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Tally your Tweets
It’s a simple question: “How many times did you tweet today?” Yet, some are hesitant to answer. Why would you want to publicly display your private digital life? In our last session of our digital literacy seminar, each student was supposed to find a way for our course content to intersect with other students at Queens.…
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Egging our campus
Under the watchful eye of the Evans clock tower at Queens University of Charlotte, students awoke Wednesday to find that the residential quad on campus had been egged. On Monday, students in the digital literacy exploration seminar stuffed over 1,000 easter eggs with digital literacy tips and candy. This morning, they egged the campus by staging a…
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Digital Literacy Brainstorm
How would you know if you were digitally literate? In our exploration seminar at Queens University of Charlotte, our central question surrounds digital literacies. For our fourth weekly inquiry, students and invited guests will investigate the markers of digital literacy in a group brainstorm. We’ll start with the white paper Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action written by Renee…
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Top Digital Citizens
The results from our seminar are in, and the nominees are: click on the thumbnails above to read about each nominee and see each writer’s honorable mentions. Cast your vote below
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Developing digital skills
What are the skills necessary to be digitally literate? In her white paper Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action, Renee Hobbs suggests that digital and media literacy is a five-part effort including the abilities to access, analyze, create, reflect, and act. In his article Attention and other 21st century literacies, Howard Rheingold names…
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Digital Citizens
What does it mean to be a citizen in a digital world? Who are the best examples of this type of citizenship? In our exploration seminar at Queens University of Charlotte, our central question surrounds digital literacies. For our second weekