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Media Literacy / Digital Literacy

"The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential." Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive, Microsoft

"Broad public awareness of the risks of online activities and how to manage them will require an effective communications strategy. The Federal government, in partnership with educators and industry, should conduct a national cybersecurity public awareness and education. The President's cybersecurity policy official should lead the development and direct the implementation of this public awareness strategy and should seek endorsement by Congress; State, local, and tribal governments; the private sector; and the civil liberties and privacy communities. The strategy should involve public education about the threat and how to enhance digital safety, ethics, and security. Malicious actors often take advantage of people's willingness to accept information from or provide personal information over the Internet. This campaign should focus on public messages to promote responsible use of the Internet and awareness of fraud, identity theft, cyber predators, and cyber ethics. Past successful public safety campaigns such as Smokey Bear on fire safety and the Click It or Ticket campaign for seat belt safety could be used as a model to inform and persuade the public about the importance of cybersecurity. These public service campaigns should focus on making cybersecurity popular for children and for older students choosing careers. Celebrities, the generation that has grown up with the technology, and new types of media can play critical roles in delivering the message effectively." WH Cyberspace Review 2009 p 13

Joes Non Notebook - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Note:

This page is under construction. The goal is to create a resource of educational material on these different topics that can be used for literacy training.

Tanya Byron & Anthony Lilley - Digital Safety Conference 2009

Professors Tanya Byron and Anthony Lilley discuss safety in a digital world.
How today's children are brought up in captivity, the benefits of
videogames and the Internet and Digital Britain.

Federally Funded Literacy Projects

Department of Justice

• Project: iSAFE America
• Funder:: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Audience: Children and youth grades K-12
• Subject matter: safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials; copyright, plagiarism, and intellectual property theft; internet citizenship; cyber bullying; identity theft and privacy concerns; hacking and malicious programming
• Media: Workbooks and "web cast" videos for students, instructor materials
• Founded: 1998
• Project: NetSmartz Workshop
• Funder:: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; Boys and Girls Clubs of America
• Audience Children and youth grades K - 12
• Focus: safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials; internet citizenship; identity theft and privacy concerns; internet "addiction"
• Media: Internet; activity cards for group or class projects
• Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program
• Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Audeince: Varies by state / regional task force: typically adults and children and youth
• Focus: Varies by state / regional task force: may include safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials; and other topics
• Media: Varies by state / regional task force: many task forces have developed educational materials and presentations
• Delivery: Varies by state / regional task force; typically classroom or community education programs; public service announcements
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• A Parent's Guide of Internet Safety
• Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Crimes Against Children Program
• Audience: Parents
• Focus: safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials
• Media: Online Guide

• Citizen Awareness Program
• Funder: USDOJ
• Audience: Children and youth, parents
• Focus: cyber ethics; internet citizenship / "netiquette"; cyber crime; identity theft and privacy concerns; copyright, plagiarism, and intellectual property theft; hacking and malicious programming
• Media: Online
• The Cybercitizen Partnership was created with a grant from the U. S. Department of Justice. It is managed by the Information Technology Association Foundation.
• Cyberethics for Kids / Cyberethics for Teachers
• Funder: USDOJ Criminal Division
• Audience: Children and youth, separate component for teachers
• Focus: identity theft and privacy concerns; copyright, plagiarism, and intellectual property theft; hacking and malicious programming; safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials; cyber ethics; internet citizenship / "netiquette"
• Media: Online
• The Cyberethics for Teachers offers an elementary or middle school lesson plan on the same topics. Safe "chatting" on line and appropriate responses to encountering material or people online that make a child uncomfortable are also discussed at both sites
• Child Safe Net
• Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Audience: Law Enforcement, parents
• Focus: Preventing sexual abuse of children via internet exploitation

Federal Trade Commision

• Kidz Privacy
• Federal Trade Commission

OnGuard Online

" OnGuardOnline.gov provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information. "

FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI JOINS EDUCATION SECRETARY DUNCAN AND FTC CHAIRMAN LEIBOWITZ IN INTRODUCING ONLINE SAFETY GUIDEBOOK FOR PARENTS. Launch Took Place at Jefferson Middle School, Washington, DC. News Release. News Media Contact: at 0511, email: Rosemary.Kimball CGB TXT

Department of Education

• Parents' Guide to the Internet
• U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement Office of Educational Technology
• Published 1997
• Focus: safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials; privacy concerns
• ParenTech: Parenting in a Digital Age
• the Department of Education's North Central Regional Education Lab administered another now defunct program, ParenTech: Parenting in a Digital Age. This program was a regional initiative involving parents of middle school children (grades 6-8), librarians, and educators. The ParenTech project provided families with resources intended to help them understand internet technology and safety measures for children online. 
• List of federally- and non-federally funded internet safety resources

Federal Communications Commission

• ERate: Child Internet Protection Act
• Participating schools must have an Internet Safety Program which includes online safety education
• FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI & HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN ANNOUNCE HUD WILL JOIN CONNECT2COMPETE'S (C2C) DIGITAL LITERACY COALITION, HUD SITES WILL SERVE AS C2C DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING CENTERS.   DIGITAL LITERACY KEY TO LOW-INCOME AMERICANS FINDING 21ST CENTURY JOBS.  FACT SHEET  OCHJG TXT  
• FCC CROWDSOURCES QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS, EDUCATORS & OTHERS AHEAD OF "BACK TO SCHOOL IN A DIGITAL WORLD".  News Release. News Media Contact:  OCHJG . TXT
  
