Professor Renee Hobbs offers a webinar in collaboration with the Illinois Digital Educators' Alliance on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.

2. Professor Renee Hobbs
Co-Director, Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com

3. Media Education Labhttps://mediaeducationlab.com

4. www.digiURI.com

5. What essential competencies are needed to
be citizens in a digital age?
How can we support students in developing
these competencies?
TODAY’S THEME

7. How do we prepare people for an unknowable future?

8. Language, Media & Technology Can Create
Unreal Realities
From Once Upon a Time
to Special Effects, Photoshop, Fake News, Deepfakes and Beyond

9. LOVE HATE
PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL
People have a love-hate relationship
with media genres and forms

10. PRINTVISUAL
SOUND
DIGITAL
CONVERGENCE

11. Empowerment
and
Protection

12. LOVE HATE
SMARTBOARDS PLATFORMS MULTIMEDIA CREATIVE TOOLS
People have a love-hate relationship with
educational technology

13. Filtering & Blocking Online
Content in
American Public Schools
1. CIPA: Filtering Software Required for E-Rate Eligibility
2. FERPA / COPPA
3. Concerns about Bandwidth Limitations
4. Administrative Control over Online Content and Activities
5. Liability Fears
6. Generalized Fears

15. SKILLS & ABILITIES
➢ Building Skills in Using Digital Tools
➢ Using Online Databases
LITERACY
➢ Online Reading
➢ Media Production
➢ Youth Media
➢ Coding & Programming: Scratch
TEACHING WITH
➢ Technology Integration
➢ Use of Digital Platforms: Google Apps
➢ Online Learning
TEACHING ABOUT
➢ Information Literacy
➢ Media Literacy
➢ Digital Literacy
➢ Digital Citizenship
expanding variety of approaches and terms

16. MEDIA&TECHACTIVIST
GOVERNMENTLIBRARY
EDUCATIONCREATIVE
A Growing Number of Stakeholders
for Digital Literacy & Digital Citizenship

17. Digital Citizenship Digital Literacy
2000 – CIPA Internet Safety
2004 – Youth Activism Online
2007 – Education Reform
1997 – Digital Literacy: Critical Analysis
of the Web
2005 Extending information literacy and
media literacy to Web 2.0
2012 American Library Association
Digital literacy is the ability to use
information and communication
technologies to find, understand,
evaluate, create and communicate
digital information. Basic reading and
writing skills are foundational; and true
digital literacy requires both cognitive
and technical skills.
2012 -- Life Skills Focus

18. Digital Citizenship Digital Literacy
2000 – CIPA Internet Safety
2004 – Youth Activism Online
2007 – Education Reform
1997 – Digital Literacy: Critical Analysis
of the Web
2005 Extending information literacy and
media literacy to Web 2.0
2012 American Library Association
Digital literacy is the ability to use
information and communication
technologies to find, understand,
evaluate, create and communicate
digital information. Basic reading and
writing skills are foundational; and true
digital literacy requires both cognitive
and technical skills.
2012 -- Life Skills Focus

19. Digital Citizenship Digital Literacy
Technology Directors Teachers

20. Digital Citizenship Digital Literacy

21. Digital Citizenship Digital Literacy

22. LOVE HATE
PRINT VISUAL SOUND DIGITAL
People have a love-hate relationship
with media genres and forms

23. Out-of-School Remix
The Odyssey First Contact Gilded Age Politics

24. CUT-AND-PASTE CULTURE
At least 15% of college students
use term paper mills
SOURCE: Newton, P. (2018). How common is contract cheating in higher education? A systematic review. Frontiers in
Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2018.00067

25. MEDIA
LITERACY
ANALYZE
ACCESS
ACT
REFLECT
CREATE
Inquiry
Reading
Search
Curation
Credibility
Analysis
Creativity
Multimodal
Writing
Digital
Skills
Dialogue
Collaboration
Emotional Response
Ethical Reasoning
Knowledge of Cultural,
Political, Economic
& Social Context
Citizenship
Activism

26. We share meaning through symbols
that come in many forms

27. Inclusive. I am open to hearing and
respectfully recognizing multiple viewpoints
and I engage with others online with respect
and empathy.
Informed. I evaluate the accuracy,
perspective, and validity of digital media and
social posts.
Engaged. I use technology and digital
channels for civic engagement, to solve
problems and be a force for good in both
physical and virtual communities.
Balanced. I make informed decisions about
how to prioritize my time and activities
online and off.
Alert. I am aware of my online actions, and
know how to be safe and create safe spaces
for others online.
#DIGCITCOMMIT

28. Digital literacy and digital citizenship
expand the concept of literacy through
empowering and protecting learners
Digital literacy competencies emphasizing
accessing, interpreting, analyzing, creating
and sharing ideas using digital texts, tools
& technnologies
Digital citizenship competencies emphasize
the social responsibilities needed for
effective participation in culture & society
What’s the Connection?

29. Walk the Line
A DISCUSSION ACTIVITY
v
v
DISAGREE AGREE

30. I cannot live without
digital devices & screen media.
v
v
DISAGREE AGREE

31. I have used or shared digital content
that I would not want my colleagues
to know about.
v
v
DISAGREE AGREE

32. I can be snarky or mean
when interacting with
people online.
v
v
DISAGREE AGREE

33. I see or read online content
that I know is inaccurate.
v
v
DISAGREE AGREE

34. I have experienced
online harassment.
v
v
DISAGREE AGREE

35. I use technology and digital
channels to be a force for
good.
v
v
DISAGREE AGREE

36. Learners may infer from digital culture that
being angry or mean will attract attention

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39. Professor Renee Hobbs
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com
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