November 4 th 2013 Use of social media tools in teaching, collaboration and engagement 1 Prepared by Geofrey KalumunaSupervised by Nkuba Mabula Topic: Definition and type of social media Adapted from “ ICAWEB201A - Use social media tools for collaboration and engagement as used for Australian and State and Territory Government ” with minor changes/modifications

 Introduction  Definitions  Type of social media  Conclusion Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 2 Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

Today:  We will define the term social media  We will also look on different types of social media.  We will realize the applicability of social media in teaching and learning 3 Prepared by Geofrey KalumunaSupervised by Nkuba Mabula

At the end of session:  Participants will be able to define the term social media  Participants will be able to differentiate different types of social media  Participants will be able to realize applicability of social media in teaching and learning 4 Prepared by Geofrey KalumunaSupervised by Nkuba Mabula

 Social media refers to the means of interaction among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks (wikipedia, 2013)  Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction and collaboration (whatis.techtarget.com) 5 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 Blogs  Social networking sites (You Tube, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter)  Wikis  Video sharing sites  Folksonomies  Mashups 6 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 A blog is a type of website which has posts appearing in reverse chronological order.  A blog is typically updated frequently and regularly, although there are some who are considered “slow bloggers”.  Blogs typically have an area for people to comment or respond to the blog post.  Blogs may also have other areas of content and links to other websites. 7 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 Blogs can have individual authors or be a collection of authors.  Blogs have a history or an archive of previous blog posts. 8Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

Demonstration 9 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

Discussion and demonstration 10 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 A social networking site is a website where individuals can set up an online profile, describing his/her interests, and add links to other profiles.  Generally, users are able to post personal information, including photographs, videos, and blog entries Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 11 Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

Demonstration – e.g Facebook Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 12 Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 Discussion and demonstration 13 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 A website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content 14Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

Demonstration  The most well-known is Wikipedia Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna 15 Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

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 Discussion and demonstration 17 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 User generated sites mostly offer free services whereby users can upload video clips and share them with the others 18 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

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 Discussion and demonstration 21 Prepared by Geofrey Kalumuna Supervised by Nkuba Mabula

 Today, we understood the term social media  We understand different types of social media.  We realize some of the applicability of social media in teaching and learning 22 Prepared by Geofrey KalumunaSupervised by Nkuba Mabula

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