How I eased into rewriting a memo about my thesis from the comfortable spot of a reflective blog entry…
It’s February school vacation this week. I know this, because sitting across from me on my morning bus commute is a foursome of teenage girls. Even though I’m rocking tunes from my iPhone and ruminating about morning meetings, they catch my eye.
One girl with red hair and pale skin is wearing Ugs, another is wearing a hijab with a pink sweatshirt and Converse sneakers. Surprisingly, it’s not their fashion or cultural variety that holds my attention—it’s the moment they all whip out a variety of cells phones and start typing away while chatting aloud. When one girl giggles about this new song she loves, she whips out an iPod and two the girls share the earbuds to listen, while browsing the web on an iPhone to find photos of the artist. They exchange numbers and plot how they’ll spend their day.
Could I tap their ease and enthusiasm around media technology to engage them in making a change? Or how could I incorporate this activism into their school or out-of-school activities?
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