21st Century Skills - A New Way of Thinking

With all of the new technology our youth have at their disposal, they are capable of organizing, communicating, and behaving in ways that we would never have imagined.  People today can organize rallies and protests more efficiently and effectively than ever.  Take the following video for instance: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/10/school-administrators-never-saw-it.html.  This administrators had no idea what was coming!  The 21st century way of organizing and communicating can be a great thing or a horrible thing. For the person who started the texts about the immigration laws and for all of the 50,000 students who protested it was great. People can use this power to bring about change and justice, but they can also use it to destroy others and humiliate them. That's why it is more important than ever to educate students on the importance of being responsible and the consequences of using this for a bad cause and perhaps even how to cope.  Like it or not, this is a reality and we better be prepared for it!