The world wide web turned 18 years old in 2008 and there was only widespread broadband access in most household in the last five or so years. Most primary or secondary pupils will not know life without the internet! They probably don’t realise the implications of how much the internet affects our lives.
As a class or in small groups get the pupils to work out what their lives would be like without the internet. If you are struggling, think about everything you do daily that involves computers.
For this exercise you could use the chart on the media diary page.
internet and the law
It is illegal to copy or use someone else's work without permission, like putting Kylie's latest music video onto YouTube. It isn't illegal for Kylie (or more likely, someone who works for her) to put an official version onto YouTube.
Internet Video
YouTube and similar sites allow anyone with a camera, computer and an internet connection to upload a video to the world wide web. Before this it was more difficult to upload a video and host it (save it) somewhere online, as well as telling everyone about it. Before the internet became accessible to most households it was virtually impossible to show your homemade videos to a global audience. We were all just viewers, sitting watching TV decided for us by an executive. Now we can all be producers, making and sharing our movies and choosing what we want to watch ourselves.
file sharing is often illegal