Importance Of Social Network Sites to Enhance Teaching-Learning Process in Today’s Classroom

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David Amala Prabhakar. C, Dr. S. Malathi

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The UNESCO World Education Report (1998) noted that the new technologies challenge traditional conceptions of both teaching and learning and, by reconfiguring the teachers and learners one could gain access to knowledge and thereby have the potential to transform teaching and learning process. For the past two years due to the covid 19 pandemic situation, social media has transformed the way young students access information to enhance the teaching –learning process. As Social network sites become part and parcel in our life, we the teachers and the parents should provide our learners with appropriate experiences that allow them to effectively connect with social network sites and practice them for life in and after school.  The impact of social network sites has become more and more complicated and versatile. Though the students need 21st century skills to react, gain knowledge and adapt to this present situation, the importance of social network sites has to be well practiced by the teachers in selecting the most appropriate sites. With this in view, this paper analyzes the importance of various social network sites, the positive and negative impacts of social network sites and how it supports the existing practices.

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