1. Internet Technologies & Hearing Loss Introduction to Facebook Heidi Walsh

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Over the next few weeks, we will look at an Internet Technology per week including:

• Forums14-03-2011

• Chatrooms21-03-2011

• Blogs28-03-2011

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Skype

And how these technologies can support people with hearing loss

3. What is Facebook?

Is a social networking site

Huh?

It is a way for people to communicate with other people

• It enables you to communicate with people you know

• And find new friends

Breaks down barriers due to hearing loss as it is text-based not verbal

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You can share

Comments with your friends regardless of where they are in the world

Photos

Videos

Links to things on the Internet

Much more

5. www.facebook.com

You need to create a free account before you can use Facebook

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Based on your homepage or newsfeed

This is a web page where you add ( post ) your comments ( status ) and where your friends status posts and replies appear

Your status is a comment about anything it could be something you have been doing, or found funny, or useful ..

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You also have analbum an area for sharing photos

Private messaging so you can contact your friends privately

Chat this tells you who isonlineand you can send instant messages to them

Your profile settings restrict who can and cannot see your information

8. Groups

You can also createpageson Facebook where you can share information

Or you can create agroupwhere people can communicate for a specific purpose

• Campaigning

• Revolution

• An online class

9. Information Source

You can also use Facebook to find and share information

Many organisations have Facebook pages:

• RNID

There are campaigns run through Facebook

Even revolutions!

10. To find information/people

Use the search box on Facebook

11. LIKE

If you like a Facebook user/page/group, then posts from that user will appear on your homepage and you become afriend

This is an easy way of keeping up-to-date with what is going on following

Some companies post special offers for their Facebook friends this way

12. Examples of Facebook pages 13. 14. 15.

Some Facebook pages/groups have a discussion forum

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