Here’s a story from USAToday, just shared by Deneen Frazier Bowen, in one of her personae.
Students use the Internet to help Darfur – USATODAY.com:
High school students Nick Anderson and Ana Slavin of Gill, Mass., knew they could raise some money at their school to help the people of Darfur. But they knew they could raise a lot more by enlisting the help of high school students all over the country. They didn’t have friends at every school, but they did have a powerful tool for reaching out to young people — social networking sites.
Sussman, Beth. “Students use the Internet to help Darfur.” USAToday. Jun 2007. 25 Jun 2007 <http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-06-12-darfurstudents_N.htm>.
It’s interesting how web 2.0 can be used to raise awareness. So myspace isn’t all bad! This past week I walked into a 10th grade History class. The class was submitting final projects. I saw about 40 or 50 shoe boxes with messages for social change. Dafur was a topic a lot of students were presenting. They used wikipedia and other web sources for research. The missing piece? Sharing their ideas on the web. Unfortunately, they were producing for an audience of ONE (their teacher). I’ll share this post with that teacher. Perhaps it will give her ideas for next semester.