Love this site... Note references
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/attention-and-other-21st-century-social-media-literacies
Makes you think about the value of social media and Web 2.0 on learning. Are we paying enough attention to these skills??
Sunday, February 17, 2013
#etmooc questions
Difference btw digital literacy levels....
It's all semantics....
See the official blog for more...
http://etmooc.org/blog/2013/02/17/topic-3-digital-literacy-information-memes-attention/
What does it mean to be digitally literate?
What is the difference between being digital literate and web literate?
How does digital literacy relate to participatory culture?
What digital competencies and skills do your learners demonstrate through their daily use of technology?
What digital competencies and skills are required by our emerging knowledge economy/age?
What are the differences between digital literacy and digital fluency?
What is the role of attention within the spectrum of 21st century literacies?
What are the problems inherent in defining literacy, fluency, skills, and competency today (e.g., using terms like 21st century literacies, digital fluency), and how do these affect curricular development, pedagogy, and the work of teachers and students?
Take up any of these questions, or find and explore others. Let’s take this opportunity to go deep over the next two weeks. We look forward to the conversation!
References
Belshaw, D. (2011). What is “digital literacy”? Durham University. Retrieved from http://neverendingthesis.com/doug-belshaw-edd-thesis-final.pdf
It's all semantics....
See the official blog for more...
http://etmooc.org/blog/2013/02/17/topic-3-digital-literacy-information-memes-attention/
What does it mean to be digitally literate?
What is the difference between being digital literate and web literate?
How does digital literacy relate to participatory culture?
What digital competencies and skills do your learners demonstrate through their daily use of technology?
What digital competencies and skills are required by our emerging knowledge economy/age?
What are the differences between digital literacy and digital fluency?
What is the role of attention within the spectrum of 21st century literacies?
What are the problems inherent in defining literacy, fluency, skills, and competency today (e.g., using terms like 21st century literacies, digital fluency), and how do these affect curricular development, pedagogy, and the work of teachers and students?
Take up any of these questions, or find and explore others. Let’s take this opportunity to go deep over the next two weeks. We look forward to the conversation!
References
Belshaw, D. (2011). What is “digital literacy”? Durham University. Retrieved from http://neverendingthesis.com/doug-belshaw-edd-thesis-final.pdf
Digital Footprints, Social media and developing on line identity
Should we care about kids' identity on - line?? Yep.
Read....
http://m.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2013/0131/Kids-online-Social-media-sites-can-help-develop-identity-study-says
"...some of the data we do have on preteens’ use of social media, according to the report: “Children don’t begin to ‘extend their media habits deeper into the digital realm’ until sometime between the ages of 7 and 9,” the Cooney Center reported in an earlier study, so “an important shift in usage takes place at around age 8″; “about 30% of 3-to-5-year-old children use the Internet on a typical day, compared with about 50% of 6-to-9-year olds” and 47% of 6-year-olds use the Internet on a typical day, compared with 67% of 8-year-olds.
Is it ever too young to explore digital citizenship with young students? Although the whole concept of the "digital native" is greatly debated, we can't ignore the fact that even young students need to learn how to "behave" on-line and become digital citizens. How do we begin teaching primary students about their digital footprint? Check out more on the following blog....
http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/02/22/teaching-childre-about-digital-footprints/
The following information was taken from the Primary Tech Blog
Read....
http://m.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2013/0131/Kids-online-Social-media-sites-can-help-develop-identity-study-says
"...some of the data we do have on preteens’ use of social media, according to the report: “Children don’t begin to ‘extend their media habits deeper into the digital realm’ until sometime between the ages of 7 and 9,” the Cooney Center reported in an earlier study, so “an important shift in usage takes place at around age 8″; “about 30% of 3-to-5-year-old children use the Internet on a typical day, compared with about 50% of 6-to-9-year olds” and 47% of 6-year-olds use the Internet on a typical day, compared with 67% of 8-year-olds.
