RESEARCH PAPER TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
EDUC 5324: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO EDUCATION
Name: Mustafa Karaca

Date: 9/20/2015

Topic Selected:

How is it effective Facebook in high schools? Or Could any education activity be

arranged on Facebook?
1. LITERATURE REVIEW:
What does the literature/research say about this issue/topic? By using NAU
Library or Online Search engines, conduct a literature review.

You need to include 5 different sources (book, journal article, web article
etc.) in your review. Try to use current sources as much as possible.

You need to summarize and synthesize your sources by discussing a

common theme or issue.

You don't need to critique your sources

You don't need to evaluate your sources (if the sources are trustworthy,
weather the author has a bias or not)

You need to provide background information such as history and

definitions

Brief Literature Review:

I got my literature review such as
Facebook can and should have a wider role in higher education to facilitate such a
community of learning beyond national boundaries. Students want to learn using the
technology with which they have grown up, not by sitting passively in lectures where
social interaction is often non-existent.( Valerie Anne Dickie - Dr. Helena Meier)
Results demonstrate that adolescents who converse less with friends for social
purposes on Facebook may contribute to their academic performance, owing to their
effective time-management skills. Based on a comparison with the results of the
literature, we conclude that use of Facebook can increase the quality of interpersonal
interactions for learning among adolescents, ultimately improving their academic
achievement.( Tsai, Hsien-Chang)
It was observed that following the incorporation of the Facebook activity many of the
more introverted students became more motivated in English Language class and were
actually talking more with their classmates. It was also noticed that students began to
express more opinions and give extended reasoning in not only their face-to-face
interactions but also in their written classwork. While it is impossible to say that social
networking was the reason for these differences, it can be said that it possibly played a
role and these types of activities do show promise as they appear to give students choices
and opportunities to have control over their own learning These kinds of opportunities
and environments may create conditions for facilitating the development of learner

autonomy.( Lara Promnitz , December 2011)

Many schools use their strong academic results as a key to their recruiting efforts.
Facebook provides a great opportunity for a school to share their aggregated academic
data with the world. Not only is it available to those interested in potentially becoming a
part of the community, but is also accessible to students and families that are already in
the school. These results are easy for students, teachers, and proud family members to
Like and share with people in their Facebook network.( David Hartstein - 2011)
Social media in two distinct ways: (1) As a communication tool between the district
and parents. We are a small district, but over one-third of our families like our Facebook
page. This gives us a great tool to communicate pretty quickly with a good portion of our
parents. (2) For classroom usea teacher who taught a distance-ed class for our school
and three others set up a Facebook page to foster communication between the remote
students and the students she taught physically.( George Sorrells, 2011. Meris
Stansbury)
2. REFLECTION:

What is your personal opinion on this issue? Do you agree with the
research? If you agree or disagree, please explain why?
Provide examples/experiences regarding this issue from school
perspective or If you are not working in a school, from your profession. Be
specific with your examples. You can mention software/hardware names,
specific methods that you plan to use, etc.
How would you implement this research in your career? (At least 1
paragraph)

Reflection:

In my opinion Facebook is one of the best communication ways in our century. The
Facebook is given big opportunity to build a bridge between students/parents and
schools. They can easily share their academics data with the world. Using Facebook is
also increasing students` interpersonal interactions for their academic achievement.
After my researching about Facebook, I want to use it more effectively in my school life.
I will show useful Facebook users in my language class. I will also ask to my language
skilled students to follow the language Olympiads at Facebook. So they can get informed
about new innovations.
3. REFERENCES:

Cite at least 5 References in APA.

You may use http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-journal for citing
your sources in APA style.

References:

1.Valerie Anne Dickie, Heriot-Watt University, UK

Helena Meier, University of Cologne, Germany
http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=4568c359-d9b4-4a56-bb4a3c4722298d79%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4206

2.Tsai, Hsien-Chang : Social Psychology of Education; Sep2015, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p503-516, 14p
3. Lara Promnitz , SiSAL Journal Vol. 2, No. 4, December 2011, 309-316
http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c0903ca5-1807-4b40-911ac5feb3bee5a8%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4206
4. David Hartstein 2011
http://mashable.com/2011/04/26/facebook-for-schools/
5. George Sorrells ,technology facilitator, Winneconne Community School District

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/10/21/ten-ways-schools-are-using-social-mediaeffectively/2/