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What’s an online community?

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A group of people who meet up online

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Name the online communities

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Social networks, webmail, vle, virtual worlds, user generated reference sites, online work spaces, blogs

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What three things do online communities have that different?

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Functions, features, target audience

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What is a social presence?

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How a person is represented online. Your presence is developed as you contribute to the online social community

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Define social networking

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A way of linking and connecting and communicating with people using their personal information

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What is the difference between an online workspace and a vle?

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Workspace provides a community online for a group of people who work together whereas a vle allows people to learn together

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What are the functions of a vle?

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Provide help for students to learn (access additional notes at home ). It also allows teachers to work collaboratively

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What are the features of a vle

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Timetable /news
marking tools for teachers
email and chat
track progress- data/test scores
personalization
interactive polls/ questionnaires
students contribute to blogs
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give 3 ways how a team could use an online workspace to work collabratively

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all work on the same document
can hold a meeting using chat
use voip

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what is the fuction of social networks?

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allow users to have a social presence
links users to others
allows users to stay in touch
exchange of info/ photos with other

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what is a social networks target audience?

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it differs on website

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what are two advantages of using social networks rather than sms

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only have to post once to reach lots of people

sms requires a payment for each person receiving a message

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what are the good pints about the uses of social networks?

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interacting with others
earning credits for games and to buy things
on mobile phone app
can be personalized
share links to things that are of interest
play games
like other users content

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what are the advantages of social networking?

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easy to create a personal page
easy to keep in contact with people
make new friends with similar interests
can make posts about yourself
free to join
easy to share information
 efficient way to communicate
 moderators prevent inappropriate info
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what are the disadvantages of using social networking sites?

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can waste time
fake profiles
loss of privacy
online bullying
comprising photos can be embarrassing
gps tag can give locations away
 users may give away info that risk security/safety
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what is a user generated reference website?

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it allows users to contribute an share information eg a

wiki

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what is the main function of a user generated

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allow users to generate content collaboratively on a website

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whats a wiki?

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webistes where users can add or edit content using a wiki software

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whats an internet forum/ message board?

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allow people to hold discussions by posting messages about a certain subject

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what is a newsgroup

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a community with message boards that allow users to discuss a popular topic

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whats a review site?

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a site that allows users to post review and inform potential customers of the product/service they are conisdering of buying or using

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what is a user generated reference sites target audience

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anyones who wants to contribute tot he site and access information on the site

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what are the features of a user generated reference webiste?

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add or edit information
changes made can be tracked
hyperlinked pages ad images

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what are the advantages of wikis?

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up to date as they are changed reguarly
info from around the world
huge amount of info

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what are the disadvantages of wikis?
can be inacurate, biased or untrue an internet connection is needed to add info info can become disorganized
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what is the difference between social networking and bookmarking?
bookmarking allows the user to add weblinks ratherthan content and share this with others
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what are 3 examples of social bookmarking sites
pinterest digg delicious
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what are the features of social bookmarking sites?
``` store urls online give tag words to categorize urls tags used to search bookmark by topic search for similar bookmarks from other users tags like or dislike content ```
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what features of a social bookmarking site would be useful to someone?
ulrs stored online so they cant be lost can be accessed from an device connected to internet share ides with friends
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how have online communities changed the way knowledge is created?
its more accessible users decide on whats important rather then editors info constantly updated/improved used on a global scale ideas can be created and situations/problem solved
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what has the internet enabled people to do?
publish ideas and info online. its open to anyone with an internet connection
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what are the advantages of knowledge being shared and created online?
larger number of viewpoints for a richer rounder picture
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what are the disadvantages of knowledge being shared and created online?
the variety of viewpoints can be overwhelming | no one checks the info so it could be irrelevant or not valid
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how has the internet improved users interaction with the news?
rate stores to promote them or bury them everyone can publish and comment on news stories latest news added easily users rather than editors can decide whats important
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what are the advantages of ict affecting ho people work?
telecommuting cloud computing can work on the same document at the same time quicker decisions research potential employees on social networks
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what are the disadvantages of ict affecting how people work?
no face to face contact some feel pressured to work when at home too if you dont have internet access you can be left out defamatory posts on social networks can affect employees
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how can technology help someone acces work form home?
cloud computing | communicate via email or VoIP
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define working collaboratively. how can it be achieved?
working together as a group to achieve common goals | VoIP, email, social networks, online chats and work spaces
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what are the advantages of working collaboratively?
users can work on the same document and share ideas more work done in a shorter time help each other solve problems
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what are the disadvantages of working collaboratively?
cannot read body language in meetings | work can be lost if users overwrite others contributions
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define teleworking
working at home but staying in touch with others with the aid of technology
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what are the advantages of teleworking?
saves money, no transport flexible hours increased productivity, no travel time reduces pollution
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what are the disadvantages of teleworking?
less social contact, can feel isolated easy to work without breaks lots of distractions at home dependent on an internet connection
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how has the internet created new ways of socializing?
social networks, microbloging, online games, chartrooms,VoIp,emails, virtual worlds online dating find and get in touch with old friends
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what are the positive aspects of the internet and socializing?
easy to keep in contact easy language translations available all the time
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what are the negative aspects of the internet and socializing?
need an internet connection people pretend to be other people spend less time with real friends
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what does it mean to behave in an acceptable way?
``` respect others files/computers keep passwords safe use antivirus/firewalls to keep safe respect others opinions thank people online abide by copyright laws no posting of inappropriate images/videos ```
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what is an acceptable use policy? what happens if you break them?
when you set up an online account you have to agree to the rules given in an acceptable use policy or code of conduct. breaking them will result in your account being withdrawn
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what is the purpose of an acceptable use policy?
a set of rules set our to tell users how to behave on the website, users have to agree to them
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why do websites have acceptable use policies?
to protect users from abuse and inappropriate content
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what is globalization and how does it relate to ict?
the increasing global relationship between cultures people and economic activity, ict and in internet is allowing us to communicate on a global scale
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how are we allowed to make purchases around the world?
internet available 24/7/365 means time zones dont prevent sales being made companies have now gone global with offices all around the world
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why do some countries censor or controls access to social networking sites?
politics- repress oppositions to the government security- prevent pants, terrorism being coordinated protection- protect form harmful content
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how is ict used on a global scale?
``` vle social networking microblogging email video conferencing clud computing sharing data online blogs online work spaces user generated reference sites social bookmarking sites ```
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how can websites prevent viewers in other countries from watching programs?
it used IP address filtering. it looks to see if the IP of the user is from certain countries. it only allows certain ones to view the video and other not

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