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Verified 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 CitizenshipWatchworthy Wednesday: About Frederick Douglass
Have you seen the Frederick Douglass memes all over social media? They mostly take aim at President Donald J. Trump for his brief comment on the first day of Black History Month...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipThe Importance of Imagination: An Invitation
Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times recently quoted President Obama as he reflected on his Secret to Surviving the White House Years: Books. “At a time,” Obama says, “when so much...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Digital LearningWatchworthy Wednesday: Podcast Examines Human Rights Data Analysis
“Data is always lying to you… but, we can fix it, sometimes, maybe.” That’s how Patrick Ball, director of research for the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, opens his podcast, “Understanding Patterns...
Category: Digital CitizenshipAnxious about the widespread consumption and spread of propaganda and fake news during this year’s election cycle, many progressives are calling for an increased commitment to media literacy programs. Others are clamoring...
Category: Digital CitizenshipHow Brazilians Practice Crap Detection
Howard Rheingold says in “Net Smart” (2012) that we all should practice media literacies while online, especially when using social media. With all the issues involving fake news, it seems that critical...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipWatchworthy Wednesday: What Does Miami Sound Like?
For 100 days, Jan. 31-May 12, residents of Miami can contribute their own sound and video clips to the New World Symphony (NWS), America’s Orchestral Academy, as part of Project 305. The project will...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital CitizenshipFake News: Not Your Main Problem
This headline may sound shocking, but I truly understand the urgent need to develop digital literacies in response to the fake news phenomenon. But, let me tell you, I live in Egypt,...
Categories: Critical Perspectives, Digital CitizenshipWhat World of Warcraft Teaches About Misinformation
A recent study from Stanford University cited that 82 percent of middle schoolers can’t distinguish between an ad labeled “sponsored news” and a real news story. The authors of the study cited that...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, ResearchWatchworthy Wednesday: Survey Analyzes Plugged-in Parents
While 8- to 18-year-olds are clocking in lots of screen time, their parents are doing the same if not more, according to a new survey, measuring parental media use. The study by...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, ResearchExploring 3 Models of Digital Literacy
The New Media Consortium, the group behind the annual Horizon reports on the impact of technology on learning, has produced a short report on digital literacy. The report is based on a...
Category: Digital CitizenshipToward a Pedagogy of Repair and Care
Note: This is the introduction to a four-part mini-series that looks at a growing dissonance between the politics that we espouse in our classes and the realities that our students observe in...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: Gratitude Increases Well-being
As Americans gather to celebrate Thanksgiving Day tomorrow, people around the globe can take part in giving thanks through free online projects that aim to boost well-being and resilience year-round. Crowd-Sourced Gratitude...
Category: Digital CitizenshipThe Importance of Imagination, Part 1
On the morning after election day, I tweeted: https://twitter.com/MiaZamoraPhD/status/796324255684296704 Shocked, exhausted, and profoundly heartbroken, I knew to meet the day with the universal mandate for good parenting: to serve as my children’s...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Digital LearningWatchworthy Wednesday: How to Make Digital Civic Change
The Youth and Participatory Politics Research Network has debuted a new website, featuring its “Action Frame” — 10 questions designed to guide young people on how to make civic change in this...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital Citizenship
