How should you be critical towards information you find on the internet?
1. First of all, BE CRITICAL!
2. Always check who made the website and who posted the article.
3. Is the source objektive or subjektive?
4. What is the purpose of the article or the website?
5. Can you contact the author or the person who made the website?
6. Find other sources that shares the same information, do not just trust in one source.
Extremism and political activism in social media
This blog is a part of the comenius project in Denmark with the topic 'social media'.
torsdag den 4. oktober 2012
Nyborg Castle
Nyborg Castle is a very important part of Nyborg. It had its greatness in the middle ages and the king lived here. Nyborg Castle was actually the place where democracy in Denmark was founded. From 1284 many important decisions were made here as part of the Danehof, an early form of parliamentary system.
We visited the castle on tuesday and here are some of our experiences:
We visited the castle on tuesday and here are some of our experiences:
When we got there, they told us briefly about the castle, and they also told us that they are trying to rebuild a lot of the castle and to get the castle in consideration for UNESCO's World Heritage list.
A man told us about the use of weapons as it was back then. It was nothing like the hollywood movies where a fight lasts several minutes. When they were in a fight, a person died after 1 or 2 seconds, also because the swords were so sharp, that they could cut through a skull.
We also visited the place for executions. Women were not worth enough to get such a nice death, so they were buried alive. The really rich men had their heads cut off instead of being hanged.
A woman guided us through the rooms and told us about them and their use.
Politicians on Social Medias
Today there are many options for people to be on social medias, for instants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Many politicians use social medias as a tool to run their campaign, get closer to the voters, show them themselves unofficial in a public room and last but not least to reach for new voters. Here is an example with Barack Obama:
Barack Obama's Facebook-page
Barack Obama's Twitter-page
Barack Obama on YouTube
Hunt Your Fairytale
Wednesday we went to Odense city on a treasure hunt. We needed to find the different sculptures and answer some questions from some of the fairytales written
by Hans Christian Andersen.
1. The point of the fairytale "The emperor's new suit'' is that it never turns out well pretending to be something you are not.
2. The woman carry eggs on her head.
3. The name of the fairytale is "The Shepherdess and the Sweep".
4. The name of the fairytale is "The Darning-Needle".
5. Write a rap and include the line "The flying trunk"
Course: Baby if you're down down down down down
Dooooooown, Dooooooown
You should go and see the ancient town
Verse: The town had a watermill
And kinda looked like farmville.
Always doing what they should
Like milking cows or cutting wood
Like a slaughter cows for getting food
But still they we're in great mood,
Course: So Baby if you're down down down down down
Dooooooown, dooooooown
You should go and see the ancient town
Verse: They didn’t have lot,
But they felt they had enough
They didn’t had a lot of junk
Just like the guy in “the
flying trunk”.
He flew down to his girl
Through the battlefield of
love
He went down to marry the
princess
And for him that was enough
Course: Baby if you’re down down down
down down
Dooooooown, dooooooown
You should go and see the
ancient town
6. Hans Christian Andersen wrote a very famous quote, 'to travel is to live'. In relation to Comenius the quote might mean that when you travel you change mental and physical. And in the Comenius Project you travel and learn about other lifestyles.
If you don't get any new experience, don't see new things, don't meet new people, then you are not living, because you have the same routine every day. Thus, by traveling, you therefore see new things and start living. You get more matured, change and learn about different cultures. Therefore, in relation to Comenius, everybody is truly living.
If you don't get any new experience, don't see new things, don't meet new people, then you are not living, because you have the same routine every day. Thus, by traveling, you therefore see new things and start living. You get more matured, change and learn about different cultures. Therefore, in relation to Comenius, everybody is truly living.
7. Thumbelina married a tiny flower-fairy prince.
8. In the fairytale "The Brave Tin Soldier" the main character is deeply in love with a female dancer.
9. Make a paper boat and decorate it with something symbolizing the main theme in Comenius project: respect. We have chosen to draw a handshake because it symbolizes respect for one another.
Anders Breivik
Anders Breivik is a perfect example for the subject we are talking about.
Before he did the terroristic action
he had put his manifest on the web.
Now everybody is able to read it and that raises the question; “Can this be manipulating to other people?”
The fact is that there are people
who say that they feel inspired by his manifest, and that they wish to finish
the task.
Here is a part of Anders Breiviks manifest.
In a lot of countries we have
freedom of speech, but has this gone too far?
Ander Breivik was not pleased with invasion of the Muslims.
Ander Breivik was not pleased with invasion of the Muslims.
It is wrong to publish your opinion
if it is about killing “innocent” people.
Anders Breivik killed so many
people because he thought his way of thinking was the right way.
The conclusion is that political
extremism is mainly a selfish way of thinking, because they never consider the
other side of the picture. They only focus on their own problems, and what the political
consequences of their actions could be.
