This document discusses various scenarios related to using social media for educational purposes and managing one's digital identity. It addresses questions around creating social media profiles for others, the usefulness of platforms like Facebook for schoolwork, how to handle negative comments online, and which accounts one should follow on Twitter as a student. The document provides guidance on engaging appropriately with others online, maintaining an ethical digital presence, and balancing social media use with academics.

1. Educational

2. Scenario 1
Imagine, you use Facebook for networking
and occasionally for group projects. One of
your friend does not have Facebook
account, however she has decided to join it
and would like you to create a profile on her
behalf.

3. Answer the following questions relating it to
scenario 1.

4. 1.
What should be done in given scenario:
a. Create the profile on her behalf
b. Help her make one
c. Avoid it
Justify why?

5. 2.
Why do you use Facebook?
a) Friends are using it?
b) Easier, quicker and inexpensive to stay
connected with friends and families
c) For university i.e. for group projects
d) Above all.

6. 3.
Is Facebook useful for educational purpose
i.e. to communicate with your teams or is
actually distracting?

7. 4.
Is Facebook necessary to have or not as
important?

8. 5.
What other social networking sites are
useful for educational purposes except
Facebook?

9. 6.
Discuss with your friends, if Digital Identity
is important for studies or not. Try to give at
least 3 reasons depending on your answers
explain why/why not?

10. Scenario 2
Imagine you are using discussion forums,
blackboard, blogs or simply a website to
discuss a topic as part of your assignment
and what you have posted can be seen by
others (classmates).

11. 1.
Would you write it differently because
other students can read what you have
posted? Why or Why not?

12. 2.
Would you research more because it would
have impact on your Digital Identity?

13. Scenario 3

14. Let’s say, during your spare time you
write blogs covering on various topics
aiming to educate others. You have
numerous supporters following/reading
your blog posts. But, there are one or two
people who constantly write negative
comments.

15. 1.
How should you deal with the disapprovals?

16. 2.
Why is it crucial to defend your Digital
Identity if something wrong is alleged about
you?

17. 3.
Should pessimistic comments be
a) Ignored
b) Replied or
c) Depends on circumstances
 Now, explain why?

18. 4.
What are the threats of replying someone
against your opinion in a similar attitude;
a) Cyber bullying could occur
b) Online arguments could transpire
c) Online disagreements into real life fights
d) Impact on Digital Identity/Identity
e) Above all

19. Scenario 4

20. You are an undergraduate student and you
start using Twitter over a summer vacation
as it was used by staff at the small company
at which you had an internship. When you
are back at university, you find that a
number of others are also using it.

21. Thinking about these people
 Ali - who takes the same modules as you
 Bob - who takes one module with you
 Cat - doing the same degree course as you
but in a different name
 Doug - a postgrad who helps with one of
your tutorials
 Ed - a lecturer on one of your module

22. Continued…
 Fi - your personal tutor
 Greg - your student union president
 Hiya - your student radio's twitter id
 Mum - your mother
 VC - your university's senior manager
 X - your ex-lover

23. 1.
Which would you choose to follow and why?

24. 2.
What would be your reaction if any of the
above started following you?

25. 3.
Would you expect the above to follow you if
you followed them?

26. 4.
How would you feel when a stranger from
the other side of the world ‘follows’ you
a) If they seem to have similar interests?
b) If they appear to Tweet about completely
different things?

27. 5.
3) Now would you Tweet about
a) Your social life?
b) Your love life?
c) Your academic life?

28. 6.
4) Where will you Tweet from
a) The pub?
b) The classroom?
c) The supermarket queue?
d) The library?
e) Your room?

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