Is it ever too young to explore digital citizenship with young students? Although the whole concept of the "digital native" is greatly debated, we can't ignore the fact that even young students need to learn how to "behave" on-line and become digital citizens. How do we begin teaching primary students about their digital footprint? Check out more on the following blog....
http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/02/22/teaching-childre-about-digital-footprints/
The following information was taken from the Primary Tech Blog
Teaching Children About Digital Footprints
As we have introduced a 1:1 netbook program in grade four at my school, we are focussing on helping the students learn how to use their new devices to their full potential.
We have been doing some work on internet safety, and this week have been looking at digital footprints.
Not one of the 54 students in my double class knew what the term meant before we delved deeper.
Wikipedia describes a digital footprint as:
“…a trail left by interactions in a digital environment; including the use of TV,mobile phone, the internet and other devices and sensors.”
Unfortunately, I’ve come across a number of resources which only focus on the negatives of digital footprints and promote a culture of fear.
The message I like to promote is that we should protect our digital footprints and try to ensure that they are positive. Encouraging students to avoid posting or doing anything online just seems counter productive.
I’ve often wondered if having no digital footprint at all is almost as bad as having a negative one. This is something Chris Betcher has written aboutbefore.
Four years ago Chris said:
“I can see a day in the not too distant future … where your ‘digital footprint’ will carry far more weight than anything you might include in a resume or CV.”
Perhaps that day has come?
“The Internet can be a dangerous place for the unwary, particularly children. A person’s ‘digital footprint’ can be as easy to follow as their real footprints. “
I’m not denying that the internet can be a dangerous place, but so can the street. The internet can also be a wonderful place and this shouldn’t be forgotten.
I think it’s important to ensure a balance by teaching about the dangers of a negative or revealing digital footprint, while also promoting the benefits of a positive digital footprint.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who cringes when I see teachers creating digital footprints that could be harmful to their own reputation (eg. on Facebook). Perhaps underestimating the public nature of the internet is a widespread problem.
Another scenario that I’ve observed fairly regularly is teachers not having a digital footprint at all. These issues are worrisome to me when thinking about the need for digital footprints to be discussed in classrooms.
If this article is to be believed, 92% of children under two already have a digital footprint. I think this shows how important education around digital footprints is.
We have been doing some work on internet safety, and this week have been looking at digital footprints.
Not one of the 54 students in my double class knew what the term meant before we delved deeper.
Wikipedia describes a digital footprint as:
“…a trail left by interactions in a digital environment; including the use of TV,mobile phone, the internet and other devices and sensors.”
Unfortunately, I’ve come across a number of resources which only focus on the negatives of digital footprints and promote a culture of fear.
The message I like to promote is that we should protect our digital footprints and try to ensure that they are positive. Encouraging students to avoid posting or doing anything online just seems counter productive.
I’ve often wondered if having no digital footprint at all is almost as bad as having a negative one. This is something Chris Betcher has written aboutbefore.
Four years ago Chris said:
“I can see a day in the not too distant future … where your ‘digital footprint’ will carry far more weight than anything you might include in a resume or CV.”
Perhaps that day has come?
***
Alarmingly, even government sites like the Victorian Better Health channel begins their article on internet safety with a scary image of the term digital footprint:“The Internet can be a dangerous place for the unwary, particularly children. A person’s ‘digital footprint’ can be as easy to follow as their real footprints. “
I’m not denying that the internet can be a dangerous place, but so can the street. The internet can also be a wonderful place and this shouldn’t be forgotten.
I think it’s important to ensure a balance by teaching about the dangers of a negative or revealing digital footprint, while also promoting the benefits of a positive digital footprint.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who cringes when I see teachers creating digital footprints that could be harmful to their own reputation (eg. on Facebook). Perhaps underestimating the public nature of the internet is a widespread problem.
Another scenario that I’ve observed fairly regularly is teachers not having a digital footprint at all. These issues are worrisome to me when thinking about the need for digital footprints to be discussed in classrooms.
If this article is to be believed, 92% of children under two already have a digital footprint. I think this shows how important education around digital footprints is.
So what do students need to know about digital footprints?
