[Year 12 IT Apps] Powerful Online Communities

[Anne Mirtschin]

This morning when I came into class, one of my ITA VCE students asked
whether I had seen the youtube movie on #stopkony. As I  hadn't, I asked
for more information. Taking on a teachable moment, we watched it as a
class. The documentary is powerful viewing and makes for some wonderful
discussion points for IT in general, including the power of social
networking and online communities, demonstrates some fine visual data,
gripping viewing and a challenge. The documentary, uploaded yesterday,
shares the atrocious work of Kony in Uganda and his role in murder, child
soldiers, rapes and the slave trade. The aim is to catch him before the end
of the year.
If you are interested, here is the vimeo link to the movie
http://vimeo.com/37119711 We then turned to twitter to find it the top
trending topic for the day.
Anne Mirtschin
Hawkesdale P12 College
http://www.murcha.wordpress.com
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