future employers

Cons for Students using Facebook in the Classroom:

Not all students have access & could be bullied for it
Students could get distracted
Students could reveal personal information
Students could access inappropriate information

Snapchat:

Pros for Teachers using Snapchat in the Classroom:

Accountability- the teacher knows when student checks the snapchat stories
Reaching your target audience where they feel comfortable
Use the story elements of Snapchat to draw & annotate
Study/reminder tool for students
Professional development
One way & two way line of communication
Can reach different types of learners
Can show students educational stories
Ex. Buzz Aldrin for science

Cons for Teachers using Snapchat in the Classroom:

Parents/administrators not consenting
One way & two way line of communication
Hard to draw a clear line between professional & personal
Disparate impact

Pros for Students using Snapchat in the Classroom:

Very engaging for different types of learners
Can have a voice in the school & classroom
Content can appear for relevant & modern to them
The classroom information seems more personal &
simplified
Information presented in a variety of way

Cons for Students Using Snapchat in the Classroom:

May not take the information seriously
May pose a distraction
May not participate because they feel teachers can view their personal stories
Disparate impact

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 Students could access inappropriate content

Pinterest:

Pros for Teachers Using Pinterest in the Classroom:

Immediate clarification
Students come to class prepared having already looked at a teachers Pinterest page
Students are more engaged in the content
Evokes creativity
How students can use the boards & what they can Pin
Group collaboration
The feature of Secret Boards allows a little more privacy between the students & teacher
A way for students to gather resources in one place
Encourages students to be organized

Cons for Teachers Using Pinterest in the Classroom:

Students may become distracted
Students may be exposed to inappropriate Pins or ads
May not have as credible of resources on Pinterest
The Repin feature may make it difficult for a teacher to see if a students idea is his/her
own
Limited privacy settings
Its easier for students to get away with not doing the task
Facebook/Twitter must connect to Pinterest account

Pros for Students Using Pinterest in the Classroom:

Immediate clarification
They are familiar with the social media platform
Available on website and app
Aids visual learners
Group collaboration
The feature of Secret Boards allows a little more privacy between the students & teacher
A way for students to gather resources in one place
Encourages students to be organized

Cons for Students Using Pinterest in the Classroom:

Not all students may have access to it
Limited privacy settings
Students may be exposed to inappropriate Pins or ads
Students may get sidetracked
Its easier for students to get away with not doing the task
Facebook/Twitter must connect to Pinterest account
Any learner who is not a visual one does not benefit from this necessarily

Instagram:

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Pros for Teachers Using Instagram in the Classroom:
Mass communication
Promotes positive classroom welfare
Communicate with students outside of the classroom

Cons for Teachers Using Instagram in the Classroom:

Job risk
Aid foreign nations fix an election
Explicit content
Unnecessary or improper censorship

Pros for Students Using Instagram in the Classroom:

Location sharing keeps people together
Keeps people up to date with friends
Stay up to date with assignments
Boosts self esteem
Increases friendship

Cons for Students Using Instagram in the Classroom:

Students feel negative when not using
Location sharing puts people at risk
Easily distracted
Bullying
Lower self esteem
Click bait
Unrealistic expectations
Bad for mental health
More addictive than cigarettes & alcohol
No face to face interactions

Which social media would be best to use in the

classrooms for both students & teachers?

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