Plan - FCP Video

SO my tentative plan for my video will be as follows. My video is going to focus on Breast Cancer Awareness and what different people are doing in the PLE's, ie: Schools, neighborhoods and towns, and Social Networking, ie: Facebook and groups that work actively. Then I will move on to the website set up by a lady called Susan G Komen. She has an entire website that is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness and has ways to help and create awareness. She is a social entrepreneur that has helped create a trend for a social cause.

I will begin by making slides that shows :

1. Video title and my name
   
2. Pictures of PINK DAY at QA
3. Video & Pics of *outsourced video*
4. Facebook & groups
5. Susan G Komen for the Cure - http://ww5.komen.org/

I also chose a pink background for my slides.

SCRIPT for the VIDEO:

Personal Learning Environments are areas and systems where students, or any person, can effectively learn in an organized manner. PLE's are present all around us. The school you go to, the office you work in, the neighborhood or town you live in.

There are various social causes in this world and they are all equally important. This video will be focusing on Breast Cancer Awareness as October happened to be Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer is a disease that is increasing day by day. However, more efforts are being done by people worldwide. It is causes like this that unite the world as one humanity.

We can all do a small bit to help towards Breast Cancer Awareness. In October, my school, Qatar Academy, stepped up and decided to help make a difference. All students were requested to wear PINK on a particular day to help support the cause. It wasn't mandatory but it was extremely inspiring to see almost all the students and teachers dress in pink. Each person had to pay about QR 5 - 10 Riyals for the cause. Our schools are our PLE's and my school helped teach us values and support this important cause. I'm not being sexist but boys were equally enthusiastic and boldly dressed in PINK too!

It's not only few of us from one part of the world but there were runs and charity sales conducted all over the world. One such fundraiser was organized in a town in Australia. As you can see, the entire town actively participated to support the social cause. **VIDEO**

Most teenagers are obsessed with Facebook or Myspace! But, it's not a bad thing. There are a lot of active groups that support social causes and a lot that help create awareness about Breast Cancer. You can see the different groups and the large number of members that are part of these groups. It's that one small click (to join) that can make a big difference, so take that first step and help support Breast Cancer Awareness!

There are some very special people in this world that go an extra mile and decide to led us. These people that help a social cause and are the pillar of this cause are called Social Entrepreneurs. I am focusing on one such woman, Susan G Komen. Although she is no longer, the Susan G Komen organization was set up in her memory to support Breast Cancer Awareness. Susan G Komen was a women from Illinois who was diagnosed with Breat Cancer at the age of 33 and died 3 years later. Her sister, Nancy Brinker, believed she could have lived if she had known about her disease and due to a promise made to her sister, set up this organization. The organization's main aim is to 'end breast cancer forever'. This NGO (Non Govermental Organization) is the largest Breast Cancer charity in the United States. This organization, as you can see, has an extremely detaile website and have different ways that each one of us can contribute to help this social cause. We can donate, sign up for charities, fundraisers and walks and just be aware (read about the disease and inform as many as possible).

Breast Cancer is a fast growing disease but in the recent years many lives have been saved due to efforts made by different people worldwide to increase awareness about it. We may not be very rich or powerful but what we do have is a heart. We can feel for people. And this is the first step of help. Once we are aware, we can do small things that can in fact make a big difference. I, Naintara Viswanath, did my part by donating QR 10 to a foundation and wearing pink to school. What will you do?