Social Media in the Classroom

Social Media is almost necessary in the modern classroom.  It's important for teachers to make learning enjoyable, especially in the higher grades.  Most students don't have a desire to learn, but rather feel the need for it or just simply put forth zero effort.  This puts a daunting task on the shoulders of today's teachers.  Social Media, as it stands today, is one of the universal ways a teacher can connect with their students and help them to want to learn.  In the article "100 Reasons Why Educators Should Use Blogs" the author, Maria Magher, tells us how blogs can be useful for both teachers and students.  Magher tells how most students are already tech-savvy and that they probably already have their own blog set up.  Teenagers love to tell the world their thoughts via the internet, so why not give them an opportunity to share their thoughts about what they are learning in the same fashion? Of course there are some negatives to this method such as the lack of a computer in every home, but in a college setting it's much more rare for this to be the case and depending in the poverty level of the district you teach in this might not be an issue.