- the internet is a public space with a large audience
- digital footprints can be searched or shared
- once online, things can be there forever
- you should always think before you post online
- you should keep certain personal details private
- individuals can take control of their digital footprints
- digital footprints can be helpful or harmful to reputations
Resources for teaching about digital footprints:
- Follow the Digital Trail: a Common Sense Media lesson for lower primary students
- Trillion Dollar Footprint: a Common Sense Media lesson for upper primary/lower secondary students
- Managing Your Digital Footprint with Year 8: lesson ideas and videos from Jenny Luca
- Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English: Common Craft video
Difference between digital literacy and fluency
Read this link to a blog post, to understand the difference between digital literacy and fluency
http://www.socialens.com/blog/2011/02/05/the-difference-between-digital-literacy-and-digital-fluency/
Literacy and fluency* have to do with our ability to use a technology to achieve a desired outcome in a situation using the technologies that are available to us. This applies to our ability to use a hammer, nails and wood to build the house that we intend to build:
..and it applies to our ability to use digital technologies to have the intended positive effect on people and situations:
Note that a literate person is perfectly capable of using the tools. They know how to use them and what to do with them, but the outcome is less likely to match their intention. It is not until that person reaches a level of fluency, however, that they are comfortable with when to use the tools to achieve the desired outcome, and even why the tools they are using are likely to have the desired outcome at all.
*For the sake of simplicity, we have boiled all of this down to three levels of skill, and have given them what we think are easy-to-understand names. Other words for these two levels are transactional (literacy) and transformational (fluency). For those of you who are looking for deeper explanations of the things that a person goes through in learning such things, you may want to look at the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition, and the conscious competence model (origin unclear).
Educause article on levels of digital literacy ... Read...
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/attention-and-other-21st-century-social-media-literacies
http://www.socialens.com/blog/2011/02/05/the-difference-between-digital-literacy-and-digital-fluency/
Literacy and fluency* have to do with our ability to use a technology to achieve a desired outcome in a situation using the technologies that are available to us. This applies to our ability to use a hammer, nails and wood to build the house that we intend to build:
..and it applies to our ability to use digital technologies to have the intended positive effect on people and situations:
Note that a literate person is perfectly capable of using the tools. They know how to use them and what to do with them, but the outcome is less likely to match their intention. It is not until that person reaches a level of fluency, however, that they are comfortable with when to use the tools to achieve the desired outcome, and even why the tools they are using are likely to have the desired outcome at all.
*For the sake of simplicity, we have boiled all of this down to three levels of skill, and have given them what we think are easy-to-understand names. Other words for these two levels are transactional (literacy) and transformational (fluency). For those of you who are looking for deeper explanations of the things that a person goes through in learning such things, you may want to look at the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition, and the conscious competence model (origin unclear).
Educause article on levels of digital literacy ... Read...
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/attention-and-other-21st-century-social-media-literacies
New trends in higher learning
Key trends in higher level learning from NMC report... Via Edudemic...
http://edudemic.com/2013/02/6-technologies-that-will-change-higher-education/
Key Trends – 2013
Openness — concepts like open content, open data, and open resources, along with notions of transparency and easy access to data and information — is becoming a value.
Massively open online courses are being widely explored as alternatives and supplements to traditional university courses.
The workforce demands skills from college graduates that are more often acquired from informal learning experiences than in universities.
There is an increasing interest in using new sources of data for personalizing the learning experience and for performance measurement.
The role of educators continues to change due to the vast resources that are accessible to students via the Internet.
NMC Report
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed
http://edudemic.com/2013/02/6-technologies-that-will-change-higher-education/
Key Trends – 2013
Openness — concepts like open content, open data, and open resources, along with notions of transparency and easy access to data and information — is becoming a value.
Massively open online courses are being widely explored as alternatives and supplements to traditional university courses.
The workforce demands skills from college graduates that are more often acquired from informal learning experiences than in universities.
There is an increasing interest in using new sources of data for personalizing the learning experience and for performance measurement.
The role of educators continues to change due to the vast resources that are accessible to students via the Internet.
NMC Report
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed
Social media and student learning
How social media can help students - all info from edudemic
http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/social-media.png
A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be.
