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 * Unit 2 Lesson 10 – Social Networking Sites websites (Edmodo, Ning, VoiceThread)**

**Instructional Objectives:**
 * Provide a brief overview of social networking sites and their purpose
 * Provide hands on activities to familiarize students with appropriate social networking websites
 * Give brief overview of social website functions
 * Explore additional features and tools available on these websites

Materials:
 * Hardware: Microphone
 * Software: Web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Safari), Podcasting website
 * MCSummerYouthPrograms has an [|Edmodo] site. (Use google name and pw to access) You can set up groups and hand out the codes for the social network.

Student Activities:
 * Create an login for appropriate social website
 * Collaborate with students through use of the comments feature

Teaching Methods/Strategies 15 minute Introduction of Social Networking. Show examples of websites (such as Edmodo, VoiceThread, Blogger) Lead a discussion on appropriate usage. Emphasize that all sites not educationally related have an age restriction (13 years old). Describe the different types of social networking websites and their purpose. Show introduction video to Social Networking.

45 minutes. Demonstrate how to create a login into a Social Networking site. Instructor should model the following tasks: Additional features of the website

**Useful Links**

[|VoiceThread]

[|Edmodo]