If you watch the video it describes the process of creating a new movement. From being a lone nut, to the first follower, to embracing others who join as equals.
When I first got a twitter account a few years ago, a fellow teacher of mine asked me why I wanted to be a pretentious human being. Tweeting out every though, idea, and letting people know what you are up to was considered to be a bit narcissistic by my colleagues. After watching this video, I have been thinking about my students and how often the instagram images of their world around them, they tweet every minor detail of their lives, they send pictures of their food to let the world know what they eat, they worry about college acceptance, and occasionally send out tweets for help out of ackward situations. This is the first time that the mass populace has been able to contribute to the national conversation, or any large conversation, in a real significant way, as you no longer need to be on telvision to have a voice. So are my students narcissistic (as my former colleague tried to label me), or are they merely grasping at relevance? Personally, I think they are looking for a way to be relevant and contribute something meaningful.
Here are some examples of tweets by teenagers about various situations they experience.
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