However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it’s not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. As younger generations use such technology in the classroom, they remake the educational landscape.
Students are experiencing the world through more than just books and assignments; they are learning and adapting to the world using a relatively new form of communication. In a world where connections are important, graduates are coming into the workplace with a lot to offer.
But what exactly are they learning? Read on to find out.
Connections
Social media networks are designed for the purpose of communal connections. Today’s students are accessing Facebook, Twitter and even Instagram to connect and share with those around them. One of the most interesting things about social media is that users can interact and engage with each other solely through a Web presence, perhaps never even meeting in person.
Web engagement
Whether they are sharing personal pictures, links to other sites or even commenting on someone’s post, students engage, stretching beyond social interaction purposes alone. Students use social media day in and day out to interact with their peers and even teachers about class-related subjects. In a world where online engagement is important for businesses, these students are becoming experts at developing a sense of Internet presence. Not only do they know how to interact with others on the internet, they know how to use basic and even complex functions in order to do so.
Knowledge
Social media users share among themselves day in and day out, giving and receiving information at rapid speeds. This information is more than funny cat videos; they share views and opinions; tips, tricks, and even DIY projects; and, among students, helpful information for classes. Their ability to assess, analyze, retain and share information is skyrocketing and they often don’t even realize they’re developing these skills. Only people born before the Internet was invented are likely to understand the magnitude of this new style of communication.
Social Media Marketing
The advent and dominance of social media has created a new breed of marketing, which has required professionals to build and further the field. As social media users join the workforce, they bring their skills to their careers. Social media prepares young workers to become great marketers. It has become essential for major businesses to include a social media marketing strategy and students today are the people filling these positions.
While older generations might not completely understand or agree with the amount of social media activity by today’s student population, they will quickly benefit from it. As technology advances, so does the way the world works with it. Members of the young workforce are keeping up to speed with many forms of social media. Once you get a proper social media marketing strategy locked in, you’ll be grateful for the recent graduate you’ve hired to carry out the details.
http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/social-media.png
A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be.
However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it’s not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. As younger generations use such technology in the classroom, they remake the educational landscape.
Students are experiencing the world through more than just books and assignments; they are learning and adapting to the world using a relatively new form of communication. In a world where connections are important, graduates are coming into the workplace with a lot to offer.
But what exactly are they learning? Read on to find out.
Connections
Social media networks are designed for the purpose of communal connections. Today’s students are accessing Facebook, Twitter and even Instagram to connect and share with those around them. One of the most interesting things about social media is that users can interact and engage with each other solely through a Web presence, perhaps never even meeting in person.
Web engagement
Whether they are sharing personal pictures, links to other sites or even commenting on someone’s post, students engage, stretching beyond social interaction purposes alone. Students use social media day in and day out to interact with their peers and even teachers about class-related subjects. In a world where online engagement is important for businesses, these students are becoming experts at developing a sense of Internet presence. Not only do they know how to interact with others on the internet, they know how to use basic and even complex functions in order to do so.
Knowledge
Social media users share among themselves day in and day out, giving and receiving information at rapid speeds. This information is more than funny cat videos; they share views and opinions; tips, tricks, and even DIY projects; and, among students, helpful information for classes. Their ability to assess, analyze, retain and share information is skyrocketing and they often don’t even realize they’re developing these skills. Only people born before the Internet was invented are likely to understand the magnitude of this new style of communication.
Social Media Marketing
The advent and dominance of social media has created a new breed of marketing, which has required professionals to build and further the field. As social media users join the workforce, they bring their skills to their careers. Social media prepares young workers to become great marketers. It has become essential for major businesses to include a social media marketing strategy and students today are the people filling these positions.
While older generations might not completely understand or agree with the amount of social media activity by today’s student population, they will quickly benefit from it. As technology advances, so does the way the world works with it. Members of the young workforce are keeping up to speed with many forms of social media. Once you get a proper social media marketing strategy locked in, you’ll be grateful for the recent graduate you’ve hired to carry out the details.
