What power does an innocent bystander have to change a violent or oppressive situation?
What are the best tactics for using video to promote human rights and justice?
As technology has advanced, media recording devices have become smaller, and cheaper, and more and more people are able to record and distribute videos about human rights abuses. In order to help train people, organisations such as WITNESS & the Tactical Technology Collective use the internet to offer advice and effective strategies.
Click the “PLAY” button below and watch a short video on the importance and power of being a witness to human rights abuses, and making a recording in order to raise awareness among others.
[SOURCE: Witness.org | Last visited: 09 February 2015]
Talk with your neighbour or in small groups and brainstorm ideas for using video to promote awareness about issues in your school or community.
For inspiration, read about the “Through Our Eyes” project of Merrylands High School.
Congratulations…
you have almost completed the “Innocent Bystander” interactive learning challenge!
For your final task, you need to expand your audience beyond your school, and share your ideas and insights with students from other schools in your state.
If you are in NSW, contact the Rural and Distance Education in Dubbo and ask how you can use the Connected Classroom in your school to host a video conference with other schools.