[Air-l] Query on youth, media, and civic engagement

[andrea baker]

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 at rheingold.com.
>>
>>
>>Howard Rheingold
>>howard at rheingold.com
>>www.rheingold.com  www.smartmobs.com
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