The social media response to the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake has been fascinating. I’d like to know more so I’m appealing for people to help with their experiences of social media, its usefulness, how informative it was (or not) etc, during this event. What can we learn?
If you are willing to help, please fill out the form at http://moourl.com/eqnzstudy. Thank you!
From a contact in New Zealand:
You may want to check the following
Hi all,
In response to Christchurch’s recent earthquake Jill Hammonds has started a
wiki @ http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/
This is designed to be a truly interactive collaborative teaching and
learning opportunity!
From the wiki creator Jill Hammonds: “Over the next weeks we hope this will
be a place where schools, students, experts and other interested people from
around the world will come and share their ideas and experiences around
earthquakes. This is a collaborative project opportunity, and the
collaboration extends out to helping me design the inquiry and the wiki
site. Please click on Edit on any of the pages and contribute your thoughts
and ideas. ”
I have already contributed a couple of English specific strategies with
links to related resources from English Online:
http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/Share+ideas
And Tessa Gray has set up a great social challenge here:
http://earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/Make+a+difference
This is a great opportunity to participate in an exciting and and important
project. It is entirely open and public which means anyone can edit the site
- so feel free to add your ideas or use it with your students.
Be sure to pass this on to any colleagues from other subject areas that may
also be interested in contributing!
Cheers
Claire
Gave you a mention on National Radio’s Nine to Noon today!
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20100909-1135-New_Technology_correspondent_Nigel_Horrocks-048.mp3
regards Nigel