Social Media & Faith Development. 21st Century Fluency Project. Using Social Media to Stop Slavery - Activist Faith. This week, the US 2011 Trafficking in Persons national report was released. The entire document includes lengthy details regarding the status of human trafficking in nearly every nation of the world, but I mention it here because of one development in which you may have played a part–using social media to stop slavery. The excerpt reads: As shown in the recent events in the Middle East and North Africa, the growing reach of new and social media platforms has empowered grassroots activists with an unprecedented means to disseminate information and foster popular movements.
For a movement such as the fight against modern slavery, which draws much of its strength from grassroots efforts, new media may emerge as powerful tools for identifying victims and bringing their traffickers to justice. It’s easy for us to tell ourselves what we do does not matter, but it does! To see the latest petitions to fight human trafficking at Change.org, go here. How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom. Suzie Boss on Twitter Suzie: Hi, I'm Suzie Boss. I'm a writer and consultant from Portland, Oregon.
It's a Saturday morning in Portland. I'm up and about, and out visiting at a wonderful gallery. Chris Lehmann on Facebook Chris: Hi. I have some rules that I follow. Louise Maine on Wikis Louise: Hi, my name is Louise Maine, and I'm a science teacher at Punxsutawney Area High School in Pennsylvania, and I have a wiki-centric classroom, which is the hub of our lives at school in our classes. Probably one of the biggest frustrations are students overwriting files of other students, and I strongly suggest you have a method of naming images or files before kids try to upload them, it saves a lot of problems. I think one of the biggest suggestions that I can make is to have patience, and that is something I normally don't have, but I really had to learn. And the last is to archive your site.
Jim Moulton on Digital Cameras Jim: Hi. Chris O'Neal on YouTube David Brantley on Nintendo Wii Jim: Oh, hi. Digital & Web - Faith Formation for the 21st Century. Spirituality and Social Media: Where Faith Gets it Wrong. Spirituality and Social Media: Where Faith Gets it Wrong Over the past month, we’ve taken an in depth look at the relationship between ‘spirituality and social media’.
Gavin has taken us on a technological and theological journey – giving us a lot to think about as we continue on our paths toward enlightenment. In this week’s final installment of the series, Gavin discusses society’s dependency on the web, and how spiritual communities are failing to utilize social media to it’s maximum potential. Be sure to visit Gavin on the web at www.gavoweb.com and follow him on twitter: @gavoweb Developing dependency for technology As Matt has mentioned, I love South Park.
In all its raunchiness I feel its social commentary is spot on. The episode goes something like this: The whole world is without the Internet and people don’t know what to do. One of the other crisis’ is Stan’s sister (Shelley) has an online boyfriend whom she cannot talk to through all this. It’s not limited to just podcasts. 4 Ways to Use Storify in the Classroom.