Social Media

Introduction

The school management team (SLT) are concerned about learners spending too much time on social networking sites such as Facebook. They are also concerned about the dangers these sites pose and are considering informing parents about this and asking the network administrator at school to block access to these sites.

Task

The learners are unhappy about this and you are requested to investigate the matter and write a report to the SLT and present your findings and recommendations to support the decision or not.

Your investigation could focus on aspects such as:

What social networks are
Uses and/or purpose of social networks
Dangers of social networks
Advantages of social networks
Examples of social networks

Description
Popularity
Number of users

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Process

As a student you will investigate social networks and the habits of students and make recommendations that will support or not support the decision of the school management team.

You need to generate a report for the school management team using two application programs (a word processor and powerpoint in an integrated fashion to communicate your findings and recommendations. You should focus on your immediate community such as your household, class, school, etc. The report should indicate what the habits of students are such as how often they visit social websites, how much time they spend on these websites, which social websites they visit, etc. and what your findings and recommendations would be.

In preparing the report, you should:

Focus on aspects of social websites such as the time spent on social networking, information shared on the websites, etc. For example, consider the socialising habits of learners, risky behaviour regarding social websites, suggestions for safe practices, etc.
Find/research information on the habits of students, why these might be a problem or could become a problem. Present data/statistics to support this. Show through data/information processing how this could be addressed and what could possibly be done.
Show through data and information processing what the trend is, how problems could be addressed and what could possibly be done to solve or alleviate the problem or make learners more aware of dangers, etc.

Find, collect and evaluate information and data
Manipulate/change/process data/information to represent the matter and what you want to say
Present the information to someone or to an audience

Evaluation

Task	Self	Peer	Comment
Task definition?
Makes sense?
According to scenario?
Main question?
Makes sense?
Focused?
Directs investigation?
Sub-topics?
Questions
Enough?
According to topic/heading?
Labeled according to level?
Reason?
Possible source?
Sources and information
Evaluated?
Bibliographic information?
Answer questions?
Variety?
Tools, e.g. questionnaire/survey
Evidence
Available?
Hyperlinked / cross-referenced?
File structure?
Well organised?

Conclusion

Hand in:

Submit an appropriate file structure that contains:

An electronic and hard copy of your planning document (± 2-3 pages) prepared in an appropriate application containing:

1.1. The description of the task and the problem in your own words.

1.2. The main question.

1.3. The set of questions posed (at least 15 - 20 questions)

labelled according to level
arranged according to topics/headings or subtopics/subheadings
with sources of data/information for each question,
indicate for each question how the information/data will answer the question and how it will assist in finding a solution to the problem.

Evidence of sources and information (folder containing electronic documents with single electronic document containing links to evidence and a paper folder for hard copy evidence such as completed surveys/questionnaires) found such as