Category: At School

Facebook and School Policy
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Facebook and School Policy

The answer is for endless fun. Nothing else. Kids are well aware of numerous possibilities of cyber world and social networking. They are just trying to be smarter and earning as much fun as they can. The most popular social networking site, Facebook, has 900 million users world wide. To date, to tease, to comment, [...]

Published by on May 30, 2012 9:50 AM
Facebook Generation
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Facebook Generation

Facebook Generation Resides in the Virtual World Having a Facebook account and using it extensively to interact with friends and loved ones has become the next most important thing to consuming food. Yes, that’s true! The very characteristic and features of this social networking website that enable people to interact, build relationships and share cool [...]

Published by on May 21, 2012 12:37 PM
Is Facebook for Kids
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Is Facebook for Kids

People across the globe are so anxious to know their friends’ updates and read the variety of activities being posted on the site, and thus Facebook has turned out to be the biggest addiction in the world. The social networking site may have some positive facts such as connecting with friends and real time communication. [...]

Published by on May 12, 2012 10:58 PM
Facebook Friends List
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Facebook Friends List

Most of us have Facebook profiles and every day we see tones of articles on why Facebook is a big blessing to mankind. One of the most obvious measures of popularity has become the number of friends that you have on Facebook. And if you are a business who believes in social media marketing, then [...]

Published by on January 9, 2012 3:31 AM
Facebook Tip of The Iceberg
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Facebook Tip of The Iceberg

Facebook is a community of 800 million and growing every minute. Close to 50% of users log into their Facebook accounts daily and connect with other members, sharing information and content, making it the largest active social networking website that has ever been. However for all the good things that we have heard, Facebook also [...]

Published by on December 5, 2011 12:30 PM
Child Addiction to Facebook
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Child Addiction to Facebook

The number of Facebook users is estimated to be over 800,000,000, making it the number one social networking site. Despite its popularity, Facebook is not without disturbing consequences.  Cases of Facebook addiction are surging. For instance, a study has indicated that 22% of women aged between 18 – 35 get up to check Facebook first [...]

Published by on October 16, 2011 5:05 AM
Effects of Facebook on Teenagers
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Effects of Facebook on Teenagers

Social networking sites, most notably Facebook have become so popular today that they are the leading words on the lips of every teenager. Facebook has more than 750 millions users today. You love to spend most of your time checking your Facebook updates, but do you know that there are many negative effects of using [...]

Published by on October 2, 2011 11:33 PM
Facebook and Grades
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Facebook and Grades

A recent survey in a school in UK showed that Facebook has a negative effect on the education as well as concentration of students. Why this happens so? What impact does Facebook have on the performance of education? Is Facebook distracting the students from listening during the lecture hours? Social networking sites like Facebook have [...]

Published by on September 7, 2011 9:54 AM
Facebook right for your child?
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Facebook right for your child?

Now that everyone is pretty much glued to the social networking system, children are not falling behind in staying “connected” with their circle of friends. The Facebook frenzy has caught up with people from all age groups and has created a furore. When you meet someone after a long time the first question you ask [...]

Published by on September 2, 2011 12:30 PM
Facebook and Studying
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Facebook and Studying

Low Grades and Facebook: Socializing Affects Studying Recent studies show, conducted by the Ohio State University, that while Facebook does create bond, cement friendship, and foster a sense of community, wherein peers can easily comment or react to a post with just a click of a button, or that thumbs-up like sign, college students who [...]

Published by on April 5, 2011 8:42 PM
Stopping Cyber Bullying
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Stopping Cyber Bullying

If you are someone who likes to keep updated with the latest news and current events then you are probably aware of the growing concern today over cases of cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying is basically when an instigator (the bully) taunts and torments his victim through social networking sites such as Facebook. Since cyber-bullying offers the comfort [...]

Published by on March 4, 2011 9:11 PM
Facts On Bullying
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Facts On Bullying

Facebook is undoubtedly one of the most popular social networking sites today. If you are one of the millions of Facebook users around the world then you are probably aware of the benefits that Facebook brings to your life—such as a chance to connect with your family and friends, entertainment in the form of games [...]

Published by on February 28, 2011 6:52 AM
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Bullied to Death: Natasha MacBryde, 15

If you are someone who likes to keep updated with the latest news and current events then you are probably aware of the growing concern today over cases of cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying is basically when an instigator (the bully) taunts and torments his victim through social networking sites such as Facebook. Since cyber-bullying offers the comfort [...]

Published by on February 24, 2011 10:46 AM
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Cyber Bullying on Facebook

Cyber bullying has become the norm in our schools. Bullying has been there for centuries but our Kids have moved on to Cyber bullying because the medium has made it much easier to bully someone. Ever since the fascination of Facebook where every student seems to be part of it our kids have used the [...]

Published by on February 20, 2011 8:46 PM