• Dr.C.Thanavathi

Social networking services are increasingly being used by educators as teaching and learning tools that supplement traditional classroom environments as they provide new opportunities for enriching existing curriculum through creative, authentic and flexible nonlinear learning experiences. Form chat rooms, discussion forums, blogs and wikis, services like face book, and/or virtual worlds like second life, social networking tools are being meaningfully added to curriculum. The use of social networking services in education has been shown to benefit education a number of ways by supporting social learning, constructivist teaching practices, authentic instruction, student centered learning, and on demand access to learning. In this context, the study was conducted to find out the effectiveness of the use of social media packages on achievement of student teachers. The sample consists of 100 student teachers in Thoothukudi. The content of the education was prepared by the investigator. The statistical technique ‘t’ test was used. The educational implications and suggestions for further study are also given at per with the findings of the study.

Social Media Package, Social Networking tools, social learning

"EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PACAKAGE TRAINING ON ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENT TEACHERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.30-39, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M07.pdf

"EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PACAKAGE TRAINING ON ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENT TEACHERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp30-39, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M07.pdf