Lang, V. (2007). CREATING & CONNECTING//Research and Guidelines on Online Social — and Educational — Networking.
In the National School Boards Association article Creating and Connecting Writing and Designed by Vockley Lang, The National School Boards Association states that considering the use of social media in schools for the staff and students to use towards higher education. There has been explosive growth in creative and authoring activities by students on social networking sites in recent years. Both schools and especially parents have strong expectations about the positive roles that social networking could play in students’ lives. Both schools and parents are interested in social networking as an educational tool. Both also demand an educational value and purpose as a requirement for social networking in school. Safety policies remain important, as does teaching students about online safety and responsible online expression — but students may learn these lessons better while they’re actually using social networking tools. Social media enhanced my school by community outreach, course assignment, distance learning, collaborative learning and communication with teachers. With spreading the word about different events the community can come and see helped get our community involved with the students and the spirit of the school. Students traveled a lot including myself through out the school year and having the internet connection to communicate with teachers regarding homework assignments was the way it was done.
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