Conspiracy Theories on the Internet
A conspiracy
theory is a theory that explains an event that claims to be a plot, which is
covered by a group or an organization, and been hidden from a big
part of the population. A lot of people like to read about conspiracy theories
and wonder if they are true or not, that is a big part of why they are so known
around the world. People like to share things they read about on the internet with their friends, who might also share them and so on, this way the theories get known worldwide.
Here are 3 examples of known conspiracy theories, where people using the internet and social media to convince others that the happenings in the past might not be true, or they might have a different truth:
Here are 3 examples of known conspiracy theories, where people using the internet and social media to convince others that the happenings in the past might not be true, or they might have a different truth:
- The Apollo Moon Landing Scam:
- Princess Diana was murdered by the Royal Family:
In 1997 princess Diana of
Whales and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were killed in a car accident while they
were trying to get away from press photographers in Paris. According to the
conspiracy theory the accident was planned because there were some speculations
about their relationship (Dodi Fayed was a Muslim and Diana was the mother
of the future head of the Church of England), so the royal
family were supposed to have them killed in order to prevent a further
scandal to the English throne.
- Holocaust never happened:
Some people deny holocaust, the
persecution of Jews in the 1930’s and 1940’s by the Nazis. The denial already
started during the World War ll when the Nazis tried to keep the mass murder of
Jews in secret. According to the conspiracy theory it just did not happen, they
refuse to look at all the evidence and they say that the killing was not ordered by
Hitler, so it was not an official politic and the Jews was just deported “east on”.
The Funen Village
The Funen Village is an open-air museum that presents a funen village milieu as it could have appeared in the time of Hans Christian Andersen. It was very interesting to see how the society once was in relation to our days where social media is very central.
We were given some tasks to answer while exploring the village.
In task 1 we had to visit Tommerup Præstegård along with Katterød Hospital and Melbyhuset.
To use a toilet one had to go either outside or to the bedroom. In Tommerup Præstegård there was a toilet inside because they were rather rich and the man of the house was a priest. Katterød Hospital was a poorhouse, which is why they did not have the best facilities. Melbyhuset was a typical little farm, and it was very common to have a toilet outside.
In task 2 we had to answer the question: 'How many of the houses in the village have half-timbering?'.
We can surely say that all the houses have half-timbering.
In task 3 we had to think about how they got their water back then.
They got the water with a pump or a well, as the houses did not have water pipes. If there were neither a pump or a well, they would collect the water from the lake in a bucket.
In task 4 we had to visit the three mills: Maderup, Davende and Skamby Torup.
The mill was the most important source of energy to the agricultural section and the energy was used to grind flour.
Different kinds of power kept the mills running. In Maderup it was wind, in Davende it was water and in Skamby Torup it was horsepower.
In task 5 we had to visit Vigerslevhuset.
Vigerslevhuset was home to an old man who made wooden shoes.
In task 6 we had to visit the classroom in Eskær Skole.
There were room for about 30 students in the classroom and it was heated with a stove.
In task 7 we had the visit the dining room at Fjeldstedgården.
3 people are sitting around the table and the servants did not have places to sit around the table. They were too busy serving and they were not to sit with the 'fine' people.
The people sitting at the table are eating oatmeal and bread, a very nutritional meal for people working in the fields.
We were given some tasks to answer while exploring the village.
In task 1 we had to visit Tommerup Præstegård along with Katterød Hospital and Melbyhuset.
To use a toilet one had to go either outside or to the bedroom. In Tommerup Præstegård there was a toilet inside because they were rather rich and the man of the house was a priest. Katterød Hospital was a poorhouse, which is why they did not have the best facilities. Melbyhuset was a typical little farm, and it was very common to have a toilet outside.
In task 2 we had to answer the question: 'How many of the houses in the village have half-timbering?'.
We can surely say that all the houses have half-timbering.
In task 3 we had to think about how they got their water back then.
They got the water with a pump or a well, as the houses did not have water pipes. If there were neither a pump or a well, they would collect the water from the lake in a bucket.
In task 4 we had to visit the three mills: Maderup, Davende and Skamby Torup.
The mill was the most important source of energy to the agricultural section and the energy was used to grind flour.
Different kinds of power kept the mills running. In Maderup it was wind, in Davende it was water and in Skamby Torup it was horsepower.
Vigerslevhuset was home to an old man who made wooden shoes.
In task 6 we had to visit the classroom in Eskær Skole.
There were room for about 30 students in the classroom and it was heated with a stove.
In task 7 we had the visit the dining room at Fjeldstedgården.
3 people are sitting around the table and the servants did not have places to sit around the table. They were too busy serving and they were not to sit with the 'fine' people.
The people sitting at the table are eating oatmeal and bread, a very nutritional meal for people working in the fields.
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