CO11: Digital Citizenship by Kelly Mendoza

Slide 1 : Digital Citizenship: 21st Century Skills for a Media-Saturated World Connecting Online Live Conference - CO11 Feb 4, 2011

Kelly Mendoza – About Me : Kelly Mendoza – About Me Senior Manager of Education Content and Curriculum, Common Sense Media Doctoral Candidate, Temple University Board of Directors, National Association for Media Literacy Education

Slide 3 : Rate (& review) Nearly 12,000 media titles Partnerships with Time Warner, Comcast, Netflix, Fandango, and more Educate Expert parent guidance Parent Media Education Program Digital Citizenship Curriculum Advocate Policy and Legislation What’s Common Sense Media?

Slide 4 : Goals Gain knowledge about today’s media landscape Develop deeper understanding of digital citizenship Learn about our digital citizenship program Explore digital citizenship across cultural contexts

Slide 5 : Children’s Media Landscape

Slide 6 : How much time per week do you think the average child between the ages of 8 and 18 spends with media and technology? A. 37 hours B. 45 hours C. 53 hours D. 61 hours Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010

Kids today are consuming and creating media : 15 Hours a Week 53 Hours a Week Media Today Media - 1960 Kids today are consuming and creating a lot of media Kids today are consuming and creating media

Kids spend 7+ hours a day with entertainment media : Kids spend 7+ hours a day with entertainment media Total Media Exposure

Slide 9 : On average, how many total text messages does an American teen between the ages of 13 and 17 send per month? A. 900 B. 1,128 C. 2,672 D. 3,146 Source: Nielson Mobile, 2010

Cell phones aren’t just for talking : Cell phones aren’t just for talking Cell Phone Media

Slide 11 : Mobile Anywhere and anytime access

Slide 12 : Global Connect with people and cultures

Slide 13 : Interactive Social and connected

Slide 14 : Anonymity Audience is invisible, Author can be unidentified

Slide 15 : Replicable Everything can be cut and pasted

Slide 16 : Scale Everything takes place before a vast audience

Slide 17 : Easy to find information Searchable

Slide 18 : Persistent Persistent Once it’s out there, it’s hard to erase

Slide 19 : Kids are leaving digital footprints

Slide 20 : With access to digital media technology… What are the opportunities for your students?

Slide 21 : With access to digital media technology… What are the challenges for your students?

What is digital citizenship? : What is digital citizenship? Being able to think critically about the ethical opportunities and challenges of the “digital world,” and make safe, responsible, and respectful choices.

Importance of digital citizenship (the case of cyberbullying) : Importance of digital citizenship (the case of cyberbullying) “We need to have a campaign in this country on digital citizenship and make sure that everybody at all ages begins to understand how to be behave online, and how to understand the consequences of their actions.” Source: Education Week, 2010 Karen Cator Director of Education Technology US Dept of Education

With great power… : With great power… …comes great responsibility http://mikeeltringham.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/spiderman-21.jpg

Our Digital Citizenship program - In a nutshell : Our Digital Citizenship program - In a nutshell Goal To empower young people to be safe, respectful, responsible Target Middle school kids (grades 6-8) Research collaborators Harvard Graduate School of Education Alignment ISTE’s NETS, AASL, ELA Common Core Funders MacArthur, Hewlett, and Sherwood (Buffett) Foundations http://traveltotravel.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/nutshell.gif

Slide 26 : International Society for Technology in Education

Pedagogical approach : Pedagogical approach Student-centered Engaging and fun, media rich activities Balanced voice Celebrate positives, avoid perils Whole school Students, parents, teachers Access for all FREE, adaptable, low + high tech 10,000 educator affiliates in 57 countries Comprehensive components Lesson plans, videos, games, discussion guides (flexible, modular) http://traveltotravel.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/nutshell.gif

Ethical Faultlines : Ethical Faultlines Privacy and digital footprints Connected culture Digital life Self-expression and identity Respecting creative work Digital Citizenship Units

Rings of responsibility framing : Rings of responsibility framing

Slide 30 : Digital Life With power comes responsibility

Slide 31 : Self-expression and identity When does identity play become deceptive and harmful?

Slide 32 : Celebrate sharing while protecting and respecting what’s personal Privacy and Digital Footprints

Slide 33 : Connected Culture Building respectful online communities

Slide 34 : Respecting creative work Getting and giving attribution

Slide 35 : Lead with the positive Use kids as experts Support different learning styles Incorporate media-rich activities Draw on real-life stories Provide opportunities for expression Best practices for teaching

Best practices for implementing : Best practices for implementing Find champions -Teachers -Administrators -Parents Determine where curriculum fits Identify key topics Set up timeline Share best practices across grades

Slide 37 : …with great power comes great responsibility http://mikeeltringham.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/spiderman-21.jpg

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Slide 40 : What are the best vehicles to teach digital citizenship concepts to your students? What barriers do you have for acceptance of these issues (from students, colleagues, administrators, etc.)? What can be done to address digital citizenship in your school? Digital Citizenship - Questions

Contact Info : Contact Info Common Sense Media kmendoza@commonsense.org Twitter: @kellymendoza