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Watchworthy 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 CitizenshipThe Need for Frank Discussions About Digital Identity, Trust
I have been writing profiles of core members of the design team working on developing the Center for Solutions to Online Violence over the course of the past year and have been...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWatchworthy Wednesday: PBS Mentors Future Journalists
Students at three Los Angeles area high schools this coming school year will be tackling questions about media literacy, work retraining and youth movements as part of a PBS NewsHour video reporting...
Category: Digital CitizenshipDigital Citizenship in Children’s Books
I recently received a gift package from Alan Levine, a friend from Arizona. Two of my favorite items from the package are ones that I think are sort of gifts for my...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipAre Digital Literacies Generic or Context-specific?
I was recently asked by Sally Pewhairangi whether I thought digital literacies could be taught as generic skills, out of any particular context, and whether they would then transfer. When I was...
Category: Digital CitizenshipScreen Time for Kids: Getting the Balance Right
From digital homework platforms to extended video chats with friends, from remote working to family WhatsApp groups, there are infinite ways that digital media are becoming integrated into both children’s and parents’...
Category: Digital CitizenshipThe most recent series of the popular conspiracy drama “Homeland” features a shadow intelligence agency dedicated to producing and circulating fake news and computational propaganda via fake social media user accounts. Run...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWatchworthy Wednesday: Google Scientist Tells How Tech Affects Learning
When his daughter was studying linguistics, Daniel M. Russell observed her reading a book on Turkish grammar while connected to her earbuds, listening to Turkish news on an online app. “She was...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWatchworthy Wednesday: The Importance of Media Literacy in Partisan Times
“It’s crucial that we cultivate students’ ability to judge the credibility of online political content and build their commitment to carefully assessing such content.” — Joseph Kahne and Benjamin Bowyer Taken from...
Category: Digital CitizenshipWhen Social Media Assignments Increase Risks for Vulnerable Students
Editor's note: The following is a discussion between Data & Society Research Institute researchers Monica Bulger and Mikaela Pitcan and Jade Davis, associate director of Digital Learning Projects at LaGuardia Community College. In...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Digital LearningThe Trouble with ‘Screen Time Rules’
“Screen time,” as ever, is a hot topic for academics, policy folk and for parents. There’s a seemingly endless debate about how much is too much, or indeed (as we’ve argued) whether...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EdtechSafely Guiding Students on Learning Journey
I remember the first year I started teaching. It was exhilarating and confusing and led me to a mini-existential crisis of sorts that I imagine often when you walk into a class...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeVerified and Fake: Identity, Fear and SLAM School
The Paradox of Verification A mundane media literacy concept specific to Twitter is the fact that the blue checkmark on individuals’ profiles means that they have been “verified.” Ostensibly, the statements funneled...
Category: Digital Citizenship
