Daniel Crosland Unit 1 VLEs Social Networks What

Daniel Crosland Unit 1 - VLEs & Social Networks What is a VLE? VLE means virtual learning environment. VLE’s are used to teach in a virtual or online way. They can be used for many things, such as setting homework, revising at home, easier for parents and teachers to monitor progress with a computer. Popular VLE’s include: My. Maths, doddle and Moodle and even skype for people to communicate as they work on their set tasks. What are Social Networks? Social media is very popular today, as it can be used for a lot of things from communicating, reading, entertainment. It is a new form of communication where you can talk to anybody in the world as long as they have internet. Popular services are Facebook, twitter and google+. VLE Examples. Mymaths. co. uk is a VLE that focuses on Maths on which teachers can set classes homework, the student can do their own homework independently through games on the websites to as revision. It is compatible with mobile devices, parents can track their children and the school or whoever has to pay from £ 325£ 625 per year depending on the package. Doddlelearn. co. uk is a VLE that has a wide range of subjects from Ethics, English, Science, Maths and more. And can cost from £ 299 -15, 900 depending on the package. You can set work for different students and classes, track progress and has ways to contract the company. The web is also compatible with mobile devices. Moodle has a easy way to back up your files, customise the layout, and allows teachers to look and grade your work. It has many support options if the user has an issue or needs help. You can also change colours which is important for colour-blind people. Social Media Facebook has 1. 71 billion monthly active users and 1. 13 billion daily active on average. It’s a social network made for friends, family businesses, news, entertainment, games and more being the reason it’s so popular. Twitter has 310 million monthly active users, almost the same as the U. S population. 1. 3 billion Accounts have been created. It’s a social network made to follow anyone from your friends to idols and companies. You. Tube Every minute 100 hours of videos are uploaded to You. Tube, it has over a billion users which is almost one third of all people on the internet. The website is made for entertainment and could be anything within video format. Reddit is a message board for anything, as it supports freedom of speech, so you can talk about anything which is not illegal. From political debates to talking about your hobbies, health & fitness and other various things. Google+ has over 300+million monthly active users. There are 925, 000 new users on Google+ every single day. Google is big because the network owns some of the most popular sites such as You. Tube and Google Drive, it is also partnered with some sites like Quora which is why so many people sign up to Google+.