Equally, the pervasive impact and pace of social media developments regularly infiltrate the classroom, compromising pupil well - being and leaving even the younger
generation of teachers struggling to catch up with issues like cyberbullying and «sexting» and the numerous other variants that crop up every week.
Though educators are ever cognizant
of the fact that technology alone is not the panacea that will solve the literacy
struggles of students, a thoughtful integration
of literacy instruction with new technologies such as wikis can serve as the vehicle to transport both
teachers and their students
of this Web 2.0
generation on their learning journeys in ways that are broader and more meaningful than any individual learner could travel alone.