Advantages and Disadvantages of Facebook Group and Tutor Blog

Most of the people are familiar with these two websites facebook and blog. These two websites are very important for those who wants to learn and teach English language as well as gain there knowledge through technology. There are some advantages and disadvantages of facebook group and tutor blog which are pointed out below:

Advantages:

Facebook is a good solution for many as everyone is on facebook. Being a facebook means you don’t have to log in somewhere else. We were on facebook anyway so checking into the group was never a problem. The posts made in a facebook group also go to the news feed and people can check this from there. However a notification is sent to each member letting them know that a new post has been posted within the group. It is beneficial for the members that they won’t miss out on a post and check the update easily. By tagging someone in a post or comment you are drawing his or her attention to a group. One member can interact directly with another members in a group.

Blogging has the power to learning, reflection and communication. Tutor blog is run by the teacher. Here teacher can easily instruct the student for their better understanding. It provides reading practice for students and also increase their critical thinking skill as well. Students can gain knowledge by reading those effective writing from the tutor blog. Students can check tutor blog from everywhere. Without any blog student can easily check tutor blog.

Disadvantages:

Sometimes it’s very hard to find a facebook group if you aren’t already a member in this group. In a closed and secret group you must ask to join it. When the admin approved the request you can see all the posts of this group. In a group all members can directly add their friends to the group. People can be added to the group without even knowing anything about it. So there is a possibility that it could feel like spam.

In tutor blog, students are restricted to write any comment to teacher’s post. In addition, students cannot post their writing in the tutor blog. Students may give more interest on blog rather than their text book and it may hamper their study. Sometimes students may not find tutor blog because of their inadequate knowledge about blog. Too much dependency on tutor blog may hamper student’s interaction with the teacher in the classroom.