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Be Funky is a web 2.0 application that lets students take any picture and transform it into a cartoon or a sketch. How to integrate Be Funky into the classroom:

recent findings from a longitudinal study of high school-age students challenges these notions, suggesting that youth who pursue their interests online are more likely to be engaged in civic issues.

The study found that spending time in online communities appears to promote engagement with broader society.

It also found that youth are not simply participating in online political discussions that become simply echo chambers that fail to expose them to diverse perspectives. Only 5% of youth reported that they were exposed only to political views they agreed with online. More damning, perhaps - 34% said they didn't encounter any political perspectives online at all.