• SUPPORTING STATEMENTS FROM CONNECT TO COMPETE PARTNERS.  FACT SHEET OCHJG
• FCC & "CONNECT TO COMPETE" TACKLE BROADBAND ADOPTION CHALLENGE THROUGH EXPANDED DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING.  FACT SHEET  OCHJG
• STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON CLYBURN ON THE FCC'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING & CLOSE ADOPTION GAP.  STMT. OCMC  

US Dept of Agriculture

• Technology in 4-H
• Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 4-H
• Focus: safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials; cyber bullying; privacy concerns
• Rural Utility Service

Dept of Health and Human Services

• 4Girls Health How to be Safety Savvy
• Funder U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health
• Focus: safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials; cyber ethics; privacy and personal information on the internet; cyber bullying
• DHHS's Substance and Mental Health Services Administration has internet safety tips

Dept of Homeland Security

• FEMA for Kids Site

Dept of Defense

• Navy Safe Kids
• Funder: U.S. Department of Defense , U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service
• Focus: safety in online relationships; avoiding pornography and other offensive materials
• Navy Morale, Welfare, and Recreation component also posts an Internet Safety Kits

NASA

• NASA Explores Cyber Security

Interagency

• iKeepSafe
• The organization sought the input of, and continues to collaborate with, federal agencies including the FBI's Internet Crimes Task Force and the Department of Justice, and the National Crime Prevention Council.
• Focus: safety in online relationships; privacy concerns
• Launched: 2005

Topics

Playing and Staying Safe Online / Google

Bullying

Aggressive behavior where there is a power imbalance between the two players.

Online Bullying PSA from PUNishers Productions on Vimeo.

Acting as an online bully more than doubles your risk of being a victim of online bullying. NetFamilyNews

Content Creators

Pew Internet: Teen Content Creators

Critical Thinking: Is it True

Detecting Lies and Staying True :: Google

Digital Citizenship

• Digital Citizenship.net

Social Networking

• Pew Internet 2011:
• 93% Teens on FB; 24% teens on Myspace (FB dominates the social networking space)
• How often do you witness online cruelty & meanness: 12% teens frequently, 29% sometimes; 47% only once in a while; 11% never.
• Bullying happens offline more than online (12% teens said bullied in person; less for texting, social media, or phone) Boys and girls equal to say bullied in person; online girls more likely than boys to say bullied.
• 62% teens say social media privacy setting is private; 19% partially private; smaller set to public.

Privacy

• Online social networks are public by default (where one on one meetings are private by default, public by effort) (notes from danah boyd, FOSI presentation at Microsoft Dec. 2011)
• Youth strategies for privacy:
• New social norms (ex/ parents need to respect friend space)
• Create separate spaces in social media dedicated to sub communities
• Posting comments and then deleting it later
• Deactivate account on FB and then reactivate it the next day
• Hiding in plain site: encoding meaning in something that means one thing superficially but means another in context (ex/ Monty Python song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life")

Reputation

Video

Staying Safe on YouTube :: Google

Laws

• Federal
  • ERATE: Children's Internet Protection Act
• State
  • CA
    • California Education Code Section 51871.5(c) " the Superintendent shall develop guidelines and criteria for inclusion in the education technology plan required pursuant to subdivision (b). The guidelines and criteria shall include a component to educate pupils and teachers on the appropriate and ethical use of information technology in the classroom, Internet safety, the manner in which to avoid committing plagiarism, the concept, purpose, and significance of a copyright so that pupils are equipped with the skills necessary to distinguish lawful from unlawful online downloading, and the implications of illegal peer-to-peer network file sharing. "
    • CA Dept of Education: Internet Safety
  • Colorado
    • House Bill 05-1036 Concerning Inclusion of an Internet Safety Plan in Each School District's Safe School Plan
    • Sec. 1(2) "   The general assembly therefore finds that adoption by each school district of an internet safety plan to teach students how to safely, legally, and effectively use the internet is in the best interests of the state of Colorado and that each school district is strongly encouraged to adopt and implement an internet safety plan as soon as possible. "
  • Illinois
    • Internet Safety Education Act Public Act 095-0869
    • Internet Safety Plan Check List
  • Texas
    • HB 3171, Section 38.023
    • Texas Education Agency: Internet Safety
  • VA
    • Va. Code § 22.1-70.2 Acceptable Internet use policies for public and private schools. A. Every two years, each division superintendent shall file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction an acceptable use policy, approved by the local school board, for the Internet. At a minimum, the policy shall contain provisions that. . . (v) include a component on Internet safety for students that is integrated in a division's instructional program.
    • Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools, VA Dept of Education (Oct 2007)
    • Rosalind Helderman, Law Tells Schools to Teach Students About Online Safety, Washington Post (Apr. 2, 2006)

Papers

• Common Sense Media, Digital Literacy and Citizenship in the 21st Century

News

• Wozniak on the importance of piquing kids' interests, CNET 2/4/2010
• Phone texting 'helps pupils to spell', BBC 1/21/2010
• Why Schools Should Learn To Use Online Services Like Facebook & YouTube Rather Than Banning Them, Techdirt 1/5/2010
• iKeepSafe and Google Hold First Digital Media Literacy Tour Event, iKeepSafe 12/18/2009
• Cybersafety Booklet for Parents and Kids Now Available, FTC 12/17/2009
• Technology boosts literacy skills, BBC 12/4/2009
• WoW: The guild effect for teachers, Net Family News 11/24/2009
• President Announces Educate to Innovate Initiative Today at White House, OSTP 11/24/2009

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