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Activity 1: The World Wide Web [4 points]
You may not have heard of Tim Berners-Lee but this man completely changed the world for us when he invented the World Wide Web (otherwise known as the ‘www’). All of the information on the internet is stored and accessed on the web.
TimBL, as he is known, also created the first ever website. We all spend a lot of time looking at websites, don’t we? One of my favourite websites is the Te Ara site. I use it when I am creating lessons for students or working on assignments for school. Are there websites that are particularly helpful for your learning?
For this activity please take screenshots of four different websites that you find helpful for your learning. They can be websites that you use in class or websites that you use on your own at home. Present the screenshots as a poster or put them into a presentation.
On your blog, share your poster or presentation of your favourite learning websites.
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Activity 2: Influencers [4 points]
YouTube is a video sharing website, where people can watch, create, share and comment on videos (a bit like when you Learn, Create and Share at school). YouTube was created in 2005 by three men - Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim who later sold it to Google for $1.65 billion dollars!
Did you know that anyone can have their own YouTube channel? People who create videos and post them on YouTube are called ‘YouTubers’. Youtubers post videos on a huge range of topics from music to make-up, fitness to cooking, etc.
Most YouTubers create their own Youtube channel. People can subscribe to their channels and follow their videos. Do you watch or subscribe to any YouTube channels? If so, who are your favourite YouTubers? In New Zealand, there are many Youtubers, including Kiwi beauty YouTuber Miria Flavell and guitar guru, Nat Pua.
For this activity please imagine that you had the chance to create your own YouTube channel. What would it be about? What kinds of videos would you create and post?
On your blog, write a description of the YouTube channel you would like to create.
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Activity 3: Apple vs Microsoft [6 points]
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are two big names in the field of digital technology. Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft while Steve Jobs was a co-founder of Apple. Both men are very creative and inventive. In fact, Steve Jobs invented the Apple computer, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Sadly, he passed away in 2011.
Bill Gates, on the other hand, invented Microsoft software, like Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. He is now one of the richest people in the world, and with his wife, Melinda, has created a charity called The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Both men worked in the same field (digital technology) and were seen as competitors or rivals. They are not the only rivals in the world. In fact, some of the most famous rivalries occur between sports teams. One example is the rivalry between the All Blacks and the Wallabies rugby teams.
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For this activity we would like you to use your best researching skills to find three more examples of common rivalries. They can be in the sports world or not - it’s totally up to you!
On your blog, describe the three rivalries that you have found. Who is involved? To gain the full 6 points for this activity, please provide a picture for each rivalry. The picture should represent the rivalry.
Mōrena Anamaria,
ReplyDeleteHow have your holidays been? It's great to see you've been working hard on your blog posts! :)
All your activities have been done so well. Congratulations! My favourite one was about the rivalries. There were so many facts I had no idea about, for example, the taste testing test run by Pepsi. Which do you prefer - Pepsi or Coke? Also, very interesting about the comic books. Even today it is so competitive between DC and Marvel. Again, which one do you prefer?
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Erica
Hi Erica, my holidays have been great! Spending time with my family and celebrating the new year. I prefer coke, it has a sweeter taste and it's more refreshing than pepsi. Marvel has been really popular last year with the Marvel movie endgame and that movie was quite fascinating so I prefer Marvel.
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Great collective activity posts Anamaria - which was your favourite? Rivalry can be positive to empower you to be better than before! Keep blogging, and commenting on others, to increase your chance of winning one of the awesome prizes and to keep up your learning over the school break!
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs Collins, I think influencers is my favourite, I talked about what I want to influence people of what I do as a youtuber and just hopefully someday that I can actually be a real youtuber and do these things I want to do.
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Hey, Ana! It's Roneeza. I like your posts, especially the one about what your YouTube channel would be like. In your "Apple vs Microsoft" post, one of your rivalry examples was coke and pepsi. I've also included that rivalry example in my post as well. Which one do you prefer? Keep up the good work :D
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