Better Connected: How Girls Are Using Social Media for Good
About this ebook
- This book profiles girls who are using social media to make change for the better, while offering the opportunity to talk about the dangers of online interactions and how to practice good digital citizenship.
- Gives girls the practical tools (and inspiration) to create positive online experiences.
- Speaks to the reality of online experience for girls today. In Canada, one in four kids owns a cell phone by grade four. The average American child receives a cell phone at age 10. Half of 7th graders and 80% of teens have their own social media accounts.
- Better Connected explores themes of internet safety, feminism, diversity, intersectionality, education for girls in developing countries and community.
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi has written many books on social justice and technology topics for young readers and co-wrote this book with her teenage daughter Julia.
About the author
Tanya Lloyd Kyi is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and young adults. She often writes about science, history, and activism. Tanya's recent titles include Our Green City, What Will I Discover? and Bompa's Insect Expedition, co-written with David Suzuki. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Julia Kyi is a student and youth activist. Julia is an avid user of Instagram and a believer in the power of social media to make positive change. She is a co-founder of The Daily Feminist, an organization that offers resources and workshops for feminist education. She’s planning to complete a social justice degree before applying to law school. Julia lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Vivian Rosas is a Toronto based queer Mestizx/Latinx multidisciplinary artist who seeks to explore themes of feminism, empowerment and diversity within her work. Her goal is to create imagery that expresses a sense of inclusiveness for underrepresented communities. Her practices include illustration, murals and dance.
