TASKs for democracy

Step 3 (individual and group work – 45 minutes)
1. Present the major topics of human rights education.
2. Participants work in a “challenge cycle” (Task sheet/slide 3 – see explanation under “Tips and potential
difficulties” below) where they can individually gather information from previously prepared resources
(hyperlinks to the European Convention on Human Rights: Starting Points for Teachers; COMPASS, etc.).
3. Participants choose one of the human rights and write down their initial thoughts on how they might
use multimedia tools to present this human right to their students at school.
4. Participants get together in micro-groups of four or five, discuss the results and write their most important
ideas into a Word document on their computers.
5. The micro-groups take turns to present the results of their discussions.
6. Encourage participants to ask questions for clarification.
Step 4 (individual and group work – 45 minutes)
1. Show the challenge movie for one of the social sites
2. The participants choose different Web 2.0 tools (Publish, Share, Discuss, etc.) and with the help of the
hyperlinks they surf individually for their social media applications (Task sheet/slide 5).
3. Participants note down their initial thoughts individually and discuss (in micro-groups) the possible uses
of social networking in education.
4. Then they present the results of their group discussion in plenary.
5. Show the next challenge movie, which participants can view individually, noting down their initial
thoughts for methods that can be used to understand which Web 2.0 tools their students are familiar
with and how to organise a discussion with them about the potential dangers.
6. Help participants to organise the role play for understanding which Web 2.0 tools their students use and
for organising discussions with them.
7. The participants note (individually) any new reflections they may have and then discuss these (in
micro-groups).
8. For follow-up activities, see “Tips and potential difficulties”.
Step 5 (debriefing and evaluation – 30 minutes)
1. Hold a debriefing discussion with the whole group either after each step or at the end of the session
based on some of the following questions as appropriate to the needs of the group:
What do you think young people primarily use the Internet for these days?
To what extent do you think your students are concerned about human rights issues?
What do you understand by human rights education?
What type of knowledge is necessary for young people to gain a deeper understanding of human
rights issues?
Which skills and attitudes will be essential for them to help in the defence of human rights?
Where do you recognise violations of human rights in using the Internet? How many types of Web
2.0 tools do you know well?
How many of these do you use in education?
Which Web 2.0 tools are new to you and what is your first impression about their possible use in
education?
What methods can we use to learn which Web 2.0 tools our students use and how they use them?
How can we organise a discussion with our students about the potential dangers of using new media?
2. For a written evaluation of the session, you may want to use the questions below and ask participants
to answer on the Moodle platform.
Write down something you found particularly useful in this session.
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