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What are the bad effects when using the social media tools?

The benefit of using social media tools is apparently. They are widely used by young people and all around the world. Teachers are encouraged to bring them to their classes.

Meanwhile,students spend a lot of time on chatting with their friends by using skype or MSN, posting picutures on their facebooks. Which made parents concerned why their children stayed up so late? How can my children have good rest? Why school gives such heavy load of assignment? Some students are using some of the tools to cheat in exams or homework. Here is a article by Grace Fleiming addressed Cheating with Technology. [] (Fleiming,2005) No matter it is intentionaly or unintentionaly, it is cheating.

Does social media distract students from learning? Using social media in school has many benefits, but also poses the problem when providing the tool for students to be distracted and unfocused on the task or the learning taking place. Due to the climate of technology in our culture today, taking a few minutes to check facebook or write something on twitter, students may not realize they are missing out on important learning in those few minutes. The students might believe they are multi-taking, but in reality they have moved their focus from one topic to another. Peter Cohan is a columnist for DailyFinance and writes about how to balance the use of technology in the classroom while preventing students from being distracted with social media. [](Cohan, Peter, 2010)

The effects on school work due to bullying on social networks Social networks started out with the great intentions of providing people with different avenues to keep in touch, network amongst friends, share pictures, advertise and so much more. Social networks have now become more of a negative addiction rather than a positive one. Bullying is present within the school systems regardless of the presence of these social networks but due to accessibility of the social networks these bullies have the constant opportunity to continue their daily harassment during and after the school day. Amy Crawford, writer for the //Pittsburg Tribune-Review,// addresses how bullying on social network sites affects school work. [](Crawford, 2011)

How can teachers and administrators deal with the problem of plagiarism in schools? Although the internet is a valuable in the search for information, it is also posing new challenges as teachers and administrators find ways to deal with plagiarism. According to a study done by The Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University, over 50% of the students surveyed admitted to "having plagiarized using information taken from the internet". Christopher Nagy, a principal at ABC High School, reports about what his school did in order to address the problem of plagiarism at his school. [] (Nagy, 2004)

Are Students Becoming Anti-social? With the increase use of social media, Gary Small, a neuroscientist and professor of psychiatry at U.C.L.A. noticed that, "Even though young digital natives are very good with the tech skills, they are weak with the face-to-face human contact skills.” Today's youths may be forming a group of friends that is larger that ever before, but they are missing out on experiences that help them develop empathy, understand emotional nuances and read social cues like facial expressions and body language. The question is whether texting, instant messaging and online social networking 50-100 times a day allows children to build stronger friendships — or whether the quality of their interactions is being diminished without the intimacy and emotional exchange of regular, extended face-to-face time. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1 (Stout, 2010)