This document discusses digital information resources and various social media platforms. It defines digital information resources as materials that are born digital or digitized, including ebooks, journals, reports, and websites that are accessible through libraries or online. Several major social media sites are also described briefly, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, blogs, and Instagram. Each allows users to connect, share information, photos and videos in different ways. References are provided at the end related to digital resources and using social media in education.
2. Social media are computer –mediated tools that allow people or companies to create ,share or
exchange information ,career interest ,ideas ,and pictures/video in virtual communities and
networks.
Social media are integral part of many young people lives.
Education is the process of facilitating learning ,or the acquisition of knowledge , skills, values,
beliefs, and habits.
Educational methods include storytelling , discussion , teaching , training and directed research.
Digital Information Resources
-Those resources whose deal with both born digital and digitized materials which can be either
accessible from library.
3. In house database or from the word-wide-web ,the born digitized materials includes; e books ,e
journal ,e newspaper ,e magazine ,thesis ,dissertation ,reports ,website ,www-resources and other
related materials which can be considered necessary by the users researchers , information
professionals or even by the library management itself;on the other hand digitized materials
meansconverting the materials from other format into digital format;some resources will be freely
accessible for anyone from anywhere in the world and others will have limited accessibility due the
library policy an for cost related issues and also for authentication.
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6. Facebook
is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles ,
upload photos and video , send message and keep in touch with friends , family and colleagues.
Twitter
a social networking website , which allows users to publish short message that are visible to
other users .These message are known as tweet ,and can only be 140 characters or less in length.
Users have found many different users for twitter , including basic communication between
friends and family , a way for publicize an events ,or as a customer relations tools for companies to
communicate with their consumers.
7. Yahoo
is a online portal website created to integrated a vast array of information ranging from
entertainment to finance news .Users are able to customize homepage ,check email , and search
to the world wide web.
Youtube
is a video sharing service that allows user to watch videos posted by their own.Videos that
have been uploaded to youtube may appear on the youtube website and can also posted on other
websites,though the files are hosted on the youtube server.
8. Google
to use this google search engine to obtain information about as a person on
the world wide web.
Blog
a website,similar to an online journal,that includes chronological
entries made by individuals.The word blog was derived from the combination of
the word web and log.
Blogs typically focus on a specific subject(economy,entertainment
news,etc.)and provide users with forums (or a comment area) to talk about each
posting.Many people use blogs as they would a personal journal or diary.
9. Instagram
Is an online photo sharing service.It allows you to apply different types of
photo filters to your pictures with a single click,then share them with others.It is
rather than basic service,instagrams simplicity has helped gain widespread
popularity.
