PUBLIC UTILITY WEBSITES & ITS USES

PUBLIC UTILITY WEBSITES & ITS USES

          The term ‘Public Utility’ means an organization that provides an essential commodity or service such as water, electricity, transportation or communication to the public, subject to governmental regulation.

          The term ‘Social Media’ is described online tools that let people to interact and communicate with each other. This has become a standard word for online and it has a dominant ways for   individuals to engage on the Internet. By using Social Media Individuals became more closely.

          Applying the term public utility to social media implies that social media websites are public necessities, and, consequently, should be regulated by the government while social media is not as essential for survival as traditional public utilities such as electricity, water and natural gas.

          Social Media websites such, as face book, LinkedIn google + Google search, twitter etc, are Public necessities, and consequentty, should be regulated by the government in this contest websites such as social media site are considered as public utility websites. Many people believe it has become vital for living in an interconnected word and without it, for living a successful life  would be difficult therefore , they believe that social media has reached utility status and should be treated as a public utility. Different types of social media or public utility websites are given

·        Collaborative projects

Eg: Wikipedia

·       Blogs and micro blogs

Eg: twitter

·        Content communities

Eg : You tube.

·       Social networking sites

Eg : face Book.

·       Virtual game worlds

Eg : world of war craft

·       Virtual social worlds

Eg :  second Life

          Technologies also include: vlogs, Picture sharing blogs, wall posting , email instant messaging music sharing, crowed sourcing  voice over IP etc. are some examples of technologies Many of these service can be integrated via social network aggregation platforms social media network websites include sites leke face book twitter below my space.

     USES OF PUBLIC UTILITY WEBSITES

          Social media is used to document memories, learn about  and explore things adversities oneself and form friendships .The communication through internet based services can be done more  privately than in real life people used face book to gather meetings, protest actiory etc.

          Educational are confident that social networking encourages the development of transferable technical and social skills of value in formal and informal learning E mail twitter face book and  other online social networking play a major part in the lives of today’s  youth some educational uses of public utility websites are given .

·       Administrative staff can post school closings and events on their school Face book group page.

·       Teacher can start a discussion forme in social networking sites.

·       Teachers can post new assignments and educational information’s on their pages for student’s reference when they are home.

·       A number of skills are developed using public utility sites Participants our technical skills in choosing to navigate through social networking services.

·       Sites like twitter provide students with the opportunity  to converse and collaborate with others in real time. Social networking services provide a virtual ‘space for learners.

·       Using content filtering technologies schools can create user groups and allow access to these sites   based on what is appropriate for each group.

·       Social networking service foster learning through participatory culture. A participatory culture consists of a space that allows engagement sharing mentoring and an opportunity for social interaction.

Students as young as kindergarten have cell phones that can access the internet and students expect to have access to this online world at all times. Tinding the right balance between acceptable use and what is unacceptable use in schools can be a difficult task for school administrators. How ever, technologies designed for network security can help schools take advantages of these technologies while ensuring students are not distructed while in class.

Murshida Ban.N. J

Malayalam