Social Networking Platforms and Classroom Culture

Abstract This article investigates how social networks affect classroom culture in secondary schools. It combines personal reflections from us as professionals, who have worked schools and universities a range of different countries contexts, with the use research written over last decade into this area. Stylistically is conceptual – it has strong reflective element its purpose within wider academic professional community to generate discussion among professionals rather than find definitive conclusions. Classroom commonly divided four dimensions: group attitudes behaviours toward learning, towards interaction peers, teacher students instruction, parental children teacher. framework underpins article. Even though play an important part young students’ lives globally, most studies usage for education been conducted at level higher only few focus on school level. paper therefore focuses possibilities. The concludes that whatever our views media, reality Facebook many counterparts are current already being used by teachers globally learning tools. Given they can both negative positive impacts becoming inevitable lives, limited options. first one ban make sure there no consequences, case wide systems jurisdictions. However, other approaches, which be frequently found include managed approach course, class or even pages often entirely separate individual teacher’s page.