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SNS (Social Networking Services) have broad impacts on adolescents' academic development ranging from their grades to their social connections and self-efficacy in the classroom. Implementing SNS into a class curriculum could prove to be more beneficial than harmful.

Social Networks in Academic Settings

greater usage leads to :
- higher confidence in classroom
- students speak up/volunteer in classroom more
- higher confidence in their knowledge of the subject

SNS affects on self efficacy

social media has positive and negative impacts including easy ability to find new information while also being a distraction to learning material from class


SNS affects on study habits

SNS increase our ability to connect with anyone around the world and find more jobs with ease while also allowing employers to find information about us we may not want public

SNS impact on job search post grad

SNS in academic settings references

the point to which SNS will hurt or help academic performance depends on the level of usage and how/what the SNS are used/used for. There does however seem to be a sweetspot for the hours spent on social media and the affect on academic performance. In other words, one should use SNS to a moderate degree but not too much or too little that it starts to affect their academics.

SNS affects on academic performance

SNS can be utilized in various ways to increase academic success for various age groups. some types of knowledge one can focus on improving with these applications include:

- scientific concepts
- higher-order thinking skills, social skills 
- mental, motor, social, emotional skills
- new immersive learning opportunities
- methodological information
- decision making, analytical thinking, and problem solving
- communicative skills 
- attitudes, perceptions, active engagement and motivation

these can be further understood through combining  computer games and SNS to customize these skill programs to the student

implementing SNS in educational system

SNS have the ability to initiate communication with other students,  as well as allowing them to organize their busy schedules in one area. 
Studies have shown the use of SNS can be broken down based their usability, accessibility, reliability, and efficiency.

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