The first thing we worked on was our peer editing tasks. This time we only choose two of the tasks, which was much more simple to complete. Our teacher wanted us to experience how much hard work a teacher is required to do just to edit one students work.
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| Description: Stop bullying Date: February 29, 2012 Found at: www.flickr.com |
Words can hurt someone way more than you think. So choose your words carefully, it can save lives. Stand up for what's right.
To accompany our lesson unit on cyberbullying, we received some new definitions.
Target- The victim of a bullying attack.
Offender- Someone that wants to cause harm to a person
Bystander- A witness that just stands by and does nothing.
Up-stander- A witness that reacts and does something.
Escalate- When something intensifies or increases.
De-escalate- Something that decreases.
The new web 2.0 tool we used was Wevideo. Wevideo is a complex website that allows you to edit and create movies/videos.
When I first started using it, I hated it. I didn't like how it was way more complicated than it needed to be. Once I played around the site a little bit I got the hang of things and it became much more easier.
We used Wevideo to create a public service announcement on cyberbullying. On our video we had to persuade and encourage others to be up-standers instead of bystanders. We also included ways people can de-escalate a bullying situation. The video I created is shown below.
After all our videos were completed, we got the opportunity to watch all of our peers videos. It was really fun and cool to watch what everyone else created. Our teacher notified us that she would be posting all our videos on a site for the world to see.
The past two weeks seemed a little crazy but also interesting. What I liked most about this week was our unit on cyberbullying and creating a Wevideo. Using Wevideo was a fun and challenging experience for me, I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to see what we'll be learning about next week!
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