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Chapter 19: Who owns the internet?
LEARNING INTENTION
Investigate major websites and consider how this may impact consumers’ access and choices.
LEARNING OUTCOME
3.5 Research the ownership of major websites and their impact on access and choice.
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
Many of the most popular websites in the world are owned by few people. When competitors to the biggest brands release their website, major websites such as Google, Facebook and Amazon buy them out of business. The corporations either shut down the website or integrate the software into their websites in order to create more profit. This can impact on innovation, access and choice for computer scientists who create these sites and consumers.
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MATERIALS
Digital devices with internet access eLearning platform: Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom Microsoft Word Sticky notes
ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGIES
Reflection journal Pair work Sticky notes Group research Thinking hats
PRACTICAL SKILLS
Research
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this chapter students will be able to:
Define
Monopoly Innovation
Describe How a monopoly of a market impacts on innovation, access and choice. The affect that billionaires can have on democracy
Explain Who owns the most popular websites?
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ACTIVITY 1: STICKY NOTES In groups of four, students will write down the websites and applications that they use most. Consider websites under the headings:
Online shopping Entertainment Social media
School work
Collect the responses from the groups and find out what is the most used website in your class.
ACTIVITY 2:
MATCHING Match the website name to the person who owns them. SAMPLE
ACTIVITY 3: RESEARCH In pairs, students will choose a website not mentioned in the list above and research the founder of the website. Create a short PowerPoint presentation describing their rise to power, any businesses they own and alternatives to their website.
ACTIVITY 4: THINKING HATS In groups of six, students will debate the following statement using the thinking hats method:
“Tech companies need to be regulated to allow for more innovation and competition in the marketplace.”
PAUSE & REFLECT In their reflection journal, students will describe: Three things you learned in this section Two things you already knew One thing you would like to learn more about SAMPLE
