Educational Benefits of Social Networking Sites (1)

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Educational Benefits of Social Networking Sites

• Today, technology provides a lot of opportunities
  for education that can be accessed by everyone
  around the globe.
• The educational field has completely transformed
  ever since the Internet and technology are
  included in the equation.
• The University of Minnesota had a research on
  social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook
  and found that the social networking sites have a
  great impact for educational growth for students
  in high school.

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Social Networking Websites That Have Effective
Educational Benefits

• EDMODO Edmodo is the largest social networking
  website used mainly for education purposes. As
  per the survey, more than 13 million people are
  using this website effectively.
• ENGLISH BABY Teaching conversational English is
  the main objective of the English Baby website.
  The analysis showed that nearly 1.5 million
  people across the globe are using this website
  and famous among chinese people
• LIVEMOCHA Livemocha is a social networking
  website used to teach various languages to the
  website users.The website consists of a
  collection of course material available in more
  than 38 different languages.

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Social Networking Websites That Have Effective
Educational Benefits

• ACADMIA.EDU Acadmia.edu is a science-related
  website built especially for scientists and the
  respective college students. It is a platform
  mainly for academic researchers and aficionados
  to share research materials and research papers
  to other website users.
• COURSE CRACKER Course Cracker is a network that
  enables students, teachers and parents to connect
  with each other resulting in the refinement of
  the learning process.This website allows the
  users to post their course material, quizzes,
  assignments and other sources related to
  education and also give them permission to access
  the posted content.
• STUDENTS CIRCLE NETWORK Social circle network is
  one among the latest editions of the club of
  social networking sites, consists of different
  course materials in the field of science,
  business, engineering, computing and humanities.

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Social Networking Websites That Have Effective
Educational Benefits

• 9TH PERIOD The main focus of this website is on
  web applications and online tools.This website
  allows users who have similar interest to
  interact with each other without any
  discrepancies.
• THE SYNAPSE This website mainly concentrates on
  biology students, tutors and researchers all over
  the globe. This website acts as a great source of
  the latest happenings and development in biology,
  generally built on the Ning platform.
• THE MOLECULAR FORCES It is another website
  built on the Ning platform, focuses on physics
  and chemistry students, teachers and researchers.
  Teachers can able to distribute their study
  materials and learning approaches in this
  website. The website also acts as a great
  platform for sharing and asking questions about
  new ideas.

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By Using Social Networking Sites, Students Get
The Following Benefits

• Improvement of communication skills
• Improvement of technology skills
• Increase in the exposure of diverse views
• Develop a positive image
• Increase the engagement of learning

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Conclusion

• Despite promoting education among students,
  social networking sites also help them for
  successful employment.
• Students who enter into the workforce can able to
  use social networking sites to network and thus
  find employment too.
• Thus, social networking sites not only play a
  vital role in connecting people but also play an
  escalating role in education.

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