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(Page created on 19 January 2010)


  


Facts - Debates - Issues : Privacy - Safety -
Vocabulary -
Facebook - Second Life - Twitter -
Education
Interactive activities - Activities to print - Lesson plans -
Cartoons - Videos - Songs

 


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Internet

 

 

Facts :

  • SuperPower: Visualising the internet
    "Explore this interactive graphic to find out which are the biggest sites on the internet... "
    The data "covers the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, US and Australia.
    The figures represent unique users for the month of January 2010."
    (BBC)

 

  • Social media and mobile internet use among teens and young adults.  
    "Two Pew Internet Project surveys of teens and adults reveal a decline in blogging among teens and young adults and a modest rise among adults 30 and older. Even as blogging declines among those under 30, wireless connectivity continues to rise in this age group, as does social network use. Teens ages 12-17 do not use Twitter in large numbers, though high school-aged girls show the greatest enthusiasm for the application..."  
    (pewinternet.org) 




  • Google unveils new social network : BUZZ (google.com)
    "The service - integrated directly with its e-mail service Gmail - allows users to post status updates, share content and read and comment on friends' posts."
    + a VIDEO
    (BBC)

 

  • Social Networks Around The World - a survey
    Why do users join a social network? What is their number 1 reason?
    "a whopping 89% put "professional use" as their number one reason to join an online community!
    53% uses it to socialize and to stay connected with friends
    and a meager 16% is interested in joining a social network if it caters to his/her hobby."
    (worldwidenetworking.blogspot.com)

 

  • HAITI earthquake :


    • See Videos

    • Twitter and Facebook users respond to Haiti crisis
      "An appeal to help victims of the Haiti earthquake is breaking all records, fuelled by the power of social media...
      In the race to fundraise, social network sites have given aid agencies the power to bypass TV and radio and appeal directly to the public...
      Meanwhile on Facebook, hundreds of thousands of people signed up to awareness groups, such as Earthquake Haiti, which offers a link to Oxfam's Haiti relief fund.
      On Youtube, the video sharing site, bloggers began posting their own personal appeals, calling for donations...
      Their trick was to alert popular celebrities - and let their fans on Twitter do the rest."
      "I think we have crossed the threshold of novelty with Twitter. People now want to use it to get something good done."
      "The avalanche of tweets, emails and Facebook groups urging web users to donate carries with it an opportunity for internet fraudsters to profit."
      (BBC)


    • Social networks and the web offer a lifeline in Haiti
      "The collapse of traditional channels of communication in Haiti has again highlighted the role of social media and the internet in disasters."
      + A VIDEO :
      "Inmarsat's chief executive Andrew Sukawaty explains to the BBC's Daniel Emery how his firm's satellite network is assisting in Haiti's rescue efforts."
      (BBC)


  • Social Isolation and New Technology
    "This Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. People’s use of the mobile phone and the internet is associated with larger and more diverse discussion networks. And, when we examine people’s full personal network – their strong and weak ties – internet use in general and use of social networking services such as Facebook in particular are associated with more diverse social networks."
    (pewinternet.org)



Debates :






 

 

Issues : Privacy - Safety

  • Privacy :


    • See Videos


    • PleaseRobMe website reveals dangers of social networks
      "Charity Crimestoppers advises people to think carefully about the information they choose to share on the internet.
      "We urge users of Twitter, Facebook or other social networks to stop and think before posting personal details online that could leave them vulnerable to crimes including burglary and identity theft," said a spokesperson."
      (BBC)

      Please Rob Me
      "Listing all those empty homes out there. Check out the same results on Twitter search."
      (pleaserobme.com)



      Crimestoppers
      "Crimestoppers is an independent charity working to fight crime."
      (crimestoppers-uk.org)




    • Privacy
      "On large social networking services, there have been growing concerns about users giving out too much personal information and the threat of sexual predators. Users of these services need to be aware of data theft or viruses...
      In addition, there is a perceived privacy threat in relation to placing too much personal information in the hands of large corporations or governmental bodies, allowing a profile to be produced on an individual's behavior on which decisions, detrimental to an individual, may be taken. ..
      Furthermore, there is an issue over the control of data—information that was altered or removed by the user may in fact be retained and/or passed to 3rd parties. " 
      (Wikipedia)


    • Teens and Social Networks: Managing Personal Information
      (marketingcharts.com)


    • Privacy threatened by online life : How online life distorts privacy rights for all
      "People who post intimate details about their lives on the internet undermine everybody else's right to privacy, claims an academic...
      The rise of social networking has blurred the boundaries of what can be considered private... - making it less of a defence by law. "
      (BBC)


  • Safety :


 

 

Vocabulary :

  • POKE / POKING :

    • Meaning of Poke on Facebook (hellogiri.com)
      •  "A “poke” is basically someone trying to get your attention
      • It’s one of the meaningless features that are used just to annoy someone
      • If you poke someone not in your network and they poke back, you can view their profile even if you're not their friend!
      • A poke is when you allow someone to see your Facebook page for 3 days, so they can know who you are and hopefully add you as a friend."

