William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "A Brief History of the Web and its Future Potential #webliteracy. A Brief History of the Web and its Future Potential. 1 min read Excellent historical overview from Doug Belshaw on the four different areas of web literacy that brought us to this point. 1993-1997: The Information Superhighway1998-2002: The Wild West2003-2007: The Web 2.0 Era2008-2012: The Era of the App At the end Doug points out that in 2013 and beyond we're now in the "Post-Snowden" era. I know that personally the events unfolding in the Post-Snowden era have made me consider the challenges that exist as we work to be more literate in online spaces. I think the recent events also finally helped me understand that there really is not a difference between online and offline. This online offline dichotomy was a thin veil that has since been removed. I believe our future in this informational, technological system is dependent on a willingness to safeguard, understand, code, and in some cases hack/remix web literacies and spaces.
William Ian O'Byrne on Twitter: "Teaching, Learning, and Sharing Openly Online #JAAL #webliteracy. Teaching, Learning, and Sharing Openly Online. Last week my second of four columns as Multiliteracies Department Editor for JAAL was published. The column, titled Teaching, Learning, and Sharing Openly Online discusses the challenges and opportunities as educators and students teach and learn openly online. Open learning is becoming a critical focus for K-12 technology-supported programs, both those strictly online as well as blended classroom practices extending into online environments. Open learning, also known as open education, can be defined as a set of practices, resources, and scholarship that are openly accessible, free to use and access, and to re-purpose. As a multimodal supplement to the column I assembled a group of experts and asked them four questions each about the column.
You can review the videos below, and click through to learn more about each of the interviews. Four Questions for Ronda Dorsey Ronda Dorsey is an open education advocate, self-described “higher ed improver.” Four Questions for Verena Roberts. William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "@RuffRuffman- Awesome new media lit project for kids from PBS Kids #webliteracy. @RuffRuffman- Awesome new media lit project for kids from PBS Kids #webliteracy William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "EFF re-launches a new toolkit for Surveillance Self-Defense #webliteracy #EFF. EFF re-launches a new toolkit for Surveillance Self-Defense #webliteracy #EFF… William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "11 Criteria for evaluating your school's #edtech use #webliteracy. 11 Criteria for evaluating your school's #edtech use #webliteracy William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Results from Pew Internet Research on Online Harassment, Trolling, & Anonymity #webliteracy.
Results from Pew Internet Research on Online Harassment, Trolling, & Anonymity… William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Technology and Inequality - From the MIT Technology Review #webliteracy. Technology and Inequality - From the MIT Technology Review #webliteracy William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Infographic with 15 online "netiquette" rules for students #webliteracy. Infographic with 15 online "netiquette" rules for students #webliteracy Greg McVerry sur Twitter : "@wiobyrne Just now. During this chat. #webliteracy #literacies... Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space. Last week my first of four columns as Multiliteracies Department Editor for JAAL was published. The column, titled Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space discusses opportunities to move learners from readers to writers in the digital informational space.
The Internet is the dominant text of this generation, and through intentional use it may provide opportunities for the critical literacy infused pedagogy. To empower students using the Internet we need to consider opportunities to move learners from consumers to producers of digital content. More to the point, we need to move learners from content consumers to content curators to content constructors. As a multimodal supplement to the column I assembled a group of experts and asked them four questions each about the column. You can review the videos below, and click through to learn more about each of the interviews. Four Questions for Jennifer Rowsell Four Questions for Donna Alvermann.
William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Where do we stand with the Mozilla #webliteracy map? Where Do We Stand With the Mozilla Web Literacy Map? The work with the Mozilla Web Literacy Map is coming to a break in the action as the work cycle for the Badge Alliance Digital & Web Literacy Working Group is coming to an end. It seems this is a good time to pause our work and identify exactly where we stand at this point…and what direction do we need to head. As I noted earlier, Doug Belshaw spent a couple of weeks interviewing people in the field to get feedback on the current version of the Web Literacy Map. The semi-structured interviews focused on five basic questions: Are you currently using the Web Literacy Map (v1.1)?
