PowerPoetry.org is the world's first and largest mobile/online poetry community for youth. Our motto is "if you don't learn to write your own life story, someone else will write it for you."

1. IF YOU DON’T LEARN TO WRITE YOUR OWN LIFE
STORY, SOMEONE ELSE WILL WRITE IT FOR YOU.
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2. TEENS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
95% of all U.S. youth have access to internet.
74% Have access via mobile device.
1 in 4 are “cell-mostly” internet users—often
low-income youth.
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Sources: Pew Research Center, 2013. http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-
Tech.aspx
World Bank, 2012. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.P2/countries

3. YOUTH LIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA…
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Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/facebook-texting-teens-instagram-snapchat-most-
popular-social-network/373043/

4. …BUT TEXTING RULES!
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Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/03/19/teens-smartphones-texting/

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TEENS ARE READING AND WRITING MORE THAN EVER
Today’s youth read and write with digital
technologies: blogs, texts/SMS, apps and social
media.
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WRITING MORE DOESN’T MEAN WRITING WELL
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics, 2011.
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/main2011/2012470.asp#section1

7. POETRY REBORN IN THE DIGITAL AGE
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8. POETRY BUILDS LITERACY SKILLS
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 Expand oral and written
vocabulary
Build reading fluency
 Increase oral
communication skills
 Motivate youth to write
more
 Provide social-emotional
learning and support
Source: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/hughes.pdf

9. READING AND WRITING IN REAL TIME
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What happens when you combine digital technologies,
social impact, and literacy building?
Source: ADD SOURCE

10. INTRODUCING POWERPOTRY.ORG
Largest online/mobile site for teens and poetry
in the U.S. launched in April 2012.
+160 countries reached
+185,000 Poems
+188,000 Poets
+130,000 Monthly Traffic
+30% Mobile Traffic
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11. WRITE YOUR OWN LIFE STORY
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12. PROMOTING EMPOWERED LITERACY
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Social impact leveraged as a tool for learning
and engagement

13. POETRY FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
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“Dear Earth/forgive our hands/and hearts for
taking/without permission.”
Mary Anne Rojas
Social Impact Guides inspire poets to move from writing
about issues to taking action in their communities and
beyond.

14. SLAMS ON SOCIAL
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Digital poetry slams respond to current events like the
Boston shootings, #IamJada, #BringBackOurGirls and
Ferguson.

15. SOCIAL IMPACT MEETS SOCIAL LEARNING
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16. WRITING TIPS AND INSPIRATION
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 Over 60 poetry writing Tip Guides
 25 Action Guides that link poetry to social impact

17. WRITING TIPS AND INSPIRATION
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How to Write an Ode (55, 700 views per month)
How to Write Spoken Word Poetry (25,500 views per
month) How to Write a Ballad (23,500 views per month)
How to Write a Love Poem (20,400 views per month)
How to Write a Rap (13,200 per month)

18. DIGITAL POETRY IN THE CLASSROOM
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19. DIGITAL WRITING AND READING
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 Technology that promotes creative writing and
editing, and digital literacy

20. SUPER POETS
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21. WHERE OUR POETS LIVE
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22. TIME SPENT WRITING
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 32% of writing sessions were between 10 and 30 minutes
 25% of writing sessions were between 3 and 10 minutes
 18% of writing sessions were longer than 30 minutes
Source: Google Analytics: August 2014

23. PROMOTING READING
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 Poems, Tip Guides, Digital Slams and Action
Guides written by youth for youth

24. TIP GUIDES ON YOUTUBE
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25. READING AND WRITING ON SOCIAL
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 Active on social to meet
teens where they are
 Promote social sharing
of poems, Tips, videos
and other poetic
resources

26. THE POETICS OF (BIG) DATA
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Exploring the literacy-building potential of digital
poetry with non-profit SumAll.org

27. POETRY, LITERACY, DATA
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Our initial research suggests a positive correlation
between using Power Poetry and building literacy
skills—but much more work needs to be done.

28. OUR ROOTS
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Power Poetry inspired by in-school writing program
Power Writers and documentary film To Be Heard.

29. 2015—AND BEYOND!
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 Build community
 Increase engagement
Empower and inspire
literacy

30. FIND OUT MORE
WWW.POWERPOETRY.ORG
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