Unpack the issues
In this activity you will use Mindmeister, the online mind-mapping tool in a collaborative group exercise in which you identify and classify the issues related to social media communication and literacy.
Let's take literacy to mean "the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about the written word." (Wikipedia)
- Your tutor will provide you with an invitation by email to join the mind map. For best use of the mind map it would be advisable to join and participate at the same time or soon after your peers.
- Follow the invitation link to the Mindmeister site and participate in creating the mind map. Your task is to brainstorm all the issues, concepts and key ideas related to the question of whether texting by SMS, IM and other social media tools is harmful or beneficial to literacy.
- Once the mind map starts becoming populated with words, feel free to re-arrange them and group them under headings, or to use the existing words as springboards for the new ideas.
- The activity will have a begin and start date, after which it may become deactivated. Plan your participation times carefully.
Wait until the end date before progressing to the next activity. It may be to your benefit to view this mind map in its most complete form before proceeding.
