Educational

Educational

Scenario 1

Imagine, you use Facebook for networking and occasionally for group projects. One of your friend does not have Facebook account, however she has decided to join it and would like you to create a profile on her behalf.

Answer the following questions relating it to scenario 1.

1.

What should be done in given scenario:

a. Create the profile on her behalf

b. Help her make one

c. Avoid it

Justify why?

Why do you use Facebook? a) Friends are using it? b) Easier, quicker and inexpensive to stay connected with friends and families

c) For university i.e. for group projects d) Above all.

2.

3.Is Facebook useful for educational purpose i.e. to communicate with your teams or is actually distracting?

4.Is Facebook necessary to have or not as important?

5.What other social networking sites are useful for educational purposes except Facebook?

6.

Discuss with your friends, if Digital Identity is important for studies or not. Try to give at least 3 reasons depending on your answers explain why/why not?

Scenario 2Imagine you are using discussion forums, blackboard, blogs or simply a website to discuss a topic as part of your assignment and what you have posted can be seen by others (classmates).

1.

Would you write it differently because other students can read what you have posted? Why or Why not?

2.

Would you research more because it would have impact on your Digital Identity?

Scenario 3

Let’s say, during your spare time you write blogs covering on various topics aiming to educate others. You have numerous supporters following/reading your blog posts. But, there are one or two people who constantly write negative comments.

1.

How should you deal with the disapprovals?

2.

Why is it crucial to defend your Digital Identity if something wrong is alleged about you?

3.

Should pessimistic comments be

a) Ignored

b) Replied or

c) Depends on circumstances

Now, explain why?

4.

What are the threats of replying someone against your opinion in a similar attitude;

a) Cyber bullying could occur

b) Online arguments could transpire

c) Online disagreements into real life fights

d) Impact on Digital Identity/Identity

e) Above all

Scenario 4

You are an undergraduate student and you start using Twitter over a summer vacation as it was used by staff at the small company at which you had an internship. When you are back at university, you find that a number of others are also using it.

Thinking about these peopleAli - who takes the same modules as youBob - who takes one module with youCat - doing the same degree course as you

but in a different nameDoug - a postgrad who helps with one of

your tutorialsEd - a lecturer on one of your module

Continued…Fi - your personal tutorGreg - your student union presidentHiya - your student radio's twitter idMum - your motherVC - your university's senior managerX - your ex-lover

1.Which would you choose to follow and why?

2.

What would be your reaction if any of the above started following you?

3.

Would you expect the above to follow you if you followed them?

4.How would you feel when a stranger from the

other side of the world ‘follows’ you

a) If they seem to have similar interests?

b) If they appear to Tweet about completely different things?

5.

3) Now would you Tweet about

a) Your social life?

b) Your love life?

c) Your academic life?

6.4) Where will you Tweet from

a) The pub?

b) The classroom?

c) The supermarket queue?

d) The library?

e) Your room?

References Some of the content are extracted from ‘This is me’. http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/this-is-me/

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