Badge 2: “How can social media tools help us use and manage the information we find?”

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Social media and the platforms that we use every day provide numerous tools that can help us manage and use the information we find on the internet or on these platforms themselves. These tools can help you store, share and save content and information, if you wish. Mostly all social media platforms have developed into a place with endless amounts of information available to online users and tools to do what we want with it.

 There are several independent tools one can use to organise their information such as ‘Drop Box’ or ‘Google Drive’ and manage your information e.g. ‘Falcon.io’ which combines all of your accounts into one, in order to “manage social more efficiently”. There are ways within social media sites where we can store posts, photos, names, pages etc. that can be seen by everyone or stored privately. The information we find on social media can be used for surveys, studies, market research projects etc. This information is public and easily accessible so it can be used for the benefit of companies or researchers. Overall, social media is essential for helping people use and manage the information we find online, in a casual, every day or educational way. 

References:

Manage social media more efficiently. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.falcon.io/request-demo/best-social-media-management/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=generic+-+search+-+p%2Fbmm+-+uk%2Fie-demo&_bk=%2Bsocial%20%2Bmedia%20%2Bmanaging%20%2Btool&_bt=216910501334&_bm=b&_bn=g&gclid=CjwKCAiAwJTjBRBhEiwA56V7q6fmwV3yKGuiHwv73txybX4qu-gKbVLSx89GHcRyY0f-PYUw-so3gRoCglMQAvD_BwE

Patterson, M., & Patterson, M. (2019). 10 Reasons to Use a Social Media Management Tool. Retrieved from https://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-business/10-reasons-use-social-media-management-tool

How can Publishing through blogs assist me in my academic studies?

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There are many steps involved in setting up and publishing a blog that taught me things I had no idea about before having done so. The activation and set up process alone is the first step and this can be quick and simple, when given clear and simple steps, when this is done it comes down to editing the blog and making it look attractive. 

Editing the look and content forces you to think about what people would like to see when visiting your blog. Choosing attractive colours, scenic photos, certain fonts that are easy to read etc. Publishing this blog taught me how to add posts and pages to my site. Within these steps are other requirements like what size and colour font you want and so on. Blogs in general promote reading, writing, learning and discussion among young people. 

Publishing this made me feel like I have a purpose online and learning how to set it up showed me the ease at which it is done, providing me with the motivation to look further into this and other internet activities of its kind. Publishing a blog like this activates the mind and helped me understand more on social computing and media. 

References:

Educational Benefits of Blogging. (2019). Retrieved from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/educational-benefits-blogging-27588.html

Thomson, M. (2019). Why Your Students Should Blog: 6 Powerful Benefits | Emerging Education Technologies. Retrieved from https://www.emergingedtech.com/2018/04/why-your-students-should-blog-6-powerful-benefits/