Social Networks as a Tool for Education: An Awareness of School Leaders

Abstract

By nature, every human being looks for knowledge and once he/she gets that, he/she shares it with others who are around him/her. So, it can be said that human beings are both information consumers and sharers. In the present world, social networks play an important role in human life. Studies reveal that human beings have adopted social media into their work, profession, and so on, other than just communication and entertainment. Education is one of the fields that adopted social media and new technologies to increase the course effectiveness. Social media can facilitate students in following professional societies, organizations, or faculty, as well as contributing discussion points or questions across a network. Nowadays, most of the schools have the technologies, but, if we analyze them, we will understand that they are presentational than interactive. This article gives a clear understanding about social networks and its use in the field of education, and concludes with some important points for the consideration of the school leaders for the use of social networks in the field of education by making use of all the potentials of social networks.