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Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Pros And Cons Of A YouTube Democracy

Here is an NPR story about President Obama planning to start on Monday to answer questions submitted via YouTube as part of a project called Citizen Tube. The story points out that "YouTube democracy" isn't without its problems, there are always questions about UFOs and the price of marijauna mixed in with valuable questions about health care and the economy. Clay Johnson of the Sunlight Foundation talks about effect of integrating social media into the democratic process.
This is a really macro scale of what can happen in schools. Is it valuable?

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