Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Could you use this song to introduce chat room safety?

Brad Paisely is an amazing musician, composer and performer, and on his recently released CD, 5th gear, is a song called Online.

Aside from a "damn" in the lyrics and a reference to having a 3-way CHAT, this is a fun song that could be used to start a serious discussion about online safety. In this instance, Brad sings about someone who is undertall and overweight and still lives with his parents, yet online he is 6 feet 5, rich, handsome, and lives in Hollywood. (I especially enjoy the marching band arrangement of the song at the very end of the track!)

A teacher could very easily play an excerpt of this song as a lesson starter.

Listen to "Online" by Brad Paisley : http://play.napster.com/track/20529550

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