In what kind of context? What does the Web Literacy Map do well? At this point, Doug has completed all of his interviews and analyzed the content. Doug published a great post indicating the themes as he sees them across all of the interviews. Looking at the themes, I agree with much of what has been presented. Image CC by opensourceway.
William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational Space #weblit... Empowering Learners in the Reader/Writer Nature of the Digital Informational… William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Digital Literacy Is the Key to the Future, But We Still Don’t Know What It Means #webliteracy. Digital Literacy Is the Key to the Future, But We Still Don't Know What It Means. The entrance to GitHub is the most Instagram-able lobby in tech. It’s a recreation of the Oval Office, and the mimicry is spot-on but for the rug. Instead of the arrow-clutching eagle that graces Obama’s office rug, it shows the code-sharing site’s Octocat mascot gazing into the digital future, just above the motto: “In Collaboration We Trust.”
One recent morning, just past this presidential decor, representatives of the tech industry (Google, Palantir, Mozilla, Github) and academia (UC Berkeley and digital education nonprofit Project Lead the Way) sat on massive leather couches trying to figure out how to give more people the means to participate in that future. The theme in play was “digital literacy,” the idea that the world’s citizens, and kids in particular, will benefit if they’re skilled in the ways of information technology. The tricky part comes in defining what exactly is meant by “use.” For some, it does. Can’t Just Code a Solution Armando Fox, a U.C. Make It Do What You Want.
William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "The amount of data and information students need to sift and search through #stem #weblite... The amount of data and information students need to sift and search through… William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Privacy for Normal People - from Cory Doctorow #webliteracy. William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Privacy for Normal People - from Cory Doctorow #webliteracy.
Privacy for Normal People. William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : "Come join us for the Online & Research Media Skills MOOC to build #webliteracy #nwp #itdml. Come join us for the Online Research and Media Skills (ORMS) MOOC. TL;DR Version: Come join, lurk, connect, share, and learn in the Online Research & Media Skills MOOC. We'll be discussing ways to integrate the Mozilla Web Literacy Map into our classroom. And...yeap...we've got badges. Join here. Come join us for the first official running of the Online Research & Media Skills (ORMS) massive, open, online community (MOOC). What is the ORMS Model? The ORMS model takes a closer look at ways to effectively integrate skills and strategies needed to support all literacies in the classroom.
The three cornerstones of the Online Research & Media Skills (ORMS) Model are embedded in the middle of the ORMS MOOC: Who is running this? I developed the ORMS model with Greg McVerry. You’ve got badges? Yes…we’ve got badges. After you complete all five of the badges, you can earn the Mentor badge. ORMS Community Mentor Badge Now what? Come and join us. This work, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. William Ian O'Byrne on Twitter: "Join us for the Online Research & Media Skills MOOC #webliteracy #nwp #connectedlearning.
Come join us for the Online Research and Media Skills (ORMS) MOOC. My current thoughts on the Mozilla #webliteracy iinitiative - part of great… William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : Great post on "What is Privacy?" by danah boyd #webliteracy. What is Privacy? Earlier this week, Anil Dash wrote a smart piece unpacking the concept of “public.” He opens with some provocative questions about how we imagine the public, highlighting how new technologies that make heightened visibility possible. For example, Someone could make off with all your garbage that’s put out on the street, and carefully record how many used condoms or pregnancy tests or discarded pill bottles are in the trash, and then post that information up on the web along with your name and your address.
There’s probably no law against it in your area. Trash on the curb is public. The acts that he describes are at odds with — or at least complicate — our collective sense of what’s appropriate. To get there, he pushes back at the dichotomy between “public” and “private,” suggesting that we should think of these as a spectrum. Imagine that you’re sitting in a park with your best friend talking about your relationship troubles. William Ian O'Byrne sur Twitter : Firefox's new start page is a gateway drug to awesome #webliteracy. Firefox's new start page is a gateway drug to awesome Web literacy. The Mozilla Foundation -- who make Firefox -- have been doing some really cool things with Firefox's "start page" (the blank screen you get when you open a new browser tab or window), but this is the coolest: an interactive doodle that invites you to learn to code in the simplest, least-intimidating, most fun way possible.
