The Edutopia article “ Frictionless Formative Assessment with Social Media”, offers many helpful ways to integrate social media and technology into the classroom and for use as a formative assessment tool. As social media has become increasingly more popular, it is useful to use a medium of assessment that the students are familiar with.  It also encourages the use of approved technology.  Students are going to interact with technology whether or not it is used in the classroom, but integrating social media and other familiar online reporting tools, the teacher is able to not only offer students immediate feedback on their work, but also introduced students to media literacy.  I believe that introducing students to media literacy at a young age is imperative. So not only is it important to utilize technology and social media in the classroom, I feel it is equally as important to introduce students to media literacy; understanding how to properly post as well as what is information that should be shared and information that needs to be kept personal.

Alfonzo, Paige (2014).  Frictionless formative assessment with social media. Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/frictionless-formative-assessment-social-media-paige-alfonzo