Think:What do you currently do when a teacher asks you to collaborate with other students on a project? What do you now if you want to show someone else what you have done? What do you do if you need to work on it at the same time?


When I am working on a group project, I go to a meeting to let the other members know what I have done so far. To the meeting, I take my USB flash memory, some notes or something printed out from websites to show them. Or sometimes I send emails to the group members. However, to do both at the same time, probably chatting on the web with messengers or Skype are the best ways to do so.

Explain: Social Computing Key Questions:

1. What are the main skills needed to use social software?

Creating account. It is the only thing that we have to do to use this software.

2. What are the affordances (what the software makes possible, what it impedes)?

We do not need to attach documents with emails sent to others.

3. How can the technology be used to network professionally and connect users to learning resources

It may be really useful for business to share information of documents with someone.

4. What learned skills and understandings may promote your development as an effective learner in the digital age?

It may be useful if I want to share my photos or what I have researched about something for presentation.