Activity 5

Activity 5

Why is it important to keep business and personal social media profiles separate and how can this be achieved?

Business and private profiles should be kept separate as they are different, the business profile is more professional while your private profile is more relaxed, and each of the profiles require different behaviours. This can be achieved by keeping business profile open to public and private profiles only accessible by close friends and family.

list 3 benefits of using social media

1. easy communication
2. cost effective
3. almost instant

List 3 risks of using social media

1. can be hacked and identity stolen
2. can be used to bully people
3. hard to get off the internet

Activity 3 Categorise Activity 4 Benifits and risks

Activity 3

Categorise social media tools

Tool	Category
LinkedIn	Social networking
YouTube	Media sharing
Facebook	Social networking
Twitter	Microblog
WordPress	Blog
DeviantArt	Media Sharing
Vimeo	Media Sharing
Flickr	Media sharing
Second Life	Virtual worlds
Wikipedia	Collaborative projects
mySpace	Social networking
Photobucket	Media sharing

Activity 4

Benefit	Risk
Free or inexpensive	Can be hacked
News is current	Can be open to scammers
Easy to communication	Can be used in a business issue
Can get involved	Can be used to bully or intimidate
Meet with new people	Information

Activity 1 Social media & Activity 2 Categories

Activity 1 : Describe the term 'social media'

Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

Activity 2: categories and examples of social media

Features of social media
Social media tool	Example	Features
Blogs	Google blogger	Design and create blog Easy to use Interact with audience
Microblog	Twitter	Current events Tailored trends News
Photo sharing	Flickr	Image and video hosting Photo share
Video sharing	YouTube	Video share Video trends Upload original content
Social networking	Facebook	Create profiles Upload videos & photos Social interaction
Virtual game worlds	worldofwarcraft	Completion of quests Player design Player verses player
Virtual worlds	Second life	Create an avatar Create and interact with environment chat
Collaborative projects	Wikipedia	Free encyclopedia Users can add info Largest general reference

Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to the blog for Bob Commandeur as part of the unit - ICT20115 Use social media tools for collaboration and engagement