- 1. Internet Technologies & Hearing Loss Introduction to
Facebook Heidi Walsh
2.
- Over the next few weeks, we will look at an Internet Technology
per week including:
- And how these technologies can support people with hearing
loss
3. What is Facebook?
- Is a social networking site
- It is a way for people to communicate with other people
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- It enables you to communicate with people you know
- Breaks down barriers due to hearing loss as it is text-based
not verbal
4.
- Comments with your friends regardless of where they are in the
world
- Links to things on the Internet
5. www.facebook.com
- You need to create a free account before you can use
Facebook
6.
- Based on your homepage or newsfeed
- This is a web page where you add ( post ) your comments (
status ) and where your friends status posts and replies
appear
- Your status is a comment about anything it could be something
you have been doing, or found funny, or useful ..
7.
- You also have analbum an area for sharing photos
- Private messaging so you can contact your friends
privately
- Chat this tells you who isonlineand you can send instant
messages to them
- Your profile settings restrict who can and cannot see your
information
8. Groups
- You can also createpageson Facebook where you can share
information
- Or you can create agroupwhere people can communicate for a
specific purpose
9. Information Source
- You can also use Facebook to find and share information
- Many organisations have Facebook pages:
- There are campaigns run through Facebook
10. To find information/people
- Use the search box on Facebook
11. LIKE
- If you like a Facebook user/page/group, then posts from that
user will appear on your homepage and you become afriend
- This is an easy way of keeping up-to-date with what is going on
following
- Some companies post special offers for their Facebook friends
this way
12. Examples of Facebook pages 13. 14. 15.
- Some Facebook pages/groups have a discussion forum
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Connevans equipment supplier