real life literacy akla 2015 miriam gilbert director, rosen digital rosendigital.com & digital...
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Real Life Literacy
AkLA 2015
Miriam GilbertDirector, Rosen Digital
rosendigital.com
&Digital Citizenship
Why is it important?
PLAGIARISM
COPYRIGHT
PRIVACY
SAFETY
BULLYING
IMAGE
CITATIONS
COMMUNICATION
RELATIONSHIPS
SOURCES
ACCURATE
RELIABLE
REPUTATION
Why is it important?• How can I convince my friend that he mistook the tone of my e-mail
without him getting even angrier?
• Where can I turn if my computer or cell phone is hacked?
• How can I support someone who’s being cyberbullied without becoming
a victim myself?
• If Wikipedia is an unreliable source, why is it so popular?
• Why can musicians create mashups of different songs but I can’t use
paragraphs from different articles to write a paper?
• Will government legislation limit what I can do on the Internet?
• What does it mean to have a digital footprint?
How can we help?
The THREE “P”s:
POSITIVITY PRIVACY PRECISION
Positivity
POSITIVITY is all-encompassing!
In your interactions:Consider others (COURTESY)Be honest (ETHICS)Think about the impact (RESPONSIBILITY)
The Cyberbullying EpidemicPositivity
Credit: https://www.facebook.com/ImNotAfraid2012
What kind of impact will your words have?
The Cyberbullying EpidemicPositivity
Credit: http://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cyberbullying.jpg
What kind of impact will your words have?
Where to Turn:
Positivity
• Free Resources CyberTipline Stopbullying.gov Cybersmile.org StompOutBullying.org
• Share Your Own Experience Personal Story Project Teen Health & Wellness
Where to Turn:
PositivityTeen Health & Wellness database provides hotlines as well as opportunities to share your own experience through the Personal Story Project.
Where to Turn:
PositivityCyberSmarts and Teen CyberSmarts Interactive eBooks provide a safe, controlled environment to learn how to make smart choices while developing an online presence. They also cover important topics such as cyberbullying, online privacy, and more.
Check out this intro video to learn more!
Should I Share This?Positivity
Credit: http://www.socialf5.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/teens-and-social-media.jpg
• What are you doing?• What are you saying?• What image are you
presenting?
• Should I be doing this?• Would I say this in front of my
parents/teachers?• Is this going to embarrass me in a
year?
Look at What You’re Sharing… And Ask Yourself…
Your online presence is an extension of YOU—make sure that you present yourself well!
THINK before you SHARE.
Positivity
Credit: http://www.technologyrocksseriously.com/2012/01/before-you-speak-think-again.html
PrivacyHow Private IS Your Profile?
Privacy
Protecting Your Privacy
• Your current location• Where you go to school• Where you work• Your birthday• Your cell phone number• Your activities and plans• Any online passwords
Your full name and address aren’t the only things that can identify you!
THINK before you share:
Credit: http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/foursquare-swarm/
How Clean is Your Digital Footprint?Privacy
Credit: http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/2014/11/clean_digital_footprint/
What you share is there to stay!
Privacy
The Key is to Educate!
• Common Sense Media• CyberSmarts & Teen
CyberSmarts (more here!)• Digital Literacy• Internet DOs and DON’Ts• Cornell University Digital Literac
y Resource• Just Think• Internet Society• Knowledge at Wharton H.S.
Informative Resources:
PrivacyThe Key is to Educate!
Digital Literacy database:
Contains a wealth of articles to inform users how to navigate the online world safely and effectively.
Precision
Information Overload!
143 million results!!
Precision
Questionable accuracy?
No matter what your source is, it’s important to be able to evaluate how trustworthy it is. For research, often government, academic, foundation, or museum websites can be relied upon for accurate information.
Credit: http://www.commondreams.org/views/2013/09/28/brian-williams-iran-propaganda
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Precision
Understanding the Resources We Use
This video on our Digital Literacy database busts common research myths and provides tips on how to conduct better research online. Students will learn useful tips to: jumpstart research projects and papers; avoid phony facts; and recognize bias and hype.
Precision
Why Plagiarism & Copyright Matter
Credit: http://digitalliteracy.rosendigital.com/article/443/plagiarism
Nineteen-year-old Kaavya Viswanathan had a stellar start to a writing career with the publication of her first book, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. Her career as an author crashed, though, when it came out she’d “borrowed” the words of many other writers in writing her own novel.No excuses could save her work or her reputation.
PrecisionInspiration or Imitation?
Know the Difference!
Credits: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/BOOKS/Pix/pictures/2013/Plagiarism-010.jpghttp://sshl.ucsd.edu/plagiarism_old/whentreenew.PNG
• Plagiarism.org• What is Plagiarism? Digital Literacy• Copyright and Digital Ethics Digital Literacy• Student Guide: The Ultimate Plagiarism
Resource• Purdue OWL: Avoiding Plagiarism
Digital Citizenship is Essential!
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/51650726949933213/
T.H.I.N.K.
And don’t forget to…
Credit: http://www.technologyrocksseriously.com/2012/01/before-you-speak-think-again.html
