Transforming Youth From Social Media

Consumers to Creators

Did You Know 4.0

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, August 18-September 14, 2009 Tracking Survey. N=2,253 adults, 18 and older, including 560 cell phone interviews. Margin of error is

±2%. For more information, please visit http://pewinternet.org

Please note that prior to our January 2005 survey, the question used to identify internet users read, “Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive email?” The current two-part question wording reads, “Do you use the internet,

at least occasionally?” and “Do you send or receive email, at least occasionally?”

Who’s online? The demographics of online adultsBelow is the percentage of each group who use the internet, according to our September 2009 survey. As an

example, 76% of adult women use the internet.

Source: Pew Internet Project Teen/ParentSurvey on Writing, Sept.-Nov 2007

http://pewinternet.org

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project. Survey conducted Nov. 2007-Feb. 2008.

See "Teens, Video Games and Civics" (2008), available at http://pewinternet.org

38% of youth in families earning over $75,000 are creating content online compared with 13% of youth in families earning less than $30,000

creating a 3:1 difference

The affect of income on content creation

Comics

Video

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Video Editing

iMovie

Google maps

Website Creation

Bitstrips(Not Just Dog Treats Anymore!)

More about Bitstrips

Two Flavors: Bitstrips and Bitstrips for Schools

Bitstrips: Public, Free

Bitstrips for Schools: Private Network, Fee-based

Bitstrips Activity

Create a bitstrip about adults & teens having a misunderstanding around technology

Share the link to your Bitstrip on the shared Etherpad doc

Xtranormal

Flip Camera

Google Maps

VoiceThread

Tashawna’s Voicethread

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Next Steps

Thank You!