 Social media are computer-mediated tools that allow people or companies to create, share, or
exchange information, career interests, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and
networks.
 Social media depend on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms
through which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated
content.
 They introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between businesses,
organizations, communities and individuals.
 Internet users continue to spend more time with social media sites than any other type of site.
 The benefits of participating in social media have gone beyond simply social sharing to building
reputation and bringing in career opportunities and monetary Income.
 Social media are Web internet-based applications.
 User generated content (UGC) is the lifeblood of the social media
organism.
 Users create service-specific profiles for the site or app that are designed
and maintained by the social media organization.
 Social media facilitate the development of online social networks by
connecting a user’s profile with those of other individuals and/or groups
Facebook is the world's largest social network, with more than
900 million users. People mainly use it to connect with
important people in their life.
Facebook is the most popular social networking site of all time. Within
six years, Facebook has experienced dramatic growth—it has reached
more than a billion users and is still growing rapidly.
For many, Facebook has become an integral part of day-to-day life
FACEBOOK IS KING
1.Facebook.com, fb.com, and thefacebook.com all open the same
site.
2. To find the official pages of Facebook founders, add "4," "5," or
"6" to the end of facebook.com/. For example, facebook.com/4 will
take you to the official page of Mark Zuckerberg.
3. More than 250 billion photographs have been uploaded to
Facebook.
4. Facebook needs several exabyte servers to store all of the
information uploaded by its billion users. One exabyte = one billion
gigabytes.
Did You Know?
HOME PAGE OF FACEBOOK
WhatsApp Messenger is an American proprietary cross-platform
instant messaging client for smartphones.
It uses the Internet to send text messages, documents, images,
video, user location and audio media messages to other users using
standard cellular mobile numbers.
 Twitter allows you to post your ideas in just 140 characters
 Letters, numbers, symbols, punctuation and spaces all count as
characters on Twitter.
 What all of this means is, you have to be concise. You have to know
exactly what you want to say, and say it in as few words as possible.
features of Twitter
Pinterest is a web and mobile application company that operates a
photo sharing website. Registration is required for use.
The site was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan
Sharp. It is managed by Cold Brew Labs and funded by a small
group of entrepreneurs. Users can upload, save, sort, and manage
images- known as pins and other media content (e.g. Videos)
through collections known as pinboards.
LOGIN PAGE OF PINTEREST
Ways to Use Pinterest
• Many faculty find lesson plan ideas for their classrooms.
• Share quotes and inspirations
• Visual sharing for architecture,
photography, design, art classes
• Suggest reading material
• Encourage student participation
• Show student work
• Student pear critique
Pinterest in Art and Craft
 Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social
networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share
them either publicly or privately on the app, as well as through variety of other
social networking platforms.
 Originally, a distinctive feature was that it confined photos to a square
shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images,
in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mo-bile device cameras.
WHAT IS IT?
LinkedIn helps people with employment via
online networking – like an online resume.
Allows you to maintain a ‘work life’ profile.
WAYS TO USE LinkedIn
Blogging
 Tumblr, Wordpress, or Blogger are popular options
 Similar to LinkedIn, students or faculty can use these
blogging sites to create their online brand.
 Blogging is a mechanism for students to show off their
creative writing skills.
 An easy way to get a student into blogging it to suggest
that they copy the text from their discussion board
posts into their blog.
 YouTube is a video-sharing website.
 The site allows users to upload, view, rate, share, and comment on videos.
 Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos, movie trailers, and other
content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.
 Virtual guest speakers – start a lesson with a video that grabs
students’ attention. YouTube can be great for brining in different
perspectives.
Ways to use YouTube
 You can also watch
your favorite video
on YouTube
Wikipedia is a free-access, free-content Internet
encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia
Foundation. Those who can access the site can edit most of its
articles.
Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites, and
constitutes the Internet's largest and most popular
general reference work.
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia on January
15, 2001
 SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing
presentations. With 60 million monthly visitors and 130 million
page views.
 SlideShare was recently voted amongst the World's Top 10
tools for education & e-learning.
 There’s a lot of professional content on ShareShare.
