What Would You Do? is a TV show that I'm sure many of you have seen. I also noted that many of you were Starbucks fans, so I thought you might relate to this particular WWYD. I'm sure many of you have been at a Starbucks and experienced a WWYD moment of rudeness by another customer (we'll hope you're not 'that guy/girl'). I am a rule follower and probably too polite in most situations, so I often find myself thinking, "I could be on that show right now..."
I love to use a video or a visual and a personal story to hook my students for a unit. I can tell a good story (if I do say so myself). I always want to start with something broad and easy to understand. WWYD? is just that. I choose the clip depending on the class and what we've talked about or what is going on in the news or their maturity level. I keep this part pretty simple, and we just discuss. My actual activity is similar to the Sticky Situations scenarios we were given.We do the activity after they get a basic understanding of ethics in journalism. I'm not sure how I stumbled across this set of scenarios, but they are from the Society of Professional Journalism website. This link is to one of my favorites "The Sting" because it is similar to the WWYD series but with an investigative journalism edge. http://www.spj.org/ecs3.asp Sometimes I have the entire class do this scenario with the questions that are included throughout the scenario. Sometimes I do small groups with different scenarios. It just depends on the class, the mood, the day. The same objective is accomplished either way.
Andrea Lyons
Marietta High
Marietta, Georgia
Andrea, I love everything about this post! I am with you on incorporating videos and stories to hook students. WWYD is perfect. The show is really engaging and sure to spark some conversation because the situations tend to be very relatable.
ReplyDeleteThis year I watched the film Shattered Glass with my students. They all enjoyed the film, but our discussion fell a little flat. They all just agreed that Glass was in the wrong with what he did at the New Republic. I like the idea of using WWYD, I think my students will have more to talk about.
Jill Cavotta
Mater Dei High School
Santa Ana, California
Thanks, Jill. I appreciate the praise. Whew, we've been working hard! Looking forward to Sunday.
DeleteFor comic effect, I use this "Dilbert" clip for ethics training, along with one or two others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIU38PTtD3k. These scenarios come in handy as well: http://mediamanagementcenter.sectorlink.org/research/brainnewscenarios.pdf.
ReplyDeleteSteve Elliott
Arizona State University
Phoenix
Oh my goodness. More excellent resources. Thanks! I think my head is going to explode before I get there, Steve. I've been plugging away all week at every nap my kids take and the minute they go to sleep until I fall asleep. I am completely overwhelmed in a good way and wishing I had known about this opportunity six years ago. I've got at least 15 more years to teach, so it's not a total loss, ha.
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