ITSRG is sponsoring a Tweetup for Earth Day, April 22, 2009 called #GreenPhilly! The Center for the Humanities at Temple - CHAT - is cosponsoring the event.
Here is a list of social media projects showcasing environmental issues for Philadelphia and beyond that will be featured participants sharing content through Twitter for the 24 hour event:
ITSRG is sponsoring an Earth Day Tweetup on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The aim of the event is to raise awareness about environmental issues, actions and research related to Philadelphia, PA.
The event is being organized with Temple University researchers, students enrolled in Environmental Studies Senior Seminar course who have developed social media projects this semester, with Philadelphia area environmental researchers, advocates, and citizens and with animal activists on Twitter.
The event will begin at 12 am on Aprill 22 and continue for 24 hours. Prime Tweetup hours are from 8 pm- Midnight on the evening of April 22. We will post a schedule of activities that will comprise the Tweetup on this blog, along with a list of environmental social media projects developed at Temple University.
There are two Twtvites available to mark your interest:
For the past three semesters, I have engaged students at Temple University from the Department of Geography and Urban Studies to use and develop social media resources that reflect their understanding of core concepts and inquiry themes introduced in their courses. Learning activities related to the use of social media have been designed and to provide students with an opportunity reflect the understanding they have gained through using specific online tools to conduct descriptive analysis, apply what they have learned to specific cases and examples and to share data and original content they have developed.
During the coming weeks ITSpace will showcase many of the student works that have been developed through this approach. We will culminate the series with a Tweetup Event to mark Earth Day 2009, which falls on April 22. If you would like to participate in the Tweetup, please add your name to our invitation, located here.
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