Real Life Literacy &
Digital Citizenship
BCTLA 2013
Jennifer Branch, PhD
Associate Professor and Coordinator, University of Alberta
Joanne de Groot, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
Miriam Gilbert
Director, Rosen Digital
Why is it important?
PRIVACY
PLAGIARISM
COPYRIGHT
COMMUNICATION
SAFETY
BULLYING
CITATIONS
ACCURATE
RELATIONSHIPS
REPUTATION
RELIABLE
SOURCES
IMAGE
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)
Positivity
The Cyberbullying Epidemic
What kind of impact will your words have?
Credit: http://ilccyberreport.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/bully1.jpg
Positivity
Where to Turn:
• Free Resources
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B-free.ca
Bullying Ends Here
Erase Bullying
Kids Help Phone
Need Help Now
• Share Your Own Experience
 Personal Story Project Teen Health & Wellness
Positivity
Should I Share This?
Look at What You’re Sharing…
• What are you doing?
• How are you dressed?
• What are you saying?
And Ask Yourself…
• 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?
Your profile is an extension of
YOU—make sure that you present
yourself well!
Credit: http://www.socialf5.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/teens-and-social-media.jpg
Positivity
THINK before you SHARE.
Credit: http://www.technologyrocksseriously.com/2012/01/before-you-speak-think-again.html
Privacy
How Private IS Your Profile?
Privacy
Protecting Your Privacy
Your full name and address aren’t the only things that can identify you!
THINK before you share:
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Your current location
Where you go to school
Where you work
Your birthday
Your cell phone number
Your activities and plans
Any online passwords
Credit: http://digitalliteracy.rosendigital.com/staticfiles/articles/images/DIGLIT48_image013.jpg
Privacy
Your Digital Footprint
What you share is there to stay!
Credit: http://www.granvillecsd.org/webpages/lgrandjean/imageGallery/digital%20footprints.jpg
Privacy
The Key is to Educate!
Outside Resources:
• Common Sense Media
• CyberSmarts & Teen
CyberSmarts (more here!)
• Digital Literacy
• Internet DOs and DON’Ts
• Media Smarts
• Privacy Commissioner of
Canada
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
S.U.R.E. is a nation-wide campaign by Singapore’s National Library
Board to promote the importance of information and discernment.
Credit: http://sure.nl.sg/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/NILB_AboutUs_A2_FA-72dpi.jpg
Precision
Why Plagiarism & Copyright Matter
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.
Credit: http://digitalliteracy.rosendigital.com/article/443/plagiarism
Precision
Inspiration or Imitation?
Know the Difference!
• Plagiarism.org
• What is Plagiarism? Digital
Literacy
• Copyright and Digital Ethics
Digital Literacy
Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plagiarism_vs_Copyright_Infringement.png
Digital Citizenship is Essential!
Credit: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/51650726949933213/
And don’t forget to…
T.H.I.N.K.
Credit: http://www.technologyrocksseriously.com/2012/01/before-you-speak-think-again.html
THANK YOU!
Jennifer Branch, PhD
jbranch@ualberta.ca
Joanne de Groot, PhD
degroot@ualberta.ca
Miriam Gilbert
miriamg@rosenpub.com
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