Digital Media Literacy

Technological innovations are evolving so quickly that society is having a difficult time reflecting on how to use these tools efficiently and with purpose.   This is the reason for the daunting dilemma Turkle describes.   Although not the first smartphone, the iPhone was launched in 2007, a little over 10 years ago.   A decade ago, we were introduced to this powerful device that fits in the palm of our hand.   Did we understand the possible ramifications of this tool?   We have been enamored by the small, lighted screen.   The invention is being used for communicating, yet we are missing the meaningful conversations we had in the past.   It has affected families, friends, and colleagues; our relationships have become superficial, and we have become shallow as we share only the best parts of ourselves (experiences and pictures) that lack depth and reflection as we post this information on social media. Sites.   Although we have 100s and 1000s of “friends,” we are lone

  Timeline  JS Easy-to-make, beautiful timelines. TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines.   Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spread sheet. Steps: 1) Get onto to TimelineJS 2) Click onto Make a Timeline 3) Click onto Get the Spreadsheet Template 4) Make a copy of the template onto your own Google drive account by clicking onto Use This Template 5) Customize the template by adding in your information 6) Start with the header 7) Move onto further slides   Each ______ on the spreadsheet is a separate event   For each event you can type a start and end date   Work with several types of media to add onto spreadsheet   Don’t edit the column headers   Don’t leave any blank rows in your spread sheet   It is recommended to not have more than 20 slides  8) Publish it to the web  Go to file and click publish to web