SEC - Digital Skilling for the Students

Social Media and Students

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Introduction

Social media has become an integral part of students’ personal, academic, professional and social lives. It offers opportunities for communication, creativity, learning, networking and self-expression. At the same time, irresponsible or excessive use of social media can create serious challenges related to online harassment, digital footprints, misinformation, addiction, privacy, financial sustainability and road safety.

This activity is designed to help students move beyond simply using social media to becoming responsible, critical and reflective digital citizens.

Students will watch five short videos dealing with different dimensions of digital and social-media culture. After watching each video, students will write a reflective blog that connects the ideas presented in the video with their own experiences, choices and responsibilities.

1. The problem with "Don't Feed the Trolls" | Steph Guthrie | TEDxToronto

2. Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo

3. The Truth About Money in Music

4. From One Second To The Next - Texting While Driving Documentary - Werner Herzog

5. How Social Media Destroys Your Life? | Science behind Addiction | Dhruv Rathee

Photo-Novel on Facebook

 

After the popularity of the genre of novel writing in form of Graphic Novel, we have an interesting possibility to have a new genre of narrating a story in form of 'Photo-Novel' for Social Media publication.

Here are three examples of stories told through series of photographs and shared on Facebook

1. Facebook Page 'Talking Books Movies posted this album of a narrative told through beautiful photographs. 

Tragedy Of Social Evils Told Through 48 Heartbreaking Images

Photography is a very powerful medium because one frame can evoke so many emotions without the help of words. Sad, happy, or worry, a good photograph can drive the message seamlessly.

‘Avani’ is a brilliant photo shoot by Arjun Kamath, constituting 48 photographs that convey the story of a woman in a patriarchal society. Avani’s story can be the story of you and me as the struggles and setbacks that she faces are the common problems of India, a country which is still deep-rooted in patriarchy. #WebSeries #TBM #TBMoriginals

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2. Mission Impossible? Finding 1 girl in India's 1.25 billion!

THE STORY IN PHOTOS: Traveling India by train few weeks ago, Dick Smith passed a homeless family living under a bridge, including a young girl wearing nothing but a pink bracelet. He snapped some pics on his iPhone, noted down the GPS position, and asked if Jess and I would like to go to India, try and find this same girl & her family, help them into accommodation, secure the girl an education, buy them life's basics and open her a bank account for Dick to regularly deposit into - all in three days! We just got back yesterday. SHARE this album to spread some Christmas spirit!!!Click here to watch it on Facebook, if the below embedded post is not visible.

3. Social Evil:

This is not as finished as the first one but is a good attempt. The photos are good but the important aspect of narration is the 'caption'. There is absolutely nothing in the captions. If you watch the first and second story, again, you will find very precisely written captions. The real success of the narration of 'Photo-Novels' lies in the 'Captions'.
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Knowledge Week 2020

Knowledge Week 2020

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Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University organised a week long Knowledge week from 3rd Feb to 8th Feb 2020. In this Knowledge Week, renowned speakers like Swami Dharmabandhuji, Dr, Anish Chandarana, Jay Vasavada, Dr. Jay Narayan Vyas, Swami Brahamavihari and Dr. Jagdish Trivedi interacted with students on topics like Youth and Nation, Health, Social Media, Economics, Human Values and Literature.

Knowledge Week 2020 from Dilip Barad

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