Today we talked about how looks are not as important as some may think.  We discussed using the questions in the prezi below.  Students are asked to used these questions to create a personal reflection on the Ted Talk above.  Written reflections are to be handed in to Mr. Ewert upon completion.

https://prezi.com/eozuue8iff1t/discussion-questions-about-cameron-russell-s-ted-talk/

20.03.07

Today we talked about bullying in specific reference the the podcast called “Tai Asks Why” on CBC radio.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/taiaskswhy/here-s-why-people-bully-and-how-we-can-stop-it-1.5269665

Here is a copy of the assignment/response from class.

19.11.04 tai ask why – bullying

Follow the transcript of the podcast here to help you search up answers/responses from the assignment.

19.11.04 tai ask why – bullying – notes

Watch the Ted Talk below and complete the attached assignment.

19.02.24 the danger of a single story – ted talk worksheet-2i54jo2

Today we talked about cyber security and safety.  We broke out into small groups to make a top ten rules of online safety.  Then we observed this video and reflected with our own personal lists.

Here is a list provided by one of our advisors within the division

17.11.01 Social-Media-check-list-2017-1-1mxet5m

if you are being bullied on online games you should mute the person or people bothering you and report them some other things you could do like leaving the game and going to another match or if you hear someone bothering someone else and the person being bullied isn’t doing anything you could stand up for them or report the person. people well be calling you bad word and racist comments.to stop online hate you can report, mute, and flag to try and stop the online hate and make things better when playing games.

Today in class we discussed the internet is easily used to promote hatred not only in a vast way such as promoting anti-religious or anti-racial forms but also in individual bullying and intimidation.  We started by reading this article.

Then we discussed what forms of hate can show up on the average persons social media and took this quiz about how hate affects our own social media lives.

Quote from media smarts website:

Students worked in groups to create a blog post for their blog sites “16-11-122-online-hate-response-guide”  click the link for a copy of the assignment.