The Internet Too Hot To Handle

The Internet Too Hot To Handle

Hosted by OSOS , contributed by Thomasmcmahon on 9 July 2019

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

Learning Objectives
Internet inequality, graph reading & chart analysis
Teacher: Thomasmcmahon
Age group
12-15
Students participating
24

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להרגיש

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

לדמיין

Students work initially in pairs to investigate the following questions – teacher generated​​

How could we communicate using light​

יצירה

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.

שיתוף

Students share family stories with one another discussing how some in the class are getting poor internet while others are on the other side of the spectrum just because of where they live.

Poster creation on the science behind how the internet works and what drives its investment. Collaborate to create a visual heatmap of internet speeds of the student's homes demonstrating the range of internet access the students have. ​

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In the next phase, the group will include a virtual visit to Crann Amber (Trinity) research centre and quiz the researchers on what they do to improve our modern day internet. Draft letters and send them to the communication minister of the time to pressure them to update legislation allows more in the class faster internet. Finally hold an open information afternoon with the local primary schools to allow our students to teach back what they have found out in the process.​