The document discusses the rapid growth of social networking over the last decade and how it has impacted education. It notes key milestones in the growth of social networking profiles reaching over 1 billion users. It states that current students are digital natives who grew up in a 24/7 connected culture. It acknowledges both the new challenges and possibilities that this digital world presents for education. It provides statistics on how teens use technology and social media. It poses the question of how educators can create teaching and learning tools that are relevant for this digital native generation.

2. for your students,
it has been the
rapid growth of
the social web
over the last
decade.

3. fyi
check this out:

4. >
1
Million
social
networking
profiles

5. 25
Million
social
networking
profiles

6. 75
Million
social
networking
profiles

7. 175
Million
social
networking
profiles

8. 600
Million
social
networking
profiles

9. 1
Billion
social
networking
profiles

10. 1
Billion
if your students are in high school or younger,
they grew up in a 24-7 connected culture

11. 1
Billion
you are educating the first generation of
digital natives

12. and it’s a whole new world…

13. Wit h new challenges
nothing is private
it’s easy to be
mean
runaway digital
with new challenges footprint

14. And endless poss
ibilities
it’s all about your
story
it’s easy to be an
upstander
everyone can
with new challenges
create and share

15. And endless poss
ibilities
it’s all about your
story
it’s easy to be an
upstander
everyone can
with new challenges
create and share

16. these digital changes are changing
who they are…
…and it’s not all bad.

17. 62%
of teens go online to get news
about current events or politics.

18. the real time ge
neration

19. 38%
share original content online

20. the create & sha
re
generation

21. 76%
have commented on a friend’s
blog.

22. edback
the constant fe
ge neration

23. How can we
the real time ge
create
neration
teaching
and
the create & share learning
generation tools that
are relevant
the constant feedback to this
generation
generation?

24. MAKE IT
POP!

25. s in pop
find your theme
culture

26. TEXT IT IN!

27. …and
vote
on
wheth
er
other
stories
describe
health
y
or
unhealthy
rela@onsh
ips
here…
rela@onship
teens
submit
their
stories
here…
ce
here
ive
advi
..and
can
g

28. SET YOUR MIND
TO THE
“CREATE/SHARE”
STATION.

30. VISIT THESE WEBSITES
startstrongteens.org
hkupwithrespect.com
girlvsgame.tumblr.com

31. kate
reilly,
mph
kreilly@sojournerri.org
@kategalloreilly
@hkupwithrespect