Social media and student learning
How social media can help students - all info from edudemic
http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/social-media.png
A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be.
However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it’s not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. As younger generations use such technology in the classroom, they remake the educational landscape.
Students are experiencing the world through more than just books and assignments; they are learning and adapting to the world using a relatively new form of communication. In a world where connections are important, graduates are coming into the workplace with a lot to offer.
But what exactly are they learning? Read on to find out.
Connections
Social media networks are designed for the purpose of communal connections. Today’s students are accessing Facebook, Twitter and even Instagram to connect and share with those around them. One of the most interesting things about social media is that users can interact and engage with each other solely through a Web presence, perhaps never even meeting in person.
Web engagement
Whether they are sharing personal pictures, links to other sites or even commenting on someone’s post, students engage, stretching beyond social interaction purposes alone. Students use social media day in and day out to interact with their peers and even teachers about class-related subjects. In a world where online engagement is important for businesses, these students are becoming experts at developing a sense of Internet presence. Not only do they know how to interact with others on the internet, they know how to use basic and even complex functions in order to do so.
Knowledge
Social media users share among themselves day in and day out, giving and receiving information at rapid speeds. This information is more than funny cat videos; they share views and opinions; tips, tricks, and even DIY projects; and, among students, helpful information for classes. Their ability to assess, analyze, retain and share information is skyrocketing and they often don’t even realize they’re developing these skills. Only people born before the Internet was invented are likely to understand the magnitude of this new style of communication.
Social Media Marketing
The advent and dominance of social media has created a new breed of marketing, which has required professionals to build and further the field. As social media users join the workforce, they bring their skills to their careers. Social media prepares young workers to become great marketers. It has become essential for major businesses to include a social media marketing strategy and students today are the people filling these positions.
While older generations might not completely understand or agree with the amount of social media activity by today’s student population, they will quickly benefit from it. As technology advances, so does the way the world works with it. Members of the young workforce are keeping up to speed with many forms of social media. Once you get a proper social media marketing strategy locked in, you’ll be grateful for the recent graduate you’ve hired to carry out the details.
http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/social-media.png
A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be.
However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it’s not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. As younger generations use such technology in the classroom, they remake the educational landscape.
Students are experiencing the world through more than just books and assignments; they are learning and adapting to the world using a relatively new form of communication. In a world where connections are important, graduates are coming into the workplace with a lot to offer.
But what exactly are they learning? Read on to find out.
Connections
Social media networks are designed for the purpose of communal connections. Today’s students are accessing Facebook, Twitter and even Instagram to connect and share with those around them. One of the most interesting things about social media is that users can interact and engage with each other solely through a Web presence, perhaps never even meeting in person.
Web engagement
Whether they are sharing personal pictures, links to other sites or even commenting on someone’s post, students engage, stretching beyond social interaction purposes alone. Students use social media day in and day out to interact with their peers and even teachers about class-related subjects. In a world where online engagement is important for businesses, these students are becoming experts at developing a sense of Internet presence. Not only do they know how to interact with others on the internet, they know how to use basic and even complex functions in order to do so.
Knowledge
Social media users share among themselves day in and day out, giving and receiving information at rapid speeds. This information is more than funny cat videos; they share views and opinions; tips, tricks, and even DIY projects; and, among students, helpful information for classes. Their ability to assess, analyze, retain and share information is skyrocketing and they often don’t even realize they’re developing these skills. Only people born before the Internet was invented are likely to understand the magnitude of this new style of communication.
Social Media Marketing
The advent and dominance of social media has created a new breed of marketing, which has required professionals to build and further the field. As social media users join the workforce, they bring their skills to their careers. Social media prepares young workers to become great marketers. It has become essential for major businesses to include a social media marketing strategy and students today are the people filling these positions.
While older generations might not completely understand or agree with the amount of social media activity by today’s student population, they will quickly benefit from it. As technology advances, so does the way the world works with it. Members of the young workforce are keeping up to speed with many forms of social media. Once you get a proper social media marketing strategy locked in, you’ll be grateful for the recent graduate you’ve hired to carry out the details.
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