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]