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Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie

Are We Manipulating Images Or Are Images Manipulating Us?

Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie

BBC

Education

4.8957 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Greg and Bella are back with a another slightly terrifying Computing lesson from Mrs Cunningham-Smith, this time looking at how much we can trust our own eyes.

They'll share their own favourite photos of each other; open the history books for a glimpse at one of the earliest examples of catfishing and find out which incredibly famous photo of a US President is actually a fake; they'll talk about the modern dangers of deepfakes, and find out how filters and retouching can lead to dysmorphia; and they'll discuss the lengths they go to for the perfect selfie.

Bad students of all ages are welcome. Expect brilliant teachers, captivating subjects but absolutely no homework.

Get in touch with your funny school stories - email us at teachme@bbc.co.uk

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:05.0

By the end of this podcast, we're going to answer the question,

0:08.0

are we manipulating images or are the images manipulating us?

0:13.0

O M G because like, we're so like filtering the images,

0:17.0

but are the images like then filtering us

0:19.0

and then we're like getting a warped view of what we're like, O M G.

0:23.3

You're so deep, Greg James.

0:25.9

I really am. I'm Bella Mackie and I'm Greg James and this is Teach Me a Lesson. We believe that learning shouldn't end when school does so we've spent months hunting out the most inspirational teachers across the

0:44.0

UK and asking them to teach us their favorite lessons.

0:47.4

This is term too.

0:48.7

The whole of last term is up on BBC sounds and we've learned a lot, a hell of a lot.

0:53.0

Today's lesson is computing and we're joined by one of our favorite teachers from last term.

0:57.5

I know everyone says that but she really was one of my favorite teachers from the last term.

1:01.0

Viral legend and she told us to say that, Mrs. Cunningham Smith.

1:05.4

Or Mrs. C.S. you and me, or to Greg, she is the assistant head teacher of G-Faps in Gloucester.

1:13.0

Big up G-Faps!

1:16.0

Here to introduce her is the shortest person Mrs. C.S. Knows, her former colleague Heather.

1:22.0

Hi Greg and Bella, this is Heather, Nicky's ex-colleague and one of her long standing friends.

1:28.0

I started teaching with Nicky in Swindon a long time ago and she was so competitive so she'd always be trying to show me up in the

1:36.4

talent shows she was an absolutely outstanding synchronised skipper and she just

1:41.7

absolutely whooped our butt at that.

1:43.7

If she covered my lesson, they'd be laughing, they'd be engaged, because she is an all-round

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