User:Patrick Ament/Social media in education/Bibliography

Social media is a powerful facilitator of communication, which is important in the classroom as well as the school community. Parents, especially moms, use social media sites like Facebook to stay connected with their local community and friends. Schools can easily use social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to send announcements, updates, and other important information home to parents. It also can create an avenue of communication between teacher and student that may not exist in the classroom. Students who are shy in person may open up when talking privately to a teacher online. Furthermore, having an online channel of communication between the teacher and their class would likely help to facilitate a deeper level of community.