1. A National Initiative for Social Participation Ben Shneiderman ben@cs.umd.edu Founding Director (1983-2000), Human-Computer Interaction Lab Professor, Department of Computer Science Member, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

2. Design Issues Input devices & strategies Keyboards, pointing devices, voice Direct manipulation Menus, forms, commands Output devices & formats Screens, windows, color, sound Text, tables, graphics Instructions, messages, help Collaboration & Social Media Help, tutorials, training Search & Visualization www.awl.com/DTUI Fifth Edition: March 2009

3. 911.Gov article in Science (Feb. 16, 2007) www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/911gov Shneiderman & Preece, Science (Feb. 16, 2007) www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/911gov

4. Wikipedia

5. Encyclopedia of Life

6. Abducted Children www.ncmec.org www.missingkids.com www.amberalert.gov

7. Earthquakes & Storms earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi weather.kimt.com

8. Wildfires

10. Local incidents watchjeffersoncounty.net

11. Wildfires

12. Disaster Response: Gov’t, NGOs, victims www.sahana.lk sourceforge.net/projects/sahana/

13. Coordinating Professionals reliefweb.int

14. Connected Giving katrinahelp.info citizenactionteam.org (Torrey et al., HICSS2008)

15. Connected Giving http://www.katrinasangels.org

16. Reader Contributor Collaborator ` All Users From Reader to Leader: Motivating Technology-Mediated Social Participation Preece & Shneiderman, AIS Trans. On Human-Computer Interaction1 (1), July 2009) http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/vol1/iss1/5/ Leader

17. A National Initiative for Social Participation Turning playful, discretionary social media dealing with national priorities: Disaster Response Healthcare Energy sustainability Environmental preservation Community safety Business innovation Life-long Learning Etc. Science 319 (March 13, 2009), 1426-1427. www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pdf_extract/323/5920/1426

18. A National Initiative for Social Participation White paper outlining action by: Federal & local governments Universities & schools Corporations & NGOs Research Agenda Compelling national priorities Deep scientific questions Computer science challenges

19. A National Initiative for Social Participation April 28 th meeting Promoting NSF interest Engaging with DC policy community Getting industry support Shifting academic priorities

20. UN Millennium Development Goals Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a global partnership for development To be achieved by 2015

21. Road ahead Much work to be done Difficult to attain all our goals But we can make important contributions Shift public policy National Initiative for Social Participation

22. 26 th Annual Symposium May 28-29, 2009 www.cs.umd.edu/hcil