School speech
Modern Communication
Social Networking Sites
What is it?
Facebook is an online social networking directory that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload photos and share links and videos.
How does it work?
To explore Facebook, you must create a free account on the site. Facebook's terms of use state that members must be at least 13 years old, and any member between the ages of 13 and 18 must be enrolled in school. Facebook requires new members to provide a valid e-mail address before completing registration. Once you've created an account and answered a few questions Facebook will generate a profile for you.
Advantages
Facebook gives you the opportunity to decide what you want to share, what you don't want to share, and what you want to share with selected friends. Users can create groups and discussion topics. From the teenagers' perspectives, not using Facebook is a 'social liability'.
Disadvantages
The key is to not post any identifiable information on your profile and be careful talking to people you don't know.
Blogging
What is it?
A blog is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
How does it work?
To blog you will need an internet connection, a profile on a blogging site and, something interesting to blog.
Advantages
With the blog function you can keep and make public a personal diary or blog. As soon as you have written the first entry, your blog will be visible in your profile.
Blogging provides freedom of speech, you can share knowledge with other people you can also make friends online and it can be can be used as a diary.
Disadvantages
You will need to keep it constantly updated otherwise you lose potential readers it is very easy to start but difficult to maintain.
Social Networking Sites
What is it?
Facebook is an online social networking directory that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload photos and share links and videos.
How does it work?
To explore Facebook, you must create a free account on the site. Facebook's terms of use state that members must be at least 13 years old, and any member between the ages of 13 and 18 must be enrolled in school. Facebook requires new members to provide a valid e-mail address before completing registration. Once you've created an account and answered a few questions Facebook will generate a profile for you.
Advantages
Facebook gives you the opportunity to decide what you want to share, what you don't want to share, and what you want to share with selected friends. Users can create groups and discussion topics. From the teenagers' perspectives, not using Facebook is a 'social liability'.
Disadvantages
The key is to not post any identifiable information on your profile and be careful talking to people you don't know.
Blogging
What is it?
A blog is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
How does it work?
To blog you will need an internet connection, a profile on a blogging site and, something interesting to blog.
Advantages
With the blog function you can keep and make public a personal diary or blog. As soon as you have written the first entry, your blog will be visible in your profile.
Blogging provides freedom of speech, you can share knowledge with other people you can also make friends online and it can be can be used as a diary.
Disadvantages
You will need to keep it constantly updated otherwise you lose potential readers it is very easy to start but difficult to maintain.