Learn to use a social networking site, teach your partner, and peer review each other’s work.
Social context
Think of a social situation where social networking could assist in the organisation of an event (such as a party, a family reunion, a sporting carnival, a wedding, a dinner party, a play group, a concert, a social club, etc.).
Social technologies
Investigate and describe what the networking site does, then write clear instructions on how to sign up and use the site/service, and describe how a peer or partner can contribute to the social site.
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Some suggested technologies
Example 1 student website
There is a huge range of web 2.0 tools that support online social interaction, networking and collaboration. Go2web20 #tag: Social New! List of social networking websites [wikipedia]New!
Peer review
Share your work with a peer (your tutor will assign partners for this activity on the LMS) who will follow your instructions and provide advice and feedback through peer review (you will do the same for your partner).
Present your work
Create a new page on your website to present all your work for this task.
Add text to describe your social context
Add instructions as text, screen captures or video's to your page or attach a formatted document
Add links and images
See example student web pages (Nadine, 2011 and Lea, 2011).
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Reflect on your work
Comment regularly on your blog about the process. provide reflections on how you went about learning or refining the program or site, creating instructions and the process of peer review.
Submit your work
Download the coversheet for this assignment task (on the LMS) and check the marking criteria to ensure you have completed all requirements for this task before you submit your work (upload completed coversheet on the LMS).
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