Can one person make a difference to the world?

October 17th, 2006 · 13 Comments
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This week we are going to continue to discuss the way the internet is changing.

I want us to consider how it might be changing the way people can or can’t make a difference to the world just by having an opinion and letting people know about it.

Your task today is to work in groups of three and you will be comparing and contrasting two pieces of media.

The first one are three videos from YouTube called all about a phenomonen called free hugs and is one of the most popular videos being viewed on Youtube at the moment.

The second is the song “I wish I was a Punkrocker” (with flowers in my hair) I have purchased this song legally from ITunes so we can use it in our class.

Firstly in your groups of three you will use a Venn diagram to compare the two types of media and what they are trying to achieve. I want to know how do they get their message across?
You will then decide how this helps you answer the question Can one person make a difference to the world?

After you have discussed this with your group, finally you will be asked to write an individual post on your blog and discuss the question. How can one person make a difference to the world?

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1 Teaching-with-Technology » Going to try this idea tomorrow // Nov 18, 2006 at 7:58 am

[...] As a result of an oz teachers post that mentioned a really cool little video on Youtube called Free Hugs, I decided that I would try to use the video as a way to have students think some more about the way the internet and Web 2.0 is changing the world-or is it? So what I have done is downloaded the videos using a great little add on in Firefox called FLV download which enables the videos to be loaded onto my computer. (Youtube is blocked at school so I can’t make a direct link) and then I’m going to use Sandy Thom’s song, “I wish I was a punk rocker” to get them to think about the different ways that one person might change the world. I bought it the other day on Itunes so hopefully I’m fine with using it. The question is Can one person change the world? For these students I have been using a blog – Wedderburn 7/8 Blog to write up my lessons and here’s the post. I find it’s a good way to keep a record for myself and also hopefully gives kids a chance to think a little more about what they have to do. I think the addition of music will also help. We generally have music going in the classroom when we are working anyway although I’m guessing some will love and others will hate the Punk Rocker song. I think I’ll try to find the lyrics to the song as well as that will add another level of understanding. will report back tomorrow on how it went. [...]
2 WWW-a World Wide Wonder-teaching and learning. » Going to try this idea tomorrow // Nov 18, 2006 at 8:00 am

[...] As a result of an oz teachers post that mentioned a really cool little video on Youtube called Free Hugs, I decided that I would try to use the video as a way to have students think some more about the way the internet and Web 2.0 is changing the world-or is it? So what I have done is downloaded the videos using a great little add on in Firefox called FLV download which enables the videos to be loaded onto my computer. (Youtube is blocked at school so I can’t make a direct link) and then I’m going to use Sandy Thom’s song, “I wish I was a punk rocker” to get them to think about the different ways that one person might change the world. I bought it the other day on Itunes so hopefully I’m fine with using it. The question is Can one person change the world? For these students I have been using a blog – Wedderburn 7/8 Blog to write up my lessons and here’s the post. I find it’s a good way to keep a record for myself and also hopefully gives kids a chance to think a little more about what they have to do. I think the addition of music will also help. We generally have music going in the classroom when we are working anyway although I’m guessing some will love and others will hate the Punk Rocker song. I think I’ll try to find the lyrics to the song as well as that will add another level of understanding. will report back tomorrow on how it went. [...]
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