Social Media and 21st Century Technologies 

OBJECTIVE
You will develop a 2-3 minute presentation on how technology and social media effect engineering.
 
STANDARD
STEM EC -10 - Explore the use of social media and other 21st century technologies and their impact(s) on the fields of engineering and technology.
  • 10.1Demonstrate an understanding of the different types of social media utilized in market products.
  • 10.2 Evaluate positive and appropriate utilization of social media in the workplace.
  • 10.3 Employ open communication through social media applications as a medium across multiple platforms.
  • 10.4 Investigate the impact(s) of various uses of social media (e.g., positive, negative, intended, unintended, etc.).
  • 10.5 Explain aggregate data collected from researched social media platforms.
 
LEARNING TARGETS
  • What types of Social Media are used to market products?  How are they used?
  • Provide 3-5 examples of social media use in the workplace. 
  • Choose 3 areas related to engineering and  technology and explain the impacts of social media - positive, negative, intended, unintended.
  • Explain aggregate data collection on social media. What is it used for?​

VOCABULARY
social media
impacts 
aggregate data
10 TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
  • Social networking sites- Facebook, Google Plus, CafeMom, Gather, Fitsugar
  • Micro-blogging sites- Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous
  • Publishing tools- WordPress, Blogger, Squarespace
  • Collaboration tools- Wikipedia, WikiTravel, WikiBooks
  • Rating/Review sites- Amazon ratings, Angie’s List
  • Photo sharing sites- Flikr, Instagram, Pinterest
  • Video sharing sites- YouTube, Vimeo,
  • Personal broadcasting tools- Blog Talk radio, Ustream, Livestream
  • Virtual worlds- Second Life, World of Warcraft, Farmville
  • Location based services- Check-ins, Facebook Places, Foursquare, Yelp
  • Widgets- Profile badges, Like buttons
  • Social bookmarking and news aggregation- Digg, Delicious
  • Group buying- Groupon, Living Social, Crowdsavings

REQUIREMENTS
Create a Google Slides that contains the following information in the order below.  Your reference should be listed under each section of information (if you don’t have a valid reference, the information will for that section will not count):
  • Define Social Media and list examples. 
  • How is social media used in marketing products?
  • Provide an example of appropriate utilization of social media in the workplace.
  • How can communication be used across multiple platforms of social media?  Provide an example.
  • Explain the impacts of at least 3 types of social media including at least one example of each of these: (e.g., positive, negative, intended, unintended impacts).
  • Define aggregate data.  How is aggregate data from social media used?
  • Explore the use of social media and other 21st century technologies/  List their impact(s) on the fields of engineering and technology.
  • Copy and paste the scoring rubric into the end of your project score yourself.
 
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