Importance of Social Media
Importance of Social Media

Importance of Social Media

  • 2.
     Social mediaare computer-mediated tools that allow people or companies to create, share, or exchange information, career interests, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.  Social media depend on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms through which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content.  They introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between businesses, organizations, communities and individuals.  Internet users continue to spend more time with social media sites than any other type of site.  The benefits of participating in social media have gone beyond simply social sharing to building reputation and bringing in career opportunities and monetary Income.
  • 4.
     Social mediaare Web internet-based applications.  User generated content (UGC) is the lifeblood of the social media organism.  Users create service-specific profiles for the site or app that are designed and maintained by the social media organization.  Social media facilitate the development of online social networks by connecting a user’s profile with those of other individuals and/or groups
  • 5.
    Facebook is theworld's largest social network, with more than 900 million users. People mainly use it to connect with important people in their life. Facebook is the most popular social networking site of all time. Within six years, Facebook has experienced dramatic growth—it has reached more than a billion users and is still growing rapidly. For many, Facebook has become an integral part of day-to-day life
  • 6.
  • 7.
    1.Facebook.com, fb.com, andthefacebook.com all open the same site. 2. To find the official pages of Facebook founders, add "4," "5," or "6" to the end of facebook.com/. For example, facebook.com/4 will take you to the official page of Mark Zuckerberg. 3. More than 250 billion photographs have been uploaded to Facebook. 4. Facebook needs several exabyte servers to store all of the information uploaded by its billion users. One exabyte = one billion gigabytes. Did You Know?
  • 11.
    HOME PAGE OFFACEBOOK
  • 12.
    WhatsApp Messenger isan American proprietary cross-platform instant messaging client for smartphones. It uses the Internet to send text messages, documents, images, video, user location and audio media messages to other users using standard cellular mobile numbers.
  • 14.
     Twitter allowsyou to post your ideas in just 140 characters  Letters, numbers, symbols, punctuation and spaces all count as characters on Twitter.  What all of this means is, you have to be concise. You have to know exactly what you want to say, and say it in as few words as possible.
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  • 20.
    Pinterest is aweb and mobile application company that operates a photo sharing website. Registration is required for use. The site was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. It is managed by Cold Brew Labs and funded by a small group of entrepreneurs. Users can upload, save, sort, and manage images- known as pins and other media content (e.g. Videos) through collections known as pinboards.
  • 21.
    LOGIN PAGE OFPINTEREST
  • 23.
    Ways to UsePinterest • Many faculty find lesson plan ideas for their classrooms. • Share quotes and inspirations • Visual sharing for architecture, photography, design, art classes • Suggest reading material • Encourage student participation • Show student work • Student pear critique
  • 24.
  • 25.
     Instagram isan online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately on the app, as well as through variety of other social networking platforms.  Originally, a distinctive feature was that it confined photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mo-bile device cameras.
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    WHAT IS IT? LinkedInhelps people with employment via online networking – like an online resume. Allows you to maintain a ‘work life’ profile.
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    WAYS TO USELinkedIn
  • 29.
    Blogging  Tumblr, Wordpress,or Blogger are popular options  Similar to LinkedIn, students or faculty can use these blogging sites to create their online brand.  Blogging is a mechanism for students to show off their creative writing skills.  An easy way to get a student into blogging it to suggest that they copy the text from their discussion board posts into their blog.
  • 31.
     YouTube isa video-sharing website.  The site allows users to upload, view, rate, share, and comment on videos.  Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos, movie trailers, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.
  • 33.
     Virtual guestspeakers – start a lesson with a video that grabs students’ attention. YouTube can be great for brining in different perspectives. Ways to use YouTube
  • 34.
     You canalso watch your favorite video on YouTube
  • 35.
    Wikipedia is afree-access, free-content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Those who can access the site can edit most of its articles. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites, and constitutes the Internet's largest and most popular general reference work. Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia on January 15, 2001
  • 37.
     SlideShare isthe world's largest community for sharing presentations. With 60 million monthly visitors and 130 million page views.  SlideShare was recently voted amongst the World's Top 10 tools for education & e-learning.  There’s a lot of professional content on ShareShare.