Also, styles of learning such as visual learning can be aided with all the pictures and graphics available. I see this as a way for kids to connect emotionally and visually across the globe. Like any tool, the flip side is becoming too dependent on any one type of learning. Trying to receive all of your knowledge and information over this media, limits the basics, which still need to be addressed in a more structured manner. I would hope to be able to use this with my students to enrich their learning with fun and interesting things but also balance with some more conventional basics.
Balance is good but sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words.