Engaging Digital Natives in the Study of Social Studies,With 21st Century Web Tools,Have you been paying attention?,http:/www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=32ed853c0b6f7ee5aaa6,This isnt just SciFi anymore . . .,The evolution of a connected society,Second Life,http:/secondlife.com/,Second Life,Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today 7/21/2007 is inhabited by a total of 8,250,937 people from around the globe. FYI Since I first presented SL in March 2007, 4 million new users joined,Is Second Life for “Real”?,In October 2006, Reuters opened a news bureau in Second Life,http:/secondlife.reuters.com/,Reuters in Second Life,http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSmZAqL6tQ,Just How Real is Second Life?,Data from: http:/secondlife.reuters.com/,Education in Second Life,Over 70 colleges have created virtual networks with Second Life Harvard Law - CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion Ball State, Central Missouri State, Pepperdine, University of Tennessee, Bradley University, and many more,Education in Second Life,http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGR9q43dag,The University Experience Transformed,http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA,Educational Applications,Exploring new tools and techniques for information and scientific visualization Presenting, promoting, and selling content to a broad online audience Collaborating and communicating in real time between multiple participants Researching new concepts/products Training and educating in virtual classrooms,http:/secondlife.com/businesseducation/,Second Life Under 18 Version,http:/teen.secondlife.com/,Learn More about SL and Education,http:/www.denblogs.com/secondlife/,Evolution of Citizenship,Democracy 2.0,Campaign 08 on Second Life,Feb. 14, 2007 John Edwards was the first presidential candidate to set up shop in Second Life Jerimee Richir (a.k.a. Jose Rote) is the SL volunteer campaign manager,John Edwards Announces His Candidacy on YouTube,Application of Viral Video,http:/www.youtube.com/members?s=po&g=-1,Evolution of Digital Citizenship - YouTube,http:/www.youtube.com/debates,Evolution of Digital Citizenship - YouTube,MySpace - Impact,http:/impact.myspace.com/,http:/myspace.com/hillaryclinton,http:/myspace.com/hillaryclinton,First Social Networking Campaign,http:/my.barackobama.com/,http:/www.myspace.com/barackobama,My Space,http:/www.myspace.com/barackobama,My Space,Implications . . .,What does this mean for democracy? What does all of this mean for our collective definition of citizenship? If this is the emerging reality, how can we prepare our students to be participatory and responsible citizens?,CIC eLECTIONS,http:/www.ciconline.org/elections,CIC eLECTIONS,eLECTIONS Supports Meaningful, Memorable Learning Because it is. Accessible: You are on the receiving end of resources and expertise brought together from different parts of the globe just to teach YOU, on your desktop, anywhere, anytime. Available for free wherever there is a high-speed Internet connection. Multisensory: You can see, read, hear and interact with multimedia content -interactivity, video clips, music, text, and excellent graphics.,http:/www.ciconline.org/elections,CIC eLECTIONS,eLECTIONS Supports Meaningful, Memorable Learning Because it is. Content-rich: You can learn for yourself how a presidential campaign works with video footage from CNN news and The History Channel documentaries. Self-directed: In eLECTIONS, the 3-D game platform allows you to make decisions that influence the outcome of the game. You continue to learn and explore fundamental election concepts with the “Digging Deeper“ content all at your own pace.,http:/www.ciconline.org/elections,Web 2.0,The driving technology,Web 1.0 Web 2.0,What does Web 2.0 look like?,Creation, Collaboration, Community Blogs Wikis Podcasts RSS Social Networking Content Tagging,How Businesses Are Using Web 2.0,80% reported the current use of some kind of system that shared their data with their partners on an automated basis 48% claimed that they had some kind of collective intelligence tool in place to allow employees or customers to make collective decisions 47% utilized some kind of peer to peer file sharing 37% made use of some kind of social network 32% initialized blogs for internal or external communication 21% aggregated information by using mash-ups 78% claimed that web services were the Web 2.0 technology/tool most important to their business,How businesses are using Web 2.0: A McKinsey Global Survey July 2007,http:/ubernoggin.com/?p=54,CIOs Want Suites For Web 2.0,Forrester Study March 2007 a large part of the companies using Web 2.0 tools cited a “snow ball” effect in their use - when they began using one tool they saw a clear need for another tool and began integrating it as well blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS, social networking, and content tagging,http:/www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,41797,00.html,