Seminar on New Media Literacies conducteed by Dr Sangeet 5 March 2013

Here are some pointers gotten from the segmen

(1) Is preventive measure enough to keep children safe?

• An example on the accessibility of a site that is biased in its view (hosted by : Stormfront) http://www.martinlutherking.org/
• The point is, the site is blocked in schools, however kids are able to access it back at home.
• The key pointer here is, "Blocking" is not a foolproof way... but education is far more important, education to teach students how to assess if information is reliable and valid (i.e. digital literacy)

(2) Facebook

• Some suggested "banning" Facebook. Where the issue exactly lies? 
• The platform itself? or the action/ behaviour of the human beings?Sometimes, it could be due to peer pressure in the social network. Now, think about it, "peer pressure" exists even when in face-to-face social network, too!

 (3) UK: anti-bullying week in November 

• What impression do we have here

(4) eSecurity

• This is catching more and more attention of the public and the education sector.

(5) Understanding the psych of today's youth...
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Question:
Do we, as adults, have the relevant advice to young people, to engage the young people?

(6) The internet is a self-regulating environment

(7) Other notes:

• Convergence of Serivces
• Anytime, anywhere connections
• Open & Transparent
• Collaborative network and tools

(8) Terms of Services

• Instead of going through the pages of "Terms of Service", get students to know what's the purpose of "Terms of Service".
• Can cite the "Instagram" example to discuss about "Instagram" change of Terms of Service.
• http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/6/3951050/tracking-terms-of-service-changes-to-catch-the-next-instagram

(9) Net Smart - Cyberculture expect: Howard Rheingold
http://rheingold.com/

• Mindful use of digital media means - thinking about what we are doing, cultivating an ongoing inner inquiry into how we want to spend out time
• 5 fundamental digital literacies:
• Attention - how we can use to focus on the tiny relevant portion of the incoming tsunami of information
• Participation - quality of participation that empowers the best of hte bloggers, netizens, tweeters, and other online community participants
• Collaboration - how successful online collaborative enterprises contribute new knowledge to the world in new ways
• Critical consumption of information (or "crap detection")
• Network smarts - lesson on network and network building