Social-Networking

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What are Social Networking Sites?
A social networking site is a website that provides a virtual community in which people with a shared interest may communicate, collaborate and share information. Some examples for adults are MySpace, Facebook, Bebo etc - but there are some excellent kid-friendly ones that will better prepare our students for using these other sites wisely!

How can I use a Social Networking site in my class?

 * Use it as an opportunity to explicitly teach students about their responsibilities surrounding privacy, 'netiquette', copyright and plagiarism within a highly moderated and supportive environment
 * Use the blogging tools contained within to motivate students to write for an authentic audience
 * Allow students to make contacts all over the world and communicate with them
 * Support students to select appropriate multimedia files to upload to the web, educating them about considerations/consequences

Where can I see what they look like?
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 * [|Imbee tour]
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|| [|Imbee] is a free online social networking site especially for youngsters. It is extremely highly moderated. Children are not able to sign themselves up. Parents or teachers must do this for them, and to ensure that you are a parent/teacher when you say you are, the Imbee team will actually call you on the telephone (from the US!) to verify your drivers license number!!

Once signed up, students are able to: - Write in a blog - Upload audio and video (if approved by the teacher) - Add friends (if approved) - Create and join groups (if approved) - Create and respond to opinion surveys (if approved)

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 * [|Sign up to Imbee]
 * [|Learn more about Imbee]

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