Using social networks for your studies

Social networks are not only just sites that people use to catch up and only share social news. Social networks can also be very helpful in people's lives and communities as well. Most students use social networks to engage in their studies. Though some students might use these social networks only to form relationships and frienship with other people. Some students use these to engage about their schoolwork " Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter can help community college students become more engaged in their academics" (http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/). Students uses these sites by communicating with other students or lecturers about their schoolwork.

When it comes to facebook, students can be able to open a group were they can discuss their studies. For Example, second year PR students of the University of Johannesburg have opened a facebook page, called the "PR go-getters", they discuss all their studies in there, everything related to their schoolwork that they are not sure about. This can really help increase the pass rate for students.
"95% of students ages 18 to 24 use social networking tools, including instant messages and texting, 64% multiple times a day. Yet just 18% do so for schoolwork, and 27% never do". Yet 18% do so for schoolwork, and 27% never do. Just 5% never use social networks.(http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/). These percentage really shows that most students use social networks for their personal things but there can still be a possibility for majority of them to use them for their studies. This is up to the students on how much effort do they want to put in in their work and for the schools as well.