Learning activity 4

Evidence: My presentation outline

A. Find a topic of personal interest. Imagine you are going to present that topic
orally to your teacher and classmates at school. For this part of the evidence
you need to carry out exhaustive research in order to be able to present all the
necessary information related to your selected topic. Report the most important
aspects of your research through a brainstorm of the ideas and concepts that
you think will be relevant to the presentation.

Brainstorm

Example of topic: Aviation.

• Aviation refers to the use of commercial and non-commercial aircrafts

for transportation of people or goods.

• The A380, manufactured by the Airbus Industry, is the biggest plane

ever made.

Brainstorm

Topic: ______social networks_______________

• Social networks are internet sites that allow people to connect with
their friends, and even make new friendships, virtually, and share
content, interact, create communities on similar interests: work,
readings, games, friendship, relationships trade.
• The origin of social networks dates back to at least 1995, when the
American Randy Conrads created the website classmates.com with
that social network, he intended that people could regain or maintain
contact with former classmates from school, institute, university
B. Now, structure your presentation using the Signpost language learnt during this
learning activity. Present your outline through presentation cards. Use as many
cards as you need.

Remember: Each presentation card should include a heading,

a phrase at the bottom, a number and it should be organized
by numbering and bulleting.

Social networks

Structure: I’m going to divide this talk into four parts.

1. Origin and evolution of social networks

2. Types of social networks.
3. Importance of social networks in society
a. Advantages
b. Disadvantages
4. Conclusion

Let’s turn now to the first part: the early beginnings

of Social Networks…
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 Social networks
1) Origin and evolution of Social Networks
The origin of social networks dates back 1995, when
Randy Conrads created the classmates.com website.
With this social network it is intended that people can
recover or maintain contact with former colleagues of
the school, institute, or university. In 1997 comes
sixedegrees.com, which allows users to create profiles,
list of friends and send messages.

From 1997 to 2001, technological evolution facilitated new

tools that allowed websites such as LiveJournal or the
Swedish LunaStorm to be at the forefront and make their
users feel involved. A year later Friendster was born, a
portal to arrange appointments online that enjoyed a
success that was also its ruin (technical difficulties could not
cope with the high demand for services)

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 Social networks
2) type of social networks
Type of social networks:
There are two types of social networks that are best known
for the way they are organized and the openness they offer
to their audience.
Horizontal social networks
Horizontal social networks are sites that are more open to
everyone and do not have a defined theme. Participation in
these virtual spaces is free and their only purpose is to
share with others.
As an example of these social platforms, we have Facebook
that does not have a central theme and the audience is
totally varied, there is also Orkut in Brazil, Identi.ca, Twitter
an Tuenti in Spain.
Vertical social networks
Compared to horizontal social networks, these websites are
dedicated to specific topics, around which users come
together to form an online thematic community. They are
more closed spaces. Thematic social networks are diverse,
but we can name some known categories:
Social network types of LinkedinSocial social networks. Its
purpose is to help grow professional connections among
users. For example: Viadeo, Xing, Linkedln

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 Social networks
2) Importance of social networks

Social networks are becoming very important in today’s society, reflecting the need of the
human being for expression and recognition, well Aristotle said, “Man is a sociable being by
nature”, because to meet their physical and spiritual needs you need to live in society, since
being a rational and individual creature, is not self sufficient and requires the help and
protection of other of its kind, for that reason it forms communities”. But what is a social
network? We could define it as a form of social interaction, where there is a dynamic
exchange between people, groups and institutions that share tastes or preferences among
themselves, achieving a sense of belonging and developing a fabric that acts for the welfare
of the entire community.
A) Advantages
✓ They allow you to meet people, and reconnect with those you had years
without seeing.
✓ It allows you to keep up with those people.
✓ It allows you to organize events and even send invitations without even
leaving the chair
✓ You can even be informed about current events and events, social and
academic, political, of any kind
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b) Disvantages
✓ Give freedom to unwanted people who know about all your movements
✓ Your uploaded images can be used for any purpose
✓ Your life stops being private
✓ You can lose more time pending what happens there than in your real
life.
4) Conclusion
Social networks are one of the most striking phenomena of a new
communication philosophy, where millions of people intervene daily. The
increase in the number of users in the most recent years is also striking. If we
ask ourselves what this intense interactive online transfer is, the answer can
be simple. Man has an innate need to communicate with others, the computer
can be a perfect tool to unite people from different parts of the world and,
however, with common interests. Social networks also located in mobile
telephony, complement it, as happens with email and other traditional
communication systems, consequently, social networks have become digital
platforms for interpersonal interaction. There are those who suggest that they
are part of individualism of the 21st century, but the truth is that they can serve
to nurture the personal life of users, not only by expanding professional skills
but also with a great capacity to establish numerous contacts for other
purposes.
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C. To complete the evidence, you must now write a complete list of references
using the guidelines given by the American Psychological Association (APA). Do
not forget to organize your references alphabetically.

References

Padron. G. (2011). Origen. (2018), de las redes sociales Sitio web:

https://sites.google.com/site/herramientacontrolada2/redes-sociales-
definicion-caracteristicas-1

Sedano. G. (2018). Tipos de redes sociales. 2018, de Webespacio

Sitio web:

https://www.webespacio.com/tipos-redes-sociales/

Santay, S. (2018). Importancia en las redes sociales en la sociedad

2018, de Info Sitio web:

When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform as
follows:

1. Click on the title of this evidence.

2. Click on Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make sure
the file is attached.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
4. Click Enviar.

Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.
 Criterio de evaluación
Prepara presentaciones orales haciendo uso del vocabulario y las diferentes
estructuras gramaticales requeridas.