What are reasons not to have social media in the classroom?

[shay]

I have a paper due tomorrow that needs to be 5 paragraphs about why social media shouldn't be used in the class room. All I've got is a paragraph about how cyber bullying could be worsened..please help. (She gave it to us on Friday and wouldn't let us take it home, plus I was called to the dental can thingy and got even less time on it. In case you were wondering why I had one paragraph and it was due tomorrow)

[Mark IX]

How about because you go to school to study, not to talk to your "friends" on Facebook. Or how about not allowing social media greatly reduces the chances of students cheating.

[Trina]

Because students could get distracted by it, e.g., chat and socialize with their contacts rather than studying.

Another thing would be cheating (it's very easy to use it to crowd source for answers, like what we do here on Y!A