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Issues and problems affecting the immediate community can go underground unnoticed. The bureaucracies or governments and other interested parties tend to curtail any awareness that will change the status quo. Information technology solutions have in the recent past been used to change the leadership of oppressive governments and alter what seem to be serious issues for change in communities. Different technologies have been used popularly to communicate ideas, create awareness to issues in the society. These technologies can be used to inform, to persuade, and even to spark awareness. With the many current IT related technologies, our messages and stories can be told with more clarity, emotion, and with impact. Read the article below http://en.reset.org/knowledge/digital-and-online-activism http://www.meta-activism.org/2012/02/digital-activism-101-the-5-activist-functions-of-technology/ Which digital tools are more effective and why? http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/11/20/study-shines-light-on-what-makes-digital-activism-effective/ What make digital activism effective? http://mashable.com/2011/07/15/online-tools-activism/ Attempt to use the listed online tools? Give your opinion on any of the tools. Social Media and Activism Read the following news article titled: Russians use Facebook to protest alleged election fraud http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/russians-use-facebook-to-protest-alleged-election-fraud/5975 Why did the protesters use Facebook? Videos for Activism Read and watch any video if possible on the topic titled: 5 Great examples of Activism through web video http://socialtimes.com/5-great-examples-of-activism-through-web-video_b15316 Why do you think in the activists the above articles opted to use a video to highlight their issues? Website for Activism Study the following website for activism Free Child project http://www.freechild.org/youth_activism_2.htm Clean water http://www.emergepovertyfree.org/donate/clean-water Cruelty against animal http://www.woaw.org.au/14andOver/cruelty-prevention/?gclid=CLT4nMi96rECFUR76wodyGYAsA Analyse the above websites in terms of their effectiveness and shortcomings. Animation and Activism Watch the following animations designed for activism share the reason animations where used in this case Universal declaration of human rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTlrSYbCbHE An Environmental Activist Aniboom Animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AagOjHpHJ0k Violence against women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCwK8Y1Unr4 What are the strengths and limitation of using animations solutions for activism? Music for activism https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=2RyYzMdPlUA 1. In-Text Citation. In - Text Citation allows the reader to know what ideas, opinion and facts are the author's and what came from the source. The citation also refers the reader/ examiner to the reference page at the end for full citation. In APA style, in-text citation are composed of author's last name, date/year of publication and the page number. (Truner, 2003,p.34).If you include a page range, use two ps followed by a period (Wafula, 2015, pp.34-35). The sentence period comes at the end of closing parenthesis.  Additional information  1. one author stated "..................",(Tally, 2003, p.6). 2. Two authors said, "...................",(Tally,& Deifan,2003, p.7). 3. Three to five authors ".............", (Tally, Daifan,&Mohamed, 2003, pp. 45-46). 4. Six or more authors, ".............",(Tally et al,2003, p. 17). 5. Unknown author use short title (" hip hop art", 2006, p. 7). 6. No date no page  (" hip hop art", n.d, para.1). N/B: When using APA format, follow the author-date method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998) said...., and a complete reference should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper.  Read more on this link In-Text citation 2. Appendix/appendices. An appendix (one item) OR appendices (more than one item) is information that is NOT ESSENTIAL to explain your findings in the essay or report that you have written. However, this information may support your analysis and justification of your conclusions. For example the interview questions and answers.  Therefore, you will need to know that:  ● Appendices are used when the incorporation of material in the body of the work would make it poorly structured or too long and detailed.( Interviews, questionnaires, surveys and their answers can be placed in appendix) ● Appendices may be used for helpful, supporting or essential material that would otherwise clutter, break up or be distracting to the text. ( images, photocopies, drawings, sketches,...) ● Other people’s work in the appendix will be referred to (e.g. see Appendix 3), not quoted (e.g. using short or long quotes) from the appendix.  ● Appendices must be referred to in the body of the text, for example, ‘details of the questionnaire are given in Appendix B (on page 23)’ - Appendices are placed at the end of references. Examples of students’ understandings about using appendices Student 1 (reflective writing)  This example is about a two-page questionnaire that I designed and placed in the appendices. My understanding is that an appendix can be information that you used to inform your writing that you don't want to put directly into the essay; however, you MUST refer to this appendix in the body of the essay Therefore, in my Education essay, I included an appendix that was the actual questionnaire that I gave to my students when I was on teaching practice. In my essay, I wrote for the marker to ‘see Appendix 1’ when I had mentioned the results of the questionnaire I was required to write and use with my class.  Student 2 (reflective writing)  In my nursing assignment, my appendices were used to supplement the information in my essay. Firstly, we had to demonstrate our knowledge of the human skeletal system. The photocopied diagrams covered a number of pages, so Appendix 1 was a set of photocopied, labelled diagrams of the skeletal system discussed and referred to in the essay. Because the photocopied diagrams were copied from a book, I placed an in-text reference to this source in my writing. Secondly, we had to summarize the results of interviews with five patients at the local hospital about their recovery from bone breakages in car accidents, so Appendix 2 was a transcript of these interviews. Using appendices like this meant that I could show my lecturer that I had completed the set task and collected the data for the issues that were discussed in the essay More information on appendix click on this link  How to use Appendix 3. Reference - APA Writing the perfect bibliography:  Why do you need to do it? It helps you to find the resource again if you need it. It helps others find the resource if they want to read more about what you have found. It helps to keep you honest in your research by requiring you to cite your sources. It shows the depth and breadth of your research and knowledge. It helps you develop competence in information literacy and organisation - which help you take responsibility for your own learning. How to do it? The following instructions are a brief guide on what you need to include and when for different resources to create a citation. It is called the APA style. APA stands for American Psychological Association which has created this style for use in all its publications. After you have written the citations for the resources, you need to organise them into alphabetical order by the Authors surname at the end of your project - no matter what it is, you need to have a bibliography. The date always goes after the first entry - author or title. Great resources to help you are Bibme http://www.bibme.org/ or Easybib http://www.easybib.com/ Remember to select APA style. Different ways to Reference sources