Earlier this month, Common Sense Media released its report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences. The report describes research conducted by veteran digital youth researcher Victoria Rideout and Common Sense...
Category: Digital CitizenshipDigital Citizenship
How Important Is Digital Literacy?
How important is digital literacy in the classroom? When you consider that every student today must learn to be responsible for how they use technology to interact with the world around them,...
Category: Digital CitizenshipAmplifying Student Voice Through Digital Resources, Part 2
“Our stories that we tell are so powerful because when we are the one’s telling it, we have control over our stories and the messages that we are sending.” — Alejandra Ramirez...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeFrom the Streets to the Archives, Part 3
Editor’s note: This is the third part of a three-part post featuring the fourth interview in a multi-part series with participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities Conference. The series...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityBlack Code Studies 101, Part 2
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part post featuring the fourth interview in a multi-part series with participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities Conference. The series...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityRethinking Black Digital Literacy, Part 1
Editor's note: This is the first part of a three-part post featuring the fourth interview in a multi-part series with participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities Conference. The series...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityCreativity is Fundamental for Lifelong Learning
Creativity is for everyone, according to Mitchel Resnick, the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, where he directs the Lifelong Kindergarten research group. “It’s...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeMedia and Civic Engagement: Growing Youth Enthusiasm
Democracy is not just about choosing your own leaders. Democracy can only take root in a population that is free enough and educated enough to discuss issues, form public opinion, and influence...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipTaking Control of Digital Identity
My college freshmen, all 84, are deep into a study of digital cultures and digital literacies as we head toward Week 4 of our semester. I designed this first-year comp class so...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeParenting in the Age of Screen Time
Setting screen time rules isn’t simple, but Anya Kamenetz’ new book, “The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life,” aims to help parents moderate technology...
Category: Digital CitizenshipDigitally Improving Historical Knowledge
This is the second part in a multi-part series about participants in the Race, Memory, and the Digital Humanities conference. This series features public intellectuals discussing digital literacy issues. “Colored Conventions: Bringing...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityFostering Democratic Dialogue with Digital Annotation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3WGKOpQg0E As a professor at a public, land-grant institution, I consider it my sacred responsibility to produce and share knowledge that directly benefits the communities I have the honor to serve. As...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWatchworthy Wednesday: Lessons on Digital Citizenship
Digital citizenship, according to Common Sense Media, is “a way of thinking critically online, being safe with your information and who you connect with and acting responsibly in how you communicate and...
Category: Digital CitizenshipThe Importance of Student Privacy in Big Data
I’ve written in the past about understanding the Terms of sites you are asking students to use and been interviewed about the implications of social media in classes. This year, one of...
Category: Digital CitizenshipReflections on Youth Efficacy in the Twist Fate Challenge
I think the Twist Fate Challenge is AMAZING….It gives young writers a chance to expand their imaginations. (Simone)* Sometimes the only thing separating a hero from a villain is a curious twist...
Categories: Connected Learning, Digital Citizenship
