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** Social Networking ** ** Weighting for Social Networking Team work: 15% of overall marks for the unit ** ** Learning Outcomes addressed in Part B ** :
 * Assignment 1, PART B **

LO#4: Use and evaluate software suitable for classroom use, including social networking and computing tools;  LO#6: Appreciate ethical and legal requirements associated with using ICT and issues such as the verification of information **. **

** How to get started with the team work ** : There is a link to the EDIT 124 wiki on the LMS. Read through the instructions on how to join. ** Aim //Team Task// ** : In smaller groups (called teams) present an evaluation of a Social Networking tool. The presentation should include how you could use an interactive whiteboard whilst using this tool. Groups will select a social networking  tool, eg Discussion Board, Wiki, Blog, Ning, Chat, Flickr, YouTube, Bebo, MySpace, Facebook, Podscast, Google  Docs, Delicious, LinkedIn, Virtual Worlds (Second Life/Reaction Grid), Connected Classrooms, Elluminate, Twitter,  Prezi, Glogster, Twitter (more can be found on [|http://www.222.go2web20.net]).

**// Description Team Task //** : Your team will select a web-based tool and prepare an evaluation of the tool. Your  presentation should be approximately **500 words** and each person should contribute to the final product. You  should include: · The purpose of the tool · How to operate the tool · How the tool could be used effectively for educational purposes in the primary curriculum · How the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) or Connected classroom could be used with the tool (provide  examples) · Understanding of the purpose of the chosen tool. · Issues that may need to be addressed eg privacy, gender, bias, copyright. · Anything else you would like to provide about the tool