"Look, listen, live," declares Operation Lifesaver in this railroad warning. Whew. I'll say. David Armano, one of our Age of Conversation co-authors, offers this show-n-tell of Twitter media used to report on the scene when witnessing a 17-year old rescue an elderly woman from the train tracks, captured in 'citizen journalism' style. Aside from being a refreshingly … [Read more...]
Woohoo! Who’s in Drew’s conga line? Our Age of Conversation social media project to benefit Variety, the Children’s Charity has reached our $10,000 goal in less than 2 months time! Drew and Gavin have single-handedly united us in purpose and promise for the children, leveraging the power and perspective of social media to show us how we can merge social … [Read more...]
There’s a clever animated send up of media moments making the rounds called “Internet People,” created by cartoonist Dan Meth (yes, that's his real name, poor guy) with music by Micah Frank (and featuring the horn section of Bruce Kapler and Al Chez from Paul Schafer's CBS Orchestra on David Letterman's Late Show). The funniest thing about Internet People … [Read more...]
When the media and marketing machine work in positive ways to trigger youth enthusiasm, it can skyrocket into a global phenom in a heartbeat. We’ve seen movements take hold and spread like wildfire using the internet as fuel. From disaster relief like ICare and Humanlink to teen blogging projects and virtual videos (Global Kids' amazing year long after-school machinima … [Read more...]
(Math Doesn't Suck debut: 2007) Shaping Youth is all about using the power of media for positive change, so we’re excited to launch a brand new monthly column focusing on people who are impacting kids favorably! That's right, positive role models for negative times to try to shift the equation.We’ll be sharing this feature each month with YPulse readers, and encourage you to … [Read more...]
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