Saturday, October 6, 2012

Chapter 4.1: Online Collaboration Projects

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Dear all, Sorry It has been awhile after the last post! I wanted to share something else after this post! Something during the long break! ;) So stay tuned for it! 

 For the sad tragedy of last week, once again I wish all the passed away rest in peace and all the injured get well soon.

Back to our topic! This week I am going to show you some examples of collaborative project! In Chapter 4.1 I am going to show you the "it gets better" project


I once found this out project because one of my favorite pop singers Adam Lambert posted on his twitter. It was this video below of him talking about the project and how we can help make a difference by joining this campaign. The campaign is about helping to fight against any bullying to LGBT kids, and what we do can help to prevent the suicide of LGBT kids because of the bullying from other people. To help make a difference, support them to be proud of their identity and be who they are!


I was touched by the video at the moment, even I am not part of the LGBT
(If all of you don't know already, it represents Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) group

I was thinking even I cannot do a lot for the community, because it all started in America and I was in Hong Kong, which is quite far to reach. But why not? Why not just try to join the campaign? I started sharing about the project and post them on facebook and twitter. Ask all of friends to join the project and ask them to spread the words as well.

The project is very effective, more people joining the project. Not only the general public but also some famous public figure like President Obama, Hilary Clinton. Designer Michael Kors, speakers from The World Bank and United States Senate.

People start posting their thoughts and video response to the website, the videos are grouped into lists for the same category just like the photos below.


The benefit for collaboration work is everyone gets involved and are willing to share their work to everyone, it helps spread the words and get more people involved in the end. Online collaboration project works very well for global issues because internet has no boundaries, you don't need to travel to another country to share the news. For instance, you can post your thoughts and videos on this blog and share to everyone in the rest of the world. No cost, no time difference, this is also the most beneficial point of using the new media.

I hope this is not a long post for all of you, and if you have time and interested to get involved, do your pledge on www.itgetsbetter.org 

Most Importantly, Be PROUD of who you are! After all no one should judge you!
Cheers
Jennie

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1 comments:

I like your post! It's great to see people collaborate to make something so meaningful. The Internet has definitely encouraged people to do more collaborative works creatively. With your example of LGBT, it indeed serves a good example of how collaborative work can contribute to the society. Also with the spreading on the Internet, more people can join the event and help out a bit.

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