Hi, all, I'm posting for Howard Rheingold (The Virtual Community, Smart Mobs):
I'm writing a chapter for a book about youth and civic engagement. I'm concentrating on how to teach young people (loosely defined, from around 12-20) to use participatory media such as blogs, wikis, podcasts (also tagging, RSS, digital video) in a way that increases civic engagement. That is, I'm specifically interested in the use in classrooms or settings outside the classroom in which young people use participatory media to advocate, debate, deliberate, and organize civic/political action.
Do you have examples? Can I quote you? If you do have something to contribute, please provide all the information I need to cite you properly (name of teacher, institution, age of youth involved, location, etc.)
I am creating a wiki that will be a public resource, offering assistance to educators inside and outside schools who want to teach the use of participatory media in a way that encourages civic engagement. I will make the wiki public in a couple months, but if you want an invitation to the wiki while it is still behind a password, let me know.
Thank you for your time. I'm hoping that your examples will encourage and assist others. Please email me directly at howard@rheingold.com.
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