DAY 1: TUESDAY
Introductory Video:
What You Need to Know: Carbon Footprint
Discovery Channel
How many earths do we need?
Check out American Public Media's Consumer Habits quiz to tell you how many earths we would need if everyone had the same habits as you for eating, shopping, commuting, etc.
Transmedia Library
We have compiled a library of high quality sources of information and stories surrounding the concept of "carbon footprint." The sources span a broad range of types of media: films, radio pieces, games, animations, simulations, infographics, twitter feeds, reports, blogs, articles, images, and more. Beyond a source of information and stories, we hope you use this library as a model for how to build and curate a transmedia library for yourself and your students.
Click HERE to get to the diigo.com library and peruse articles, videos, podcasts, blogs, and much more media about Chicago's carbon footprint.
In your small groups...
Explore the library, using your question as a jumping off point. As you explore, please comment on the entries, submit other pages you find useful, ask and answer questions, and show off cool stuff you find to your partners in your group.
Share your findings with your group. What are the topics you think are the most fascinating, the richest to explore and build on?
Decide what specific topic your group wants to focus on for your campaign project: Is it recycling? Green Roofs? Bike paths? Or something as simple as unplugging your appliances? Once you've decided, please post it to the blog so everyone else can take a look!
DAY 2: WEDNESDAY
Create a Media Campaign:
How can we reduce Chicago's carbon footprint?
Everyone in Chicago knows we need to cut down on our energy consumption, but the problem is so big and all-encompassing that no one knows where to start! We need people with good ideas to get the word out about specific things that families, communities, and the city as a whole can do to improve our environmental impact.
As an activist and media artist, we need you to create a media piece that raises awareness about a specific issue connected to our carbon footprint and calls people to action.
You can create a film, a website, a photo essay, a podcast, a PSA, an animation, or anything else you can imagine that tells this story. All the pieces will be collected in one location and together will comprise a transmedia activism campaign.
Guidelines for Media Pieces
· Pieces should be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes in length
· Pieces should target (and be shareable with) your specific audience (Family, Neighborhood, City)
· Information presented should be based in your research and what you find out from other people in this field
· Pieces should recommend a possible “next step” for your audience
Pieces should model appropriate digital citizenship, including:
-citing all sources used
-using only trustworthy and reliable sources of information
-being a positive and supportive member of our online community
-posting appropriate content and feedback that supports learning
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