Currently where I am located, students to do not have access to social media networks like facebook and twitter, and snapchat when using the school’s wifi network. Sad to say, this is not the case  when most students all have a smart phone with a data plan that can allow them to access any website.  From what I have seen of students use in social media in the classroom is just a hinderance to instructional time.  All students want to do is take pictures and snap people during classtime, instead of using the technology for educational purposes.

One thing that I do think that social media can lend itself  well to, would to have students to start to think critically and analyze all things that the read online with skeptism. There are so many false posts everyday on social media networks that are either not true, or have inaccuracies with them. Yes, facebook could be a good starting point to help conduct more research on a particular topic of interest, but it is not the all know. I mean how many people fall for the so-and-so died, but they are not really dead. Or that certain shows have been cancelled, when they really have not. This would be the only positive thing that I could really say about social media in the classroom.

I do think that edmodo, does lend it self well as to trying to attract and entice students into thinking that learning is more like a social media experience rather than learning. I do not think that I would classify edmodo though as social media, i feel that this site is sort of like the classroom bulletin board that everyone enrolled can post on.