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Real Life Literacy

BCTLA 2013

Jennifer Branch, PhDAssociate Professor and Coordinator, University of Alberta

Joanne de Groot, PhDAdjunct Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Miriam GilbertDirector, Rosen Digital

&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?

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

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What kind of impact will your words have?

Where to Turn:

Positivity

• Free Resources B-free.ca Bullying Ends Here Erase Bullying Kids Help Phone Need Help Now

• Share Your Own Experience Personal Story Project Teen Health & Wellness

Should I Share This?

Positivity

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• What are you doing?• How are you dressed?• What are you saying?

• Should I be doing this?• Would I wear this in public?• Would I say this to my

parents/teachers?• Is this going to embarrass me in

a year?

Look at What You’re Sharing… And Ask Yourself…

Your profile is an extension of YOU—make sure that you present yourself well!

THINK before you SHARE.

Positivity

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Privacy

How 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:

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Your Digital Footprint

Privacy

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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• Media Smarts• Privacy Commissioner of

Canada

Outside Resources:

Precision

Information Overload!

143 million results!!

Precision

Questionable accuracy?

A kindergarten student wants to Google search “naked butt” to get pictures of the minions from Despicable Me. What kind of results do you think he’ll get?

Precision

Understanding the Resources We Use

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S.U.R.E. is a nation-wide campaign by Singapore’s National Library Board to promote the importance of information and discernment.

Precision

Why Plagiarism & Copyright Matter

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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.

Precision

Inspiration or Imitation?Know the Difference!

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• Plagiarism.org• What is Plagiarism? Digital

Literacy• Copyright and Digital Ethics

Digital Literacy

Digital Citizenship is Essential!

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T.H.I.N.K.

And don’t forget to…

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THANK YOU!

Jennifer Branch, PhDjbranch@ualberta.ca

Joanne de Groot, PhDdegroot@ualberta.ca

Miriam Gilbertmiriamg@rosenpub.com

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