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It's Complicated - Chapter 7: Are Today's Youth Digital Natives?

"John Perry Barlow, a renowned poet and cyber-libertarian, leveraged this concept to divide the world into “us” and “them.” Barlow, best known as the former lyricist for The Grateful Dead, was quite comfortable using provocative words to express political views"(177). Boyd argues that digital natives, a term that praises the articulacy of our “tech savvy youth” seems, at times, degrading towards adults who did not have the benefits of growing up with computers and digital devices. However; we need not perceive ourselves as technologically ignorant. Many adults have similar technological abilities as younger generations, even though society will always identify them as digital immigrants based on age only. Educators should not be threatened by students’ knowledge, so much so, that is dangerous to feel we do not need to teach them how to become literate digital citizens and how to think critically as they navigate the internet. These types of lessons are simila...

Timeline JR

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...

Digital Media Literacy

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