1. AkLA 2015 Miriam Gilbert Director, Rosen Digital rosendigital.com
Real Life Literacy
&
Digital Citizenship
AkLA 2015
Miriam Gilbert
Director, Rosen Digital
rosendigital.com

2. Why is it important? PRIVACY PLAGIARISM COMMUNICATION SAFETY COPYRIGHT
CITATIONS
BULLYING
ACCURATE
RELATIONSHIPS
RELIABLE
SOURCES
REPUTATION
IMAGE

3. Why is it important?
How can I convince my friend that he mistook the tone of my 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?
What does it mean to have a digital footprint?

4. How can we help?
The THREE “P”s:
POSITIVITY
PRIVACY
PRECISION

5. Positivity POSITIVITY is all-encompassing! In your interactions:
Consider others (COURTESY)
Be honest (ETHICS)
Think about the impact (RESPONSIBILITY)

6. The Cyberbullying Epidemic What kind of impact will your words have?
Positivity
The Cyberbullying Epidemic
What kind of impact will your words have?
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7. The Cyberbullying Epidemic What kind of impact will your words have?
Positivity
The Cyberbullying Epidemic
What kind of impact will your words have?
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8. Where to Turn: Positivity Free Resources Share Your Own Experience
CyberTipline
Stopbullying.gov
Cybersmile.org
StompOutBullying.org
Share Your Own Experience
Personal Story Project Teen Health & Wellness

9. Positivity Where to Turn:
Teen Health & Wellness database provides hotlines as well as opportunities to share your own experience through the Personal Story Project.

10. Positivity Where to Turn:
CyberSmarts and Teen CyberSmarts Interactive eBooks provide a safe, controlled environment to learn how to make smart choices while developing an online presence. They also cover important topics such as cyberbullying, online privacy, and more.
Where to Turn:
Check out this intro video to learn more!

11. Positivity Should I Share This?
Look at What You’re Sharing…
And Ask Yourself…
Should I be doing this?
Would I say this in front of my parents/teachers?
Is this going to embarrass me in a year?
What are you doing?
What are you saying?
What image are you presenting?
Your online presence is an extension of YOU—make sure that you present yourself well!
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12. Positivity THINK before you SHARE.
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13. How Private IS Your Profile?
Privacy
How Private IS Your Profile?

14. Protecting Your Privacy
Your full name and address aren’t the only things that can identify you!
THINK before you share:
Your current location
Where you go to school
Where you work
Your birthday
Your cell phone number
Your activities and plans
Any online passwords
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15. How Clean is Your Digital Footprint?
Privacy
How Clean is Your Digital Footprint?
What you share is there to stay!
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16. Privacy The Key is to Educate! Informative Resources:
Common Sense Media
CyberSmarts & Teen CyberSmarts (more here!)
Digital Literacy
Internet DOs and DON’Ts
Cornell University Digital Literacy Resource
Just Think
Internet Society
Knowledge at Wharton H.S.

17. Privacy The Key is to Educate! Digital Literacy database:
Contains a wealth of articles to inform users how to navigate the online world safely and effectively.

18. Precision
Information Overload!
143 million results!!

19. Questionable accuracy?
Precision
Questionable accuracy? ? ?
No matter what your source is, it’s important to be able to evaluate how trustworthy it is. For research, often government, academic, foundation, or museum websites can be relied upon for accurate information.
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20. Understanding the Resources We Use
Precision
Understanding the Resources We Use
This video on our Digital Literacy database busts common research myths and provides tips on how to conduct better research online. Students will learn useful tips to: jumpstart research projects and papers; avoid phony facts; and recognize bias and hype.

21. Why Plagiarism & Copyright Matter
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.
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22. Inspiration or Imitation?
Precision
Inspiration or Imitation?
Know the Difference!
Plagiarism.org
What is Plagiarism? Digital Literacy
Copyright and Digital Ethics Digital Literacy
Student Guide: The Ultimate Plagiarism Resource
Purdue OWL: Avoiding Plagiarism
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23. Digital Citizenship is Essential!
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24. T.H.I.N.K. And don’t forget to…
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25. THANK YOU!
Miriam Gilbert rosendigital.com
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