This week we had to watch a very inspiring TED TALK video about a little girl named Martha who made a difference....

We have found ourselves another Martha Stewart... except she is 9 years old and merely began with taking pictures of her lunch. A girl from Scotland , named Martha, has made a difference. Basically Martha starts taking pictures of her lunch and starts a blog of her lunch and starts rating her lunches. People start sending pictures of their lunches to Martha and she keeps getting more attention. She even gets to go on a cooking show and talks about the quality of school lunches. Eventually she creates such an awareness that she starts a group called "Martha's Meals" and starts helping those (schools) who need more health awareness and nutritional information for their everyday health and wellness. This video really emphasized  how technology can help our world and how it enables us to be linked across the world. The role of technology in Martha's life made it possible for her to help others .

Essentially this video is telling us there are many Martha's in this world, so many young people that now have the outlet to make a difference. Perhaps we need to stop putting our entire focus on cyber bullying or sexting and just help our students realise they have the ability to make change. The presenter in this TED TALK said it perfectly:
               "If we want more Marthas we need to get rid of our fear and control of what our students are                         doing and focus on empowerment. We need our in school environments to be technology based                    places, give them access and advice and let them create!"

Honestly, take a second to think about it... How could you make a change? In what ways could you use technology to change something or affect someone in your life or furthermore in our world?