2. Digital literacy is in the
midst of becoming a
critical component to
today’s education system
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3. Children are entering a world of adulthood
where important life skills include Google footprints
and fluency in the use of social networks…
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4. DIGITAL LITERACY IS ONLY ONE COMPONENT OF BEING A
DIGITAL CITIZEN
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5. Someone who is
responsible
for how they
utilize technology…
To interact with the world around them
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6. Many students are not aware of the fact that they are often subject to
“invisible audiences”
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7. As well as the
permanence and
persistence of things
that they share online…
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8. Rather than throwing students “out into the wild,”
would it not be better to prepare them in the
safety of their own classroom?
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9. “We want them to understand that data is
constantly being collected about them”
- Karen Blumberg, Technology Innovator
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10. Once you give a social network
information, it holds value from
that moment on
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11. “We want to give them a
protective bubble, so they
can practice and
experiment…
Without leaving a permanent trace on the web”
- Karen Blumberg, Technology Innovator
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12. We
can strive
to eliminate
the digital divide
By improving the digital literacy of today’s youth…
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13. Can
you believe that 1 in 5 Americans do not use the Internet?
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14. Why is this important?
Over
50%
of
today’s
jobs
require
technology
skills,
and
nearly
80%
of
jobs
in
the
next
decade
are
projected
to
require
digital
skills…
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15. One can only imagine what will happen if today’s youth are thrown into a world
where digital literacy and internet fluency are almost crucial for success…
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16. If they are released without any
knowledge or prior exposure
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17. It is our responsibility to prepare the next generation
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18. As
the
Internet
conPnues
to
evolve,
we
must
ensure
that
it
preserves
our
rela%onships,
our
informa%on,
our
secrets…
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19. We have not created a privacy culture
on the Internet that is ideal to live with
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20. The next generation needs
to be able to fight for
their privacy rights
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21. But in order to fight for their
privacy rights, youth need to
be given the key to this
knowledge
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22. We can improve their digital skills while they
are still in the playground
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23. So that they are ready for a world where permanent evidence
on the Web could haunt them for the rest of their lives…
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Stawarz
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24. Credits
All images have been retrieved from
Morguefile, Google Advanced Image Search, or
licensed under the Creative Commons Non-
Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 agreement and
sourced from Flickr.
