The presentation started with greeting everyone and explaining the main framework of the session.
The people who came to attend that Unconference presentation were asked to form 4 groups and they were asked to answer a question: What social networks do they know? and to share their personal experience.

Olga and Gavin monitored the group discussions. I think it was very interesting for the participants as they shared their experience of using different networking systems. Then the participants together with the facilitators made a list of social networks. Here they are:

• www.facebook.com,
• www.vkontakte.ru,
• www.odnoklassniki.ru,
• www.professionals.ru,
• www.scipeople.ru ,
• www.nicenet.org,
• www.twitter.com.

The participants came to the conclusion that all these systems are useful, but very time consuming. After that the participants were rearranged into 4 new groups and each group got a separate topic for discussion. Here you can read the topics:

1. On-line safety and digital identity.
2. Time management.
3. Building community.
4. Evaluating sources.

At the end of the discussion each group presented a poster. That was great that all the participants were so willing to take part and to collaborate. I should say they produced wonderful posters. You can see those in attachments. The first group reported on on-line safety and digital identity. They pointed out some personal and professional problems which any member of the social networks can come across with. As for personal insecurity they figured out bullying, indecent offers, gossiping and some others. In terms of professional insecurity, the problem of copyright was aroused. The second group presented a poster on time management. It’s clear that different people manage their time differently. But people usually use social networks in the evening from 9 p.m. till 1 a.m. Speaking about professional aims group №2 expressed the idea that perhaps people use such systems at work from 11 a.m. The third group commented ‘Building community’. At first people start searching for existing communities and then if they are interested in the person, they join him. The fourth group reported on ‘Evaluating sources’. It was said that people usually compare sources taking into account different criteria such as privacy, security, language and possibilities that are available.
The second part of the session was devoted to social networks, their types: Russian and Global, platforms and their features. Then the facilitators moved onto creating personal learning network. Gavin Dudeney demonstrated his personal learning network on twitter and the way he uses it. At the end of the session each participant wrote down only one thing he or she would like to tell his / her colleagues about social networks. That was great!!!