10 Ways Facebook Strengthens the Student- Teacher Connection

I believe that facebook is not bad for the student life but it actually can be used to benefit students. Most teachers believe that facebook is bad because they think that it is only used for socializing. As said in the post in The Innovative Educator facebook, if used in the right way, can be helpful to teachers and students for their education. For example Facebook can be used to connect teachers and students. I agree that Facebook could be used so teachers and students can get familiar with one another and understand each other.  Also, instead of calling every single student to let them snow if school is canceled or delayed, it could just be posted on Facebook once and every student would be able to view it. I believe this is a much more efficient way of notifying students of school updates then calling them. I also agree with the idea that instead of learning nothing on snow days and taking days away from summer, the work needed to be learned that day can be posted on Facebook so students can just click on teachers links to get the work to be done for the day. If a student has a question then the student could just message the teacher or chat them about what they need to ask. Facebook is also a place where students can learn if they look at certain links from posts that have educational information. The ways Facebook can be used for educational purposes, I believe, should be followed in all schools and I recommend looking at the document about how Facebook is good for education to anyone who is interested.