Playing into that would be the differences between the Internet's affect on
current events and our lives compared to
the Vietnam War. Remember, it was called the first "living room war."
Well, if Vietnam was the first living room war
because of its relative immediacy in everyday life, what does that make the
Internet? What did we learn from the
Vietnam coverage? Are we repeating some of those same mistakes with the
Internet now? Or did we learn anything
from those lessons? If the press has always been considered the Fourth
Estate, the objective observer of the world
(and I'm not saying this is always the case), is there a similar role of
the Internet? And has that line between
reporting the story and being part of the story been irrevocably crossed?
July 4 musings,
pjj
Paula Joseph-Johnson
Assistant H.S. Librarian
Bristow High School
Bristow, OK
pjohnson@bristow,k12.ok.us
Original Message:
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From: Shonda Brisco sbrisco@GMAIL.COM
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:20:02 -0500
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Jericho lesson plan
Another angle would be to show how the Internet creates an impact
through the "immediate access to information" [per sites like
Wikipedia and blogs] and allows very little privacy or escape from
possible mistake made in the past [YouTube and MySpace accounts].
Teaching how to determine if the information found online is the
obvious lesson...but how do you stop a "living press" that changes
information within seconds? What is true online and how can you find
the truth? Does accessibility to the Internet provide power for only
a "few" who can afford this access? Does the 'digital divide' still
exist and who does not have a voice in the process of creating online
information and history?
Perhaps examining how "with this power comes responsibility" you could
teach the lessons of appropriate Internet use. Perhaps you can allow
the students to examine the positive and negative influences that the
Internet has had on society (aside from the obvious "issues" often
blocked by filters). What influence has the Internet made on
education, religion, politics, the media, older generations, younger
generations? How has the Internet created a "smaller world"...has
this helped or hurt "the world"....are we using the Internet to
understand our neighbors around the world or are we manipulating the
Internet to exploit others?
You could also take a subject like history and incorporate the idea of
the Internet being available during World War II or during the
1960's....how would this medium impact the events in history during
that time? What about today's historical events....does a 2.0 world
that provides for world-wide contributors allow for a historical
change of facts [such as the "1984" scenario]. Will our history
"today" be more factual with more contributors and editors? What
becomes of print publications if online allows for immediate changes
that we come to expect? Who controls the information and how do we
determine 'their authority' on the subject?
This is a great topic that could be used in a variety of subject areas
including science, history, literature, creative writing, etc.
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