How to be critical on the Internet

How should you be critical towards information you find on the internet?


1. First of all, BE CRITICAL!

2. Always check who made the website and who posted the article. 

3. Is the source objektive or subjektive?

4. What is the purpose of the article or the website? 

5. Can you contact the author or the person who made the website?

6. Find other sources that shares the same information, do not just trust in one source.

Nyborg Castle

Nyborg Castle is a very important part of Nyborg. It had its greatness in the middle ages and the king lived here. Nyborg Castle was actually the place where democracy in Denmark was founded. From 1284 many important decisions were made here as part of the Danehof, an early form of parliamentary system. 

We visited the castle on tuesday and here are some of our experiences:

When we got there, they told us briefly about the castle, and they also told us that they are trying to rebuild a lot of the castle and to get the castle in consideration for UNESCO's World Heritage list.

A man told us about the use of weapons as it was back then. It was nothing like the hollywood movies where a fight lasts several minutes. When they were in a fight, a person died after 1 or 2 seconds, also because the swords were so sharp, that they could cut through a skull. 

We also visited the place for executions. Women were not worth enough to get such a nice death, so they were buried alive. The really rich men had their heads cut off instead of being hanged. 

A woman guided us through the rooms and told us about them and their use. 

Politicians on Social Medias

Today there are many options for people to be on social medias, for instants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Many politicians use social medias as a tool to run their campaign, get closer to the voters, show them themselves unofficial in a public room and last but not least to reach for new voters. Here is an example with Barack Obama:

Barack Obama's Facebook-page

Barack Obama's Twitter-page

Barack Obama on YouTube

Hunt Your Fairytale

Wednesday we went to Odense city on a treasure hunt. We needed to find the different sculptures and answer some questions from some of the fairytales written 

by Hans Christian Andersen. 

1. The point of the fairytale "The emperor's new suit'' is that it never turns out well pretending to be something you are not.

2. The woman carry eggs on her head.

3. The name of the fairytale is "The Shepherdess and the Sweep".

4. The name of the fairytale is "The Darning-Needle".

5. Write a rap and include the line "The flying trunk"

Course: Baby if you're down down down down down

Dooooooown, Dooooooown

You should go and see the ancient town

Verse: The town had a watermill

And kinda looked like farmville.

Always doing what they should

Like milking cows or cutting wood

Like a slaughter cows for getting food

But still they we're in great mood,

Course: So Baby if you're down down down down down

Dooooooown, dooooooown

You should go and see the ancient town

Verse: They didn’t have lot,

But they felt they had enough

They didn’t had a lot of junk

Just like the guy in “the flying trunk”.

He flew down to his girl

Through the battlefield of love

He went down to marry the princess

And for him that was enough  

Course: Baby if you’re down down down down down

Dooooooown, dooooooown

You should go and see the ancient town

6. Hans Christian Andersen wrote a very famous quote, 'to travel is to live'. In relation to Comenius the quote might mean that when you travel you change mental and physical. And in the Comenius Project you travel and learn about other lifestyles.  

If you don't get any new experience, don't see new things, don't meet new people, then you are not living, because you have the same routine every day. Thus, by traveling, you therefore see new things and start living. You get more matured, change and learn about different cultures. Therefore, in relation to Comenius, everybody is truly living.

7. Thumbelina married a tiny flower-fairy prince.

8. In the fairytale "The Brave Tin Soldier" the main character is deeply in love with a female dancer.

9. Make a paper boat and decorate it with something symbolizing the main theme in Comenius project: respect. We have chosen to draw a handshake because it symbolizes respect for one another. 

Anders Breivik

Anders Breivik is a perfect example for the subject we are talking about.

Before he did the terroristic action he had put his manifest on the web.

Now everybody is able to read it and that raises the question; “Can this be manipulating to other people?”

The fact is that there are people who say that they feel inspired by his manifest, and that they wish to finish the task.     

Here is a part of Anders Breiviks manifest.

