Read Time: 3 - 5 minutes With the growing trend in social media
and technology, the question over the role of social media in
education inevitably enters the debate, an issue discussed in
Mashable’s recent article Should You Get Your Child an iPad or
Laptop for School? Tools such as tablets and laptops, for
instance, have a practical place in education and can provide
students with a wide array of information, videos, and images
that they previously did not have access to: “Digital media
tablets are more useful resources for consuming media such as
looking at videos, pictures and accessing websites,” says Scott
Campbell, an associate professor of communication studies at the
University of Michigan. “Because laptops have built-in keyboards
that provide so much more functionality in writing and platform
provides a lot more flexibility with creating, it’s a superior
product for students right now.” But what role, if any, do
social networks have in education? Take Twitter for example.
Twitter is a powerful tool f