Using Twitter to investigate environmental change in coral reefs
Social media is a tool that students are very familiar with and use for a variety of personal and social purposes. If we can tap into students' enthusiasm for and ability to use social media we can easily harness it to enhance student learning. Recent coral bleaching events have been discussed widely on twitter by experts and organisations that study and work to protect coral reefs.
Some examples of experts and organisations to follow on twitter:
Some examples of experts and organisations to follow on twitter:
- @ProfTerryHughes – Director of ARC Centre of excellence
- @CoralCoE – The ARC Centre of Execllence for Coral Reef Studies
- @jpGattuso – CNRS Research Professor
- @AllisonPaley & @GraceEFrank – Research Assistant with Coral Ecophysiology Lab
- @jcu – James Cook University
- @AustCoralReefs – Australian Coral Reef Society
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Twitter lesson 1
Investigate the differences in people’s views about the causes of environmental issues such as coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Take screenshots of a range of different views about this issue. Refer to the information about environmental worldviews from previous lessons. Make an inference about the environmental worldview that each person holds. Why do you think this? Justify your answers.
What are your thoughts and opinions about this issue? How do your thoughts reflect your own environmental worldview?
Investigate the differences in people’s views about the causes of environmental issues such as coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Take screenshots of a range of different views about this issue. Refer to the information about environmental worldviews from previous lessons. Make an inference about the environmental worldview that each person holds. Why do you think this? Justify your answers.
What are your thoughts and opinions about this issue? How do your thoughts reflect your own environmental worldview?
