National Current Events

This week we were learn about Current Events. For this activity we had links to four different news sites. from each news article we read, we had to go onto google maps, and locate where these events were happening . We also had to figure out if these news article's: Timeliness, Relevance, Magnitude, Unexpectedness, Impact, Reference to someone famous or important, Oddity, Conflict, Reference to something Negative, Continuity, Emotions, Progress.

Exploring our National current events

News editors make decisions everyday about which current events stories they will run.
We explored the different types of current events that are happening in NZ, thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map. An example would be the Christchurch mosque attack is Impact, Emotions and Magnitude.