Students “Like” Social Media

This infographic was created by the ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) for its report, “Can Social Medial and School Policies be “Friends”?” 

The graphic highlights the number of students who currently use social media and the desire of many of those students to utilize technology at school, such as electronic textbooks and the ability to communicate with teachers. However, the graphic also demonstrates the challenges posed by use of technology and social media at schools, from cyberbullying to cheating. Additional challenges arise when schools discipline students for online speech that takes place off-campus (see additional coverage of this topic, click here).

Districts will continue to struggle with the desire to effectively utilize technology in the classroom while keeping distractions out.

For a PDF of the inforgraphic below, please click on the image. 

Meghan Covert Russell