In a lot of countries we have freedom of speech, but has this gone too far?
Ander Breivik was not pleased with invasion of the Muslims.

It is wrong to publish your opinion if it is about killing “innocent” people.

Anders Breivik killed so many people because he thought his way of thinking was the right way.

The conclusion is that political extremism is mainly a selfish way of thinking, because they never consider the other side of the picture. They only focus on their own problems, and what the political consequences of their actions could be.  

Conspiracy Theories on the Internet

A conspiracy theory is a theory that explains an event that claims to be a plot, which is covered by a group or an organization, and been hidden from a big part of the population. A lot of people like to read about conspiracy theories and wonder if they are true or not, that is a big part of why they are so known around the world. People like to share things they read about on the internet with their friends, who might also share them and so on, this way the theories get known worldwide.
Here are 3 examples of known conspiracy theories, where people using the internet and social media to convince others that the happenings in the past might not be true, or they might have a different truth:

•  The Apollo Moon Landing Scam:

There are accusations about the Apollo moon landing being a scam. The conspiracy theory claims that NASA and other organizations have misled the public into believing that the moon landing happened, but in the reality the astronauts did not walk on the moon and that NASA created and are maintaining the scam.People have tried to analyze the pictures from the moon landing and they made some curious discovers, for example there were no stars, the background is identical in all the pictures and the angle and colors of the shadows are inconsistent, which all suggest a painted background and that there was used artificial light.

•  Princess Diana was murdered by the Royal Family:

In 1997 princess Diana of Whales and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were killed in a car accident while they were trying to get away from press photographers in Paris. According to the conspiracy theory the accident was planned because there were some speculations about their relationship (Dodi Fayed was a Muslim and Diana was the mother of the future head of the Church of England), so the royal family were supposed to have them killed in order to prevent a further scandal to the English throne.

•  Holocaust never happened:

Some people deny holocaust, the persecution of Jews in the 1930’s and 1940’s by the Nazis. The denial already started during the World War ll when the Nazis tried to keep the mass murder of Jews in secret. According to the conspiracy theory it just did not happen, they refuse to look at all the evidence and they say that the killing was not ordered by Hitler, so it was not an official politic and the Jews was just deported “east on”.

The Funen Village

The Funen Village is an open-air museum that presents a funen village milieu as it could have appeared in the time of Hans Christian Andersen. It was very interesting to see how the society once was in relation to our days where social media is very central. 

We were given some tasks to answer while exploring the village. 


In task 1 we had to visit Tommerup Præstegård along with Katterød Hospital and Melbyhuset. 

To use a toilet one had to go either outside or to the bedroom. In Tommerup Præstegård there was a toilet inside because they were rather rich and the man of the house was a priest. Katterød Hospital was a poorhouse, which is why they did not have the best facilities. Melbyhuset was a typical little farm, and it was very common to have a toilet outside. 

In task 2 we had to answer the question: 'How many of the houses in the village have half-timbering?'. 

We can surely say that all the houses have half-timbering.

In task 3 we had to think about how they got their water back then. 

They got the water with a pump or a well, as the houses did not have water pipes. If there were neither a pump or a well, they would collect the water from the lake in a bucket. 

In task 4 we had to visit the three mills: Maderup, Davende and Skamby Torup. 

The mill was the most important source of energy to the agricultural section and the energy was used to grind flour. 

Different kinds of power kept the mills running. In Maderup it was wind, in Davende it was water and in Skamby Torup it was horsepower. 

In task 5 we had to visit Vigerslevhuset.
Vigerslevhuset was home to an old man who made wooden shoes. 


In task 6 we had to visit the classroom in Eskær Skole. 

There were room for about 30 students in the classroom and it was heated with a stove.

In task 7 we had the visit the dining room at Fjeldstedgården. 

3 people are sitting around the table and the servants did not have places to sit around the table. They were too busy serving and they were not to sit with the 'fine' people. 
The people sitting at the table are eating oatmeal and bread, a very nutritional meal for people working in the fields.