FI+EXPO

May 4th in Commons "GOOGLE BEFORE YOU TWEET" IS THE NEW "THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK"

Our topic: Social Networking's Impact on Grades

Group 1 (Introduction) Kebroon, Andrew, Navya, Pia, Emily

Group 2 (Supporting Ideas - Summary of findings) Karan, Becca, Naramin, Diego, Taylor

Group 3 (Conclusion) Abyie Brian, Catherine, Seth

Group 4 (Bibliography) Desarea, Stephanie, Jessica, Tashika

Group 5 (Graphs/Images) Victor, Catoria, Sarah, Keira

Acknowledgements will be completed by TA & instructor Title will be decided by whole class participation

Sarah H.[|teachers blame Facebook and Twitter for pupils' poor grades]

Emily O. []

Brian A's Link http://www.unh.edu/news/docs/UNHsocialmedia.pdf

Tashika Link []

Desarea' W. Link []

Naramin H []

Taylor L http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/09/16/social-networking-in-schools-incentives-for-participation.aspx

Catie M. Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/28919575/SOCIAL-NETWORKING-SITES-AFFECT-ONE’S-ACADEMIC-PERFORMANCE-ADVERSELY

Kebroon A Teens & Social Networking in the School & Public Library

Seth W http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/graduate/dvdng/principles/face.pdf

Stephanie C. http://blogs.wsj.com/http://socialnetworking.procon.org//facebook-gets-a-break-in-new-study-on-grades-710/

Andrew O. []

Catoria J []

Bui Thang Duy http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1650000/facebook_other_social_network_sites.html?cat=4

Jess W []

Abiye M []

Becca Fitz []

Intro: Throughout time we have evolved in many different ways. One of the things that is key to our growth and development as human beings is the social aspect of our lives. It is a fact that human beings are social creatures and the ability to socialize with other members in a group has become key to our species evolution. In the past ten years we have put our thoughts and what we do on a regularly basis in one of the many social networks that surround us. This has become a vital part of the human psyche and has a lot of influence on human thought, behavior and personality. Although social networking is a huge part of our lives there has been some debate on whether these websites are completely consuming societies every thought and action. This claim has been even more apparent when it comes to the youth of the world who have embraced social networking more than their adult counterparts. Does social networking have a huge impact on grades? Some networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace can have positive or negative effect on individuals and it has become a major influence in our lives, and for majority of the students, our grades.

SUMMARY: In the last half decade, Social networking has begun to affect the lives of students both personally and acedemically.Statistics show that 22% of students log in to a social networking site such as facebook, Twitter, and Youtube atleast ten times a day. Not only is it an issue for students getting distracted by social netorking sites but social networking sites also affect grades because students spend more time on Facebook than writing an essay for a Focused Inquiry class. Collegately the percentage of Undergraduate students has reached 85% and Graduates 52% of students who have social networking accounts. Many students do not believe that there is a correlation between social networking and acedemic performance."It may be that if it wasn’t for Facebook, some students would still find other ways to avoid studying and would still get lower grades (Recent Survey Shows Social Networking May Have Negative Academic Impact). University officials have started to penalize students for inappropriate content on Facebook accounts, which violate the school’s policy. Proffesors have been enforcing rules inorder to keep order in their classrooms and have been ejecting students from lectures for inappropriate use of social networking. While these are the many negatives of social networking sites, there are many benefits in having a Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube account.Social networking can be seen as common ground for people who have similar interests, beliefs, goals, ideas, ambitions. Social networking sites have been known to help boost young peoples self-esteem because it enables them to put out their best qualities and a positive self image. Also, a study was performed by the student researchers at the University of New Hampshire to find out if there was a correlation between the extreme usage of social media and grades. The results of the study showed that there was no correlation between the two. For example, almost the same number of heavy and light users of both Facebook and Youtube received the same categroy of high and low grades (Social Networking Usage and Grades AMong College Students).

Conclusion: Summarily, social networks and grades have little correlation with each other. Statistics show that the grade of the person that utilizes the social network depends on their study habits. If the person is studious, then they would use Facebook as a way to benefit their grades. If they were never studious in the first place, then their grades would not be good anyway. This means that the social network has no affect on the student what so ever.



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