Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning
Facilitator notes
Social Media
Assessment task 3 – Facts and figures
Description of task:
Resources needed
 Internet access and computer
 http://www.connectingup.org/sites/default/files/images/social-media-inaustralia-sept2011-FINAL.png
 Excel
 prize for quiz winners
Assessment task instructions
Students are then required to:
 Read the infographic
 In teams of 2 – 3, answer the questions in the quiz (in books) – prize for
winning team
 Complete a survey with the class, gathering information on what social media
sites they use (do this on the board – name each site mentioned then tally the
results)
 Enter all the results into an excel spreadsheet
 Turn the results into a graph using excel
 Name all the parts of the graph
 Save the graph in students folder on the network
Assessment method
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Answers to the quiz
Completed graph of social media use in the classroom saved on the network
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Learning outcomes met by this assessment task
 the learning outcomes or elements this task addresses
VCAL
Foundation
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
LO6
LO7
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
LO6
LO7
E6
E7
E6
E7
PDS011
PDS012
LIT011
LIT012
NUM011
NUM012
WRS011
WRS012
Intermediate
PDS021
PDS022
LIT021
LIT022
NUM021
WRS021
WRS022
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IT
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
ICAICT101A
ICAICT102A
ICAICT103A
ICAICT104A
ICAICT105A
ICAICT106A
IT
E1
BSBOHS201A
BSBUSS201A
ICAICT201A
ICAICT202A
ICAICT203A
ICAICT204A
ICAWEB201A 
CUFCAM201A
CUFDIG201A
CUFDIG303A
CUFPOS201A
CUFSOU204A
ICASAS203A
ICPMM321C
E2
E3
E4
E3
E4
E5
Vocational preparation
E1
BSBOHS201A
VU20006
VU20007
VU20008
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E2
E5
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Employability skills met by this task:
Technology
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Team work
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Planning and organising
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Problem solving
Initiative and enterprise
Learning
Self management
Communication
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Whole of class quiz answer sheet
Q: What age bracket of people use facebook the most?
A: 0 -17 year olds
Q: Are there more men or women using YouTube?
A: Men
Q: What percent of people over 65 years old are on Twitter?
A: 3%
Q: Out of Facebook and YouTube, which has the most unique visitors?
A: Facebook
Q: Name two social networking sites that have less than 300K unique visitors
A: Any combination of the following:Slideshare, Stumbleupon, Digg, Reddit, Foursquare,
Delicious
Q: What is the population of Australia?
A: 21.9 million
Q: What are the top four social media sites in Australia?
A: Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia and Blogspot
Q: Did the amount of people using social media in Australia increase or decrease between
June 2010 and December 2010?
A: Increase
Q: What might be the reason for the big increase in social media users in 2011 compared to
2010?
A: The rise of people buying Smart Phones.
Q: What do the size of the circles represent in the infographic:
A: The number of unique visitors to sites
Q: Is the information in the infographic reliable?
A: Probably, as they have referenced the Australian Bureau of Statistics as their source of
information.
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