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- 1. Read, Write,Act : Social Networking for Social Change TIES 2008 Scott Schwister [email_address]
2. What comes after Web 2.0?
- Web 1.0
- Web 2.0
- Web 3.0
- Read-only
- Read-write
- Read-write- act
3. Digital Youth Project Released November 2008 4. HANGING AROUND
- Youth use online media to extend friendships and interests.
5. MESSING AROUND
- Youth engage in peer-based, self-directed learning online.
6. GEEKING OUT
- Youth turn to specialized knowledge groups with the goal of improving their craft and gaining reputation among expert peers.
7. Geeking out? Really?
- Yep. Really.
- Feedback and learning.
- Reputation and recognition.
- Adults are not necessarily the resident experts.
- Adult-youth relationship: co-conspirators
8. Friendship-drivenvs.Interest-driven 9. Social action as geeking out? SocializingSocial Action 10. A new face of activism
- The idea of real-world change is the most important factor overlooked by critics of social media. The goal of cause-related social media is not to limit awareness to the online world but to use the platform as a tool to reach the masses.
- Naomi Hirabayashi,Memo to Our Parents: We Do Care
11. Millennial activists are
- "Young people, ages 15-29, who practice a nascent model of civic participation that combines immersion in social causes, idealism, digital fluency.
- Allison Fine
12. Millennials Changing America
- Alex Steeds cross-country tour
- Goal of project is to paint a comprehensive and diverse picture of what millennial activists think, look like, and how they function.
13. What does social action look like? Write a letter. Hold a food drive. Sign a petition. Donate to a charity. Tutor a student. Organize a poster campaign. 14. Whatcouldsocial action look like? Write ablog post . Promotea food driveon Facebook. Sign a petitiononline . Donate to a charityvia a ChipIn widget. Tutor a studentthrough DoSomething.org . Organize aYouTube PSAcampaign. 15. Cause-oriented social networking sites
- Change.org
- DoSomething
- Causecast
- FacebookCauses
- SocialVibe
16. Wait a minute. Socialization = Social Action 17. More cause-oriented sites
- Protect the Human- Amnesty Intentional
- Idealist
- Taking IT Global
- iEARN
- WiserEarth
- zyOzy
- Global Youth Action Network
- The Point
- NetSquared
18. Widget activism 19. Student-teacher projects 20. Project Global Cooling
- Raising awareness about climate change through student-organized Earth Day concerts, video PSAs, blogs, and other creative work.
- 2008: Seoul, Melbourne, Honolulu, Bangkok, Beijing, Santo Domingo.
- Brainchild ofClayBurell
21. 22. Project Global Cooling
- Project Global Cooling site
- Melbourne Ustream
- BangkokUstream
23. Life Round Here
- Cross-cultural awareness
- Global collaboration with multiple schools
- 2007 project
- Participation open for2009 project
- Brainchild ofChris Craft
24. Students for Barack Obama
- Civic engagement
- SFBO website
25. Team Shift Happens on Kiva
- Kiva- social entrepreneurship and microlending to alleviate poverty
- KarlFisch : Give until it feels good.
- Team Shift Happenson Kiva
- ThePay It ForwardChallenge
- Lend $25
- Send a gift certificate or two to a friend
- Spread the word
26. Implications for educators
- Adults should facilitate young peoples engagement with digital media.
- Adults have a role to play in interest-driven learning as models and peers.
- Educational institutions need to keep pace.
27. Final thoughts
- Teachers can facilitate projects in which students engage in social action.
- Cause-oriented social networks represent a new way to connect students to others who share their interests.
- Old-school networking still works to find and create classroom collaborations.
- To fully understand interest-driven networked learning, we need to beco -conspirators engaged in pedagogy of collegiality. We need to be part of the network.
28. Whats next?
- JoinReadWriteActon Ning
- Resources, links, peers
- Grouped by cause
- What are your ideas?
29. Thanks to Alec Couros for sharingsocial justice resources , and Clay Burell for planting the 3.0 seed. 30. Contact Scott Schwister [email_address]