5 digital literacy-and_citizenshipdef - an overview

““2121stst CENTURY EUROPEAN CLASSROOMS” CENTURY EUROPEAN CLASSROOMS”

6th MEETING – NAPLES – IIS VITTORIO EMANUELE II

Digital Literacy for e-CitizensDigital Literacy for e-Citizens

Digital Society and New CitizensDigital Society and New Citizens

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The massive penetration of ICT in social and economic acting has generated virtual societies whose citizens are digital natives and immigrants.


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Digital Natives were born in digital world. Technology is integral part of their life.

Digital Immigrants were born in pre-digital era and they have adopted the use of technological devices.


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Digital Natives and Immigrants massively use social networks and social

media, generating huge amounts of data and a sort of collective storytelling.

Digital Society and New CitizensDigital Society and New CitizensWe can imagine this storytelling like a digital “epos”, where characters are the

digital identities that everyone exports to Internet, living the virtual life.

In this scenario, the role of digital literacy becomes strategic because it allows

to express yourself in social environments and to access.

Digital Literacy and self-determinationDigital Literacy and self-determination

Digital Literacy should also supports the self-determination of the digital person, fostering the right behavior of the e-citizen in the virtual community of belonging.

Who is a Digital Citizen?Who is a Digital Citizen?

is a confident and capable user of ICT uses ICT to participate in educational, cultural, and economic

activities uses and develops critical thinking skills in cyberspace is literate in the language, symbols, and texts of ICT is aware of ICT challenges and can manage them effectively uses ICT to relate to others in positive, meaningful ways demonstrates ethical behaviour in use of ICT respects the concepts of privacy and freedom of speech in a digital

world contributes and actively promotes the values of digital citizenship.

What is Digital Citizenship?What is Digital Citizenship?

“The quality of habits, actions and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.” (Terry Heick)

In Digital Society

democratic participation is comparable to accesshindered by technological ad cultural DIGITAL DIVIDE

EU Digital DivideEU Digital DivideDESI 2016 The Digital Economy & Society Index by European CommissionThe Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) is an index that summarises relevant indicators

on Europe’s digital performance and tracks the evolution of EU member states in digital competitiveness.

EU Digital DivideEU Digital DivideThe Digital Economy&Society Index is structured around five principal

dimensions :

1 Connectivity (broadband infrastructure)

2 Human Capital measures the skills needed to take advantage of the opportunities offered by a digital society. Such skills go from basic user, skills that enable individuals to interact online and consume digital goods and services, to advanced skills that empower the workforce to take advantage of technology for enhanced productivity and economic growth.

3 Use of Internet (activities performed by citizens already online)

4 Integration of Digital Technology (digitisation of business)

5 Digital Public Services (digitisation of public services)

EU Digital DivideEU Digital Divide

Improvement in the DESI score was mostly driven by the Connectivity and Integration of Digital Technology dimension.

Developments in Digital Public Services and Human Capital is stagnated this year.


http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-384_en.htm

The DESI2016 has been presentated 25th February by EU Commission and about the action needed to reach the most digitalised countries in the world (Japan, the USA and South Korea) the EU as a whole needs to significantly improve in order to lead on the global stage.




About Human Capital dimension Digital Skills to be improved.

While the number of science, technology and mathematics (STEM) graduates has slightly increased in the EU, almost half of Europeans (45%) don’t have basic digital skills (using a mailbox, editing tools or installing new devices).

Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, declared that: “The Commission will address digital skills and training as part of the upcoming EU Skills Agenda later this year.”


EU approach is focused on a social and economical point of view...

regards workers, consumers, citizens

WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUG PEOPLE?WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUG PEOPLE?

DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLEDIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

An italian research by the University of Milano-Bicocca - Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics, Psychology and Social Sciences (September 2013) debunks the myth of spontaneous ICT skills of digital natives . Young people use devices that

connect through app and don't perceive the Internet as a basic infrastructure.

The research shows that without a driven path (school, training etc.) there aren't correlations between digital skills and learning processes. For young people, ICT companies are evolving a prosperous market of devices, but their use is sterile.

DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLEDIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

In details, the research analyses a survey about the use of New Media between 5327 students of high schools in north of Italy.

The largest deficits, highlighted by the Research, are: critical recognition of web addresses awareness of the web trade mechanisms the evaluation of the level of reliability of the content.

The digital divide among young people isn't functional but cultural.

DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLEDIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLEWe said before that in the digital society

democratic participation is comparable to access

so if in scholastic curriculum

you teach to students to be active and aware citizens

you also have to foster critical thinking teaching elements of

Some stakeholders have been active in bringing forward resources, standards and/or guidelines for the inclusion of digital literacy curriculum, intended to prepare children to be responsible citizens in the digital world. Let's have a look at some of these.

Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational concept

(http://www.core-ed.org)

CORE Education provides resources and professional development aimed at supporting teachers as they implement digital citizenship curriculum in the classroom.

CORE identifies a distinction between global, digital, and cyber citizenship as distinct aspects of digital citizenship:

Global ICTs can help us to understand and to explore our place in the global marketplace, and what it means to be a global citizen

Digital the ability to work with and be confident with digital technologies defines a digital citizen

Cyber a cybercitizen is one who accepts and understands the rights and responsibilities of inhabiting cyberspace, including issues of online safety etc.

This distinction between global, digital and cyber citizenship highlights the variety of issues present when attempting to address digital citizenship.

http://www.core-ed.org/

Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational conceptInternational Society for Technology in Education (http://www.iste.org)

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is an organization whose goal is to promote "excellence in learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology."

ISTE produces a set of educational standards, called NETS, that address the use of technology in the K-12 classroom. ISTE's NETS have been adopted by a number of school boards around the world.

NETS addresses digital citizenship, as well as five other components including creativity & innovation; communication & collaboration; research & information fluency; critical thinking, problem solving & decision making; and technology operations & concepts.

http://www.iste.org/

Mike Ribble, who is considered one of the leading expert on digital citizenship, argues that most of times, digital literacy in schools address “do's and don'ts” of technology, without further explanation about “why and how" .

He asserts that these approaches "fail to teach students how to become productive members of the new digital society," and "can easily be outdated in a time of such rapid technological change."

He advocates that the best approach for teaching the responsibility and safety of technology is to provide an "adaptable digital citizenship program integrated in the curriculum and taught in context while using technology with students," and is "more conducive to lifelong learning". (Ribble, Digital Citizenship in Schools) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qKYItuees

Digital citizenship as an educational Digital citizenship as an educational conceptconcept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qKYItuees


http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/FUTL06/FUTL06.pdf

“Developing digital literacy in the classroom sees students becoming more independent in their learning. As they are supported to find and select information for themselves, to communicate their learning, to express their creativity and to think critically about the affordances of digital technology, students are recast from passive recipients of information to active meaning-makers, working with their teachers to codesign and personalise their learning. “

“Digital literacy is also a social process of meaning-making that takes place with and in relation to others. If digital literacy prepares students to take an active part in their education and in social, cultural, economic, political and intellectual life, then the ability to work with others is paramount”

http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/FUTL06/FUTL06.pdf

Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational conceptCommon Sense K-12 Digital Citizenship in Connected Society Curriculum a free program that empowers students to think critically and make informed choices about how they live and treat others in digital world.The Curriculum is based on the research of Howard Gardner and the GoodPlay Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequence

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequence

Learning to DO + Learning to BE =Learning to DO + Learning to BE =

DIGITAL CITIZEN OF 21DIGITAL CITIZEN OF 21stst CENTURY CENTURY

This is the context of thoughts and suggestions that we propose as ideal horizon

of the theme of this mobility and for the related section of the notebook

“Any technological innovation can be dangerous, too: the fire has been dangerous from the beginning, and even more language;

it can be said that both are still dangerous today, but no man could be complete without fire and without the word.”

Isaac Asimov

Thanks for your attention -Lisa Somma