This question needs you to engage with your Tutor Group Forum $($the forum that is moderated by your own tutor $$ not in any wider TM$255$ forum$)$ on a regular basis throughout Block $1.$ It is important that you use the correct forum to do this.

There are activities throughout Block $1$ that ask you to share ideas and contribute to discussions. Part $($a$)$ of this question is focused on three of these activities.

Part $($b$)$ of this question is a little different as it is not about Block $1$ materials. Instead it asks you to think ahead to the group work in Block $3.$ The purpose of this question is to encourage you to interact with other students in your Tutor Group in a supportive environment. Engaging in discussions about the group work now should help you to prepare for Block $3.$

a$.$Activities $1\mathrm{.}16,5\mathrm{.}7$ and $7\mathrm{.}1$ in Block $1$ ask you to consider a technology discussed in the