Hosted by OSOS , contributed by Thomasmcmahon on 11 February 2019
The Internet Too Hot To Handle
Understanding internet inequality
The project gives students an insight into the small portion of the population that have access to fast knowledge through fiber optic internet. Exploring the roll of politicians, industry and capital in steering the decision of who gets access to this fast information.
Looking at the social aspect of how the current Irish internet roll out policy, The Broadband National Plan, impacts how internet is distributed. Showing how industry and academia collaborate in minimising the cost of circulating fibre optic internet through refining the current technology.
The science involved in the six lessons integrates energy transformation, behaviour of light and a social history timeline of communication.
Αισθάνομαι
Students collaborate as a group and answer the question how do we communicate today? Encouraged to reflect on how much we use the internet for so many things
Φαντάζομαι
Students work initially in pairs to investigate the following questions – teacher generated
How could we communicate using light
Δημιουργώ
Students reflect on how science ties into society and the world around us. Collecting and examining and monitoring newspaper articles, government websites and political statements on the current government initiative to provide Ireland with fast internet.
Students compare how Ireland communicates now and in the past making a timeline of communication methods which starts as far back as 5,000 years ago with the Sumerians.