The project is part of Maker Party, which is meant to engage Internet users with maker culture and Web literacy, and it involves global, live, in person events (you can even host your own) where budding makers and old hands can gather to learn how to better make the Web, and make the Web better. New Firefox start page invites millions to learn a little code Read more at Boing Boing Lessig's U Chicago lectures on corruption this fall "Institutional corruption” is the product of legal, even currently ethical influences that undermine the effectiveness of an institution, especially by weakening its public trust.
Cory Doctorow at 6:00 pm Wed, Aug 27, 2014. William Ian O'Byrne on Twitter: Reflections on "Privacy" by Jeff Utecht #webliteracy. Privacy. I need to start checking myself when this question comes up during presentations and trainings. At some point someone always asks about privacy. In many cases they don’t even know…..I think anyway…..that they are asking a privacy question. The questions usually are posed as: “If I put something in Google Drive is it safe?” “If I put something in Google Drive can anyone see it?” “Is it secure?” “Can someone hack in and get my stuff?” I’m finding the more I’m asked questions like this, the harder time I’m having keeping my frustrations in check….to the point I had to apologize to teachers a few weeks ago for getting a little too passionate about the topic.
So here’s what I believe…it’s my belief so take it as that. “If I put something in Google Drive is it safe?” As safe as anything you are probably going to put on the Internet! Can someone hack in? “If I put something in Google Drive can anyone see it?” Well….no…not anyone……but yes…..Google can see it. Our Love Hate Relationship With Technology. Webmaker/WebLiteracyMap. Important note: Mozilla's Web Literacy Map was co-created with the community. It describes the skills and competencies required to read, write and participate on the web. It can be found at webmaker.org/literacy. Please use this URL when citing. A graphical representation of the competency layer can be found below and at webmaker.org/resources. Get involved in the community calls to help us build v1.5 of the Web Literacy Map! Click here for more details.
Introduction Where do you go if you want to get better at your web skills? Strands The Web Literacy Map is made up of three strands. Getting involved There are several ways to get involved and give feedback on the Web Literacy Map: Join us for our regular Teach The Web community calls Discuss the Web Literacy Map on the Mozilla Webmaker list or #TeachTheWeb forum Tweet @mozteach and/or use the #webliteracy hashtag Translate the map into other languages Media Please direct all enquiries to Doug Belshaw, Web Literacy Lead.
BA Digital / Web Literacy Working Group - Google Groupes. Toward an Internet Bill of Rights. Given the recent events surrounding rights, freedoms, and literacy on the Internet, I would like to begin to reach out to interested parties to develop an Internet Bill of Rights. I believe this needs to be a grassroots effort that is collaboratively developed and promoted globally. To that end, I started up a document that can be used to initially start the discussion and bring consensus to the field. On the document, and embedded below you’ll find three ways that you can help out with this initiative. You may log-in to Google and leave your name in your comments, or you can do so anonymously. First, in Section A of the document, please indicate the rights and freedoms that you believe are inherent to the Internet.Second, in Section B, we will begin to synthesize and develop the Internet Bill of Rights.Third, in Section C, we’ll share and synthesize prior work and initiative in this area.
Image CC by opensourceway. Wiobyrne : Come join us in a collaborative ... Come join us in a collaborative summer read. The Information, by James Gleick… (You can either watch & chat LIVE here on Google Plus, or watch at … (You can either watch & chat LIVE here on Google Plus, or watch at and chat on Twitter using the #connectedlearning hashtag) How are Hive Learning networks around the world encouraging young people to balance knowing, making, and playing in pursuit of much-needed digital literacies and skills? On Wednesday, August 6 from 9-10m PT (12-1pm ET), join us as we chat with members of Hive India, Hive Berlin, and Hive Toronto about best practices when it comes to encouraging "entrepreneurial learning" in out-of-school environments.
