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 * Using ICT in teaching Society and Culture**


 * The use of social medias can be a useful form to demonstrate and teach the Society and Culture syllabus at a senior level.
 * Technology is a fundamental concept in Society and Culture. A student’s interaction as a class with certain social networks could enhance their individual engagement with the subject.
 * The use of social networking tools such as twitter or certain blogs could enhance the teacher’s interaction with the class in a technological sense. As both upcoming teachers and students are of a technological era, communication through such devices could improve interaction as a class whole. The information contributed is usually clear and concise thus students have the ability to communicate with other students and experts.
 * In the case of a students absence tools such as file sharing and discussion threads could allow the student to interact with the class and decrease the chance of the student being disadvantaged due to missing imperative class work.
 * In the Stage 6 Society and Culture syllabus, Popular Culture is often an interesting elective that students can effectively engage with due to the implications of originating from a technological era. Students could explore the use of social medias and other technologies used for networking in order to create a heightened understanding of technology and its uses in terms of popular culture. This could include online marketing and advertising on web pages and its links to common forms of media such as television and fashion (See the Society and Culture syllabus [1] ).
 * Social medias such as BlogSpot or tumblr allows a student to post individual pieces of work to be analysed, discussed and commented on. In Society and Culture perhaps the most extensive body of work is the Personal Interest Project (PIP). The PIP involves many stages of research and drafting in order to produce a project that a student has overwhelming pride in. Completed over a year, a student should experience a sense of enlightenment and realise their individual strengths and weaknesses before commencing tertiary studies etc. Since most of this work is completed during vacation, communication through various forms of social media would allow the student to interact and share with other classmates and with their teacher and other experts.
 * Wikis, blogs and moodles set up for individual subjects would allow a student to communicate with both students and teachers. File sharing such as power point presentations, links to podcasts or YouTube video clips could allow the student to further engage with the subject or topic being studied.

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