Social Media in Education

      Today the  people of the world lives in a generation of continual digital revolution. They use information and communication technologies(ICTs)and the internet virtually everyday. Technology plays a important role in people's lives especially today's college students like facebook,twitter, google etc. Technology has become routine among students permeating many aspects of their lives, including learning. 

      In the present generation, social media have grown quickly for academic use and changes the education arena. Among social media, facebook and instagram has become the most popular social networking site among youths like us. In our daily basis we are giving so much of our precious time in texting rather than learning. Education required reliable source from which we can develop our learning capacity and improve our strength to overcome problems. It helps in developing communication skills from which we can gain social confidence from online interaction which may help us to feel more secure in new and strange situations. Social media helps us to build skills in technology from which we can become more familiar with new and emerging technologies as well as increase our media literacy through exposure to many different types of online media. We can develop an optimistic image of ourselves by putting our best qualities in the huge world. It can also increase our talent to work on group projects. Social media enhances collaboration in which information can be accomplished by students alone. But problem solving skills are often better enhanced in a collaboration environment. Social media allows students to work together on projects beyond an individual capability.

    We had experienced that social media and education don't necessarily go hand in hand. We must create an exciting environment to overcome our difficulties in using social media. we must use it to make our day to day activities easier and we must use it carefully without proper guidance. we should not damage our learning skills by visiting illegal website. So as a result, we can gain enormous knowledge from social media if we use it wisely and carefully.