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Asynchronous Communication via Facebook. By: Justine Ide. What is Facebook?. Social networking site Available Worldwide Built-in language capabilities Comfortable Avenue of communication for students 85% of College Students are on Facebook Close to 300 million active users.
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Asynchronous Communication via Facebook By: Justine Ide
What is Facebook? • Social networking site • Available Worldwide • Built-in language capabilities • Comfortable Avenue of communication for students • 85% of College Students are on Facebook • Close to 300 million active users
Components of a Profile: The Wall- Public messages between facebook friends - Comments on status
The Components of a Profile: Info - Share about yourself: basic information, personal information, contact information, occupation, schooling, groups -Learn about your friends by looking at their info
How do I join? www.facebook.com Information: Name, email, password, birthday, gender
Facebook “Friendship” -Look for friends in the Search Bar -Click “Add as Friend” and “Send Request” -A person must confirm friendship before you are allowed access to their information
Facebook “Friendship” and Security • You can deny or ignore friend requests from people you don’t know • Once you are someone’s friend they will see your information • You can remove a friendship or block another user at any time
Creating A Group • Go to your groups, Click SEE ALL • Scroll to the bottom of the page and click CREATE GROUP • Create title and Info • Invite your friends!
Create Events • Type Events in the search bar • Click CREATE EVENT near the top right corner • Give title, location, time a picture and description • Invite Friends
Create a Character • Have students create profiles for characters in a story you’re reading for class • Creative writing in their second language! • Personal messages are great ways to critique grammar • If you’re interested, see us!