http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/a-fifth-grade-teacher-wanted-to-show-her-students-what-happe
This article explains how a teacher of a fifth grade class was attempting to teach a lesson on what happens when you upload your picture to the Internet, a place where anyone can do anything to it. The lesson proved to be extremely valuable, since in a mere 24 hour time period, the photograph was shared on Facebook over thirteen thousand times, and many people from many countries spanning the globe have made alterations to the photograph, demonstrating the teacher's point exactly.
The series of photoshopped, and altered images began in a mild tone, with simple aspects changed. First the language of the text on the sheet of paper was altered, and slowly the images trickled into the person holding the sheet of paper to be changed. There were some animal face swaps, some radical sign swaps, and of course a series of Nicholas Cage swaps. People became very crafty, demonstrating very obviously to her students that the Internet is a very creative place, however it really is important to be careful what is uploaded to the Internet, because once it's out there, it is almost impossible to get it back with no one seeing it, no one altering it.
I think the idea of this teacher was a very successful one, because within 24 hours she showed all that can happen to one photograph being placed onto the Internet through the social media. I don't think this teacher anticipated quite the response that was gathered, further proving the lesson to be a success. The Internet is a wild and miraculous place, where truly anything can happen.
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