Before
setting the first online task the tutor should set up a discussion forum for
discussing classroom-related issues. Course participants should be informed
about the existence of the forum. The first online task can be assigned right
after the first face-to-face session, for example:
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CNN Documentary clip on George Soros and Hungary
- Pre-viewing
task: Write down what images you would put in a clip about Hungary. What is the
message that you'd want to communicate with the images? (What would be the
encoded message in your "clip")
- Watch
the clip. Make notes of the most important symbols or references the clip has
about:
a) Hungary
b) an
American immigrant
The
clip is available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnozsu-iXdY&feature=youtu.be
- Make a
list (3-5 items) of emotions that representations of Hungary have evoked in
you while watching.
- Negative
(what makes you feel that way?)
- Positive
(what makes you feel that way?)
- In a brief
statement (one sentence or two the most) answer each of the following
questions. The questions are designed to possibly generate discussions. In your
response, however, it is enough to give a very short answer.
- How is
the documentary representative of Hungary?
- What
does CNN communicate about Hungary?
- Is it
stereotypical?
- What
did you think about George Soros before watching the report? Did watching the
clip change your views in any way?
In one paragraph (four to five lines)
explain how CNN's reporter starts the conversation. How is it shocking? What is
his purpose with such introduction?
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