08.+M-Will+Richardson

Will Richardson has been called "The Blogfather."

How can we use social networking to help our kids save the(ir) world?

Starting with a video: [|Bow drill set.] Inquiry-based learning in a very public way- no ego, he just really wants to find out how to do it correctly.

eSchool News- Louisiana targets student-teacher communication= all electronic communication between them outside of school must be reported.

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Kids don't need us to help them socialize but they do need us to teach them how to collaborate.

[|Blessed Unrest] by Paul Hawken. How the Largest Social Movement in History is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World [|Ecological Intelligence] by [|Daniel Goleman]. How Knowing the Iidden impacts of what we buy can change everything [|Here Comes Everybody] by Clay Shirky. The Power of organizing without Organizations. [|Tribes] by Seth Godin. We Need YOU to lead us.

[|The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See]

Ryan's Well Foundation 25 Days to make a difference blog morphed into

Kids are changing the world via social networking already. They haven't been waiting for us to teach them this. However, there are a lot of kids who don't know that they can do this. They DO know how to post stupid pictures and use secret text code. In order to make kids more activist and wanting to green the world, we need to have curriculum to support it.

[|NCTE- The Definition of 21st Century Literacies]

The article [|"Betraying the Planet"] in the New York Times contradicts what is written in the Wall Street Journal's online article [|"The Climate Change Climate Change."] Who to believe? Is someone wrong? Is it a nuance that we're missing?

"We need a shared intelligence that grows through the contribution of individuals who advance that understanding and spread it among the rest of us." - Daniel Goleman

If you want to get a sense of how information is changing, take a look at [|Diigo]; a place to read socially and construct meaning online.

[|GoodGuide]- Find Safe, healthy and green products. Rates them socially, environmentally and in relation to one's health. "Of course, there's now an app for that." And I ended up adding 5 free apps to my iPod....ADOSS (just ask Brian Van Dyck).

Daniel Goleman says: 1. Know your impacts. 2. Favor improvements 3. Share what you learn.

Ontario Ministry of Education: (makes me proud to be from Toronto!)

Sprout. It's an e-course designed for aspiring social innovators and environmental entrpreneurs who want to grow their project ideas.

[|Michael Wesch's video] on how the machine is (changing) us. He makes the comment toward the end. "These are not statements of fact; they are ultimately calls to action."

"Leadership is a choice. It's the choice to not do nothing." Seth Godin