Creating effective digital citizens

Creating Effective

Digital CitizensNorine Gaskill

Professor PentlinLIS 5260

02 April2012

What is a Digital Citizen?

The jury is still out on this one, but currently they are considered people who use technology as a tool to accomplish their work.

How do they become EFFECTIVE

digital citizens?

In the beginning...

Students struggled to find adequate resources.

Now...

Students struggle to stay afloat the waves of information.

Information Overload Leads to “BAD” Things

Digital Citizenship leads to MORE Digital CRIME

It is NOT Okay

More to fear...

Moving past the FEAR can bring you to amazing things!

Beyond thinking of digital skills as a lone topic in schools.

Getting it in the CURRICULUM

This is the expectation the world has of our digital citizens:

What’s the point?

They have no idea!

Gather and Make Sense

Preparing our students to be

ACTIVE participants.

Think Critically

Spam

&Filter

Google it!Search...

Communicating&

Collaborating

Show your students how to get their heads in the cloud(s)!

It is not just about convenience and entertainment.

Creating a Community

What can libraries do?

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Works Cited Continued:Hamilton, Buffy. "Dear Mr. President: Misinformation Is the Real Distraction." Web log post.

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