Youth Voices: where students share, distribute and discuss their digital work online
Description
In particular, check out http://youthvoices.net/curriculum
This looks like the premier youth empowerment site for schools I've found so far. How could your school benefit? Assign your class the task of participating in a particular thread? Here are some of the calls to action from the home page:
CONNECT
We invite you to join or log in to our social network for youth voices, where students and teachers work together (see Curriculum and Guides) to create student-to-student conversations and collaborations.
COMMENT
Be heard. This is a place for you to engage in discussions. To find something that you may want to comment on:
- choose one of the New/Current Discussions
- consider the Popular Discussions, the ones with the most comments
- browse by Topics
CREATE
Be known. Show who you are through your creativity and scholarship. At Youth Voices you can post updates many times each day on the microblog, What's up? And you can use your cell phone to post audio. You can also create, revise, and polish three types of Discussions:
Reviewer: Bram Moreinis
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| Account Information: Full Name | ||
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Bram Moreinis | Springs Public School |
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Richard Kassissieh | Catlin Gabel School |
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Gus Austin | Drupal Kata |
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Kieran Mathieson | Oakland University |
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Kyle Mathews | Brigham Young University |