    • "Poking" someone on Facebook may sound like a naughty double-entendre, but generally speaking it's a perfectly harmless
      (and totally G-rated) way of getting in touch with an online pal."
      (facebook.com)

  • Safe Social Networking - Teacher Resources : Tips and Advice
    + Bebo vocabulary
    (safesocialnetworking.com)

  • The Twitter Dictionary aka Twittonary provides explanations of various Twitter related words.
    - with a list
    (twittonary.com)

 

Facebook :

  • Facebook "is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.
    Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.
    Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, and school or college.
    The website's name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better."
    (Wikipedia)
  • A POKE / POKING ON FACEBOOK :

    • Meaning of Poke on Facebook (hellogiri.com)
      •  "A “poke” is basically someone trying to get your attention
      • It’s one of the meaningless features that are used just to annoy someone
      • If you poke someone not in your network and they poke back, you can view their profile even if you're not their friend!
      • A poke is when you allow someone to see your Facebook page for 3 days, so they can know who you are and hopefully add you as a friend."


    • Shannon D. Jackson: Woman Arrested For Facebook "Poke"
      "Poking" someone on Facebook may sound like a naughty double-entendre, but generally speaking it's a perfectly harmless
      (and totally G-rated) way of getting in touch with an online pal."
      Shannon "was arrested for allegedly violating an order of protection."
      (huffingtonpost.com)

 

 

Second Life :

  • Second Life "is an online world in which you have a character that can walk around and meet people. It is a social networking site that has very similar functions to Facebook. You can send friends invitations, talk to individuals, talk to groups of people and use learning applications or games. But sometimes the best way to explain something to someone is to simply show it to them."
    + a video
    (British Council)

 

 

Twitter :

  • Twitter is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time
    "Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers
    to one simple question: What are you doing?"
    (twitter.com)
    More on Wikipedia.

 

  • Twitter
    "is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets."
    (Wikipedia)

  • The Twitter Dictionary aka Twittonary provides explanations of various Twitter related words.
    - with a list
    (twittonary.com)



  • Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less
    "For a lot of teachers who started off using Twitter as a professional-development tool, they've been building a professional learning community
    and using information that's been shared...
    The more they've seen the value in making connections with each other, [the more] they're realizing the same process might be valuable to students as well...
    A few studies have found some positive correlations between text-messaging aptitude and literacy. Research on gaming and educational multimedia
    programs have also shown some positive impact on learning..."
    (edweek.org)
  • A taste of Twitter - Could you get by without Twitter?
    Why we either love or loathe sharing life online.
    - Twitter addiction - Twitter experiment - Information overload - Isolation
    + AUDIO
    (BBC)



Education :

  • Teaching and learning through social networks
    "69% of learners around the world said that they learned most effectively when socialising informally...
    The average young person in the world today owns £500 of technology (Prensky)...
    Students with strong social networks perform well academically...
    Five top social networks for teachers and learners of English : TeachingEnglish / Facebook / Ning / Orkut / Second Life...
    Teaching and learning English with Second Life" + a video
    (British Council)

  • Educational applications
    "The National School Boards Association (in the USA) reports that almost 60 percent of students who use social networking talk about education topics online and, surprisingly, more than 50 percent talk specifically about schoolwork...
    Ning for teachers, Learn Central, and other sites are being built to foster relationships that include educational blogs, eportfolios, formal and ad hoc communities, as well as communication such as chats, discussion threads, and synchronous forums. These sites also have content sharing and rating features. " 
    (Wikipedia)

  • Schools must embrace mobile technology
    "The need for schools to prepare for 21st century learning was top of the agenda at this year's BETT conference.
    They must embrace mobile technologies, games, podcasts and social networking, according to leading educationalist Professor Stephen Heppell.
    Schools should also break away from traditional classroom and curriculum models, he argued."
    An article + A video
    (BBC)

 

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

  • Survey : Social Network Migration
    "This survey is designed to gauge the factors that drive social network users to join or leave certain networks. The attributes that make one network or another more appealing, or that cause subscribers to leave, can be highly varied and both rational and emotional."
    (quibblo.com)

 

 

Activities TO PRINT :

 

 



Lesson plans :

  • Social networking lesson plan - with exercises
    "Hands up those of you who like to chat online? How many of you use Facebook?
    Probably quite a few of you, as in today’s world we can’t seem to live without it.
    So what is a social network? It is a way of communicating with other people.
    Why do we use them? Because we like to communicate with other people, especially our family and our friends. It is a good way to keep in touch.
    There are many different forms of social networking. Probably the most popular today are Facebook, Skype, MySpace, Twitter, Google chat and ICQ.
    All are different..."
    (totalesl.com)
  • Twitter Conference Held in Los Angeles - a lesson plan
    "The original idea of the gathering was to explore "the effects of Twitter on celebrity, the media, advertising and (maybe) politics”.
    WARM-UPS : SOCIAL NETWORKING / WEBSITES / NETWORKING / SHARING INFO / ALONE
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

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Cartoons :

   

 

 

Just friends
(glasbergen.com)


TWEETING

What are you doing ?
(cagle.com)

 


TWEETING

Twitterers
(cagle.com)

 

TWEETING

What's human contact ?
(cagle.com)


TWEETING

Tweeting - Cartoons
(cagle.com)

 

 

Videos :

  • Social Networking in Haiti
    "Broadcasters, journalists and relief workers in Haiti are turning to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to get in contact with each other as normal means of communication are, at times, rendered useless." (CBSNews)
    (YouTube)

 

 

 

  • FACEBOOK MANNERS
    "See what occurs when good manners are overlooked on the Net! You can watch the video with or without subtitles."
    (mmebonfils.free)

  • Privacy threatened by online life :

Songs :

  • Facebook Song
    - with the LYRICS on the right of the video
    "There's an online world where I am king
    of a little website dedicated to me
    with pictures of me and a list of my friends
    and an unofficial record of the groups that I'm in."
    (YouTube)