Certificate IV LIS Communications ICTWEB201 BSBLDR403

There are a number of tools that fit under one or all of these headings and the distinction between them can get blurred. Social Bookmarking You all know how to Bookmark a website that you like - depending on your web browser it might be called bookmarking or favourites. With social Bookmarking, you can share these bookmarks with other people in your network as well as sort into categories and add tags to allow you to sort or search them based on different criteria. Some also allow you to bookmark and save the article for reading offline. Social bookmarking is a way for users to search, manage, organize, and store useful web content they'd like to revisit and share with others. Because social bookmarking sites are web-based services, you can access your bookmarks online at any time, from any device. You can read more about Social Bookmarking here:  https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-social-bookmarking-3486501 The following tools are what I would classify as standard or tradi...

Social News So far in our social media tools, we have looked at Social Networks, Themed Social Networks and Media Sharing. This week we will look at Social News. Social News sites are a place where users can contribute News articles or links. The social side of it is that other people can vote on the articles and the most voted articles will usually get displayed more prominently. This is called "crowd sourcing". You can also share what you find easily on your favourite social network such as Facebook and Twitter. WARNING: You can really lose yourself in some of these sites and well and truly lose track of time!!! BuzzFeed Buzzfeed was founded in 2006 and calls itself a Social News and Entertainment website. You may have seen articles from BuzzFeed that have been shared on your Facebook feed. http://www.buzzfeed.com/ About BuzzFeed This is from their website: BuzzFeed is the leading independent digital media company delivering new...

What is Social Media? "Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by sharing and consuming information." Excerpt from:  https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-social-media-explaining-the-big-trend-3486616 . Read the article. History of Social Media Watch the following YouTube clip:  The History of Social Media, TechQuickie Watch the following YouTube clip:  Top 10 Social Networks | 2003 - 2020, Latos Charts Class Discussion (Whiteboard) What year did you open your first social media account? What was it? What application do you use the most? Why? For me, it was October 2007 for Facebook and April 2009 for Twitter, which I rarely post on. I am pretty simple and tend to stick with Instagram and Facebook, I have a couple of Instagram accounts, including one for my ragdoll cat, Yuki. Class Facebook Group This year's class Facebook group can be found here This unit is called: ICTWEB201 Use Social Medi...