Our guest speakers will gladly address your questions in realtime via this Event Page or #connectedlearning on Twitter. This webinar is part of an August series called "Cultivating Global, Entrepreneurial Learners in the Networked Age. " Check out all the details at. Wiobyrne : How to be a better online ... How To Become A Better Online Researcher. When we ‘research’ things now, we generally aren’t referring to spending time in a library – or even referring to spending time online accessing specific library or school research databases. The word ‘research’ largely refers to the act of typing words into your internet search bar and seeing what the Wise Old Web tells you.
There is so much information out there, and while a web search isn’t necessarily a bad thing (and we’d encourage you to head back to the ‘ol library to see what resources they have to offer you), there are definitely some things you can to do get the best search results possible out of a simple web search. Diversify Google is derived from the word googol, which roughly means a bunch. Specifically, it means ten raised to the power of a hundred (10100). While you don’t need to go quite that far, don’t forget to diversify your search by using multiple search engines. Dig, Don’t Skim Don’t just skim the surface.
Clarify Use Modifiers Evaluate Don’t forget to evaluate! Wiobyrne : Raised by the Internet, drafted ... Raised by the Internet, drafted to defend it. I am 23. Born in 1990, I grew up in a generation unlike any before it. My generation, the millennials, and specifically those under 25, had access to more information and knowledge during our upbringing than any generation in history. We were the first generation to be raised with the Internet. And we should be the first ones on the front lines to defend it. I can still remember the first computer my family got when I was six years old, an IBM laptop that by today’s standards would be considered enormous. Despite its ample size, that IBM laptop gave me a glimpse into what the future held. When we got an Internet connection a few years later, it forever changed how I could and would acquire information.
Schools across America began to place computers with Internet access in classrooms at an accelerated pace. Since 2001, school-aged children across America have had an educational and social experience that no one before them could truly understand. Right now, the Internet is under attack. Online Research & Media Skills. What is the Online Research and Media Skills model? The Online Research and Media Skills (ORMS) model takes a closer look at ways to effectively integrate skills and strategies needed to support all literacies when working with Internet and Communication Technologies (ICT) in classrooms.
This community will focus on the planning, implementation and assessment of an inquiry-based lesson. This will involve objectives deemed appropriate by Common Core Standards, but accelerated while focusing on the Mozilla Web Literacies. Participants will share effective ways to embed literacy and research skills in the technologically equipped classroom. Interested? To join this community, please join the Google Group, and the Google+ Community. Wiobyrne : The Safe, Literate Individual ... The Safe, Literate Individual in Online Spaces. Wiobyrne : To apply for the Web Literacy... Plus.google. Wiobyrne : Teachers may hold the key to... Plus.google. Wiobyrne : One hour until the #webliteracy... Webinars. An hour of code to shape the web we want.
Web Literacy Standard now available in Spanish! • literaci.es. Fplus. Online Research & Media Skills. Wiobyrne's post on Vine. Privacy, the NSA and Web Literacies | DMLcentral. Zen and the Art of Digital Literacies [video + article] Privacy, Identity, and Protecting Yourself (and Your Students) Online. Reflections on Revisions Needed for an Open Educational Resource. Reflections on Revisions Needed for an Open Educational Resource. Online Research & Media Skills.
The Teacher's Guide To Using Badges In Your Classroom. What learners say about badges.#iheartdigitalme. First draft of Mozilla's Web Literacy standard now available! Preparing Teachers & Students for Web Literacies.
Utilities. 8 Tools to Track Your Footprints on the Web - ReadWriteWeb. If a 13 year-old can launch a startup you have no excuse. 13 Alternative Search Engines That Find What Google Can’t | Make. Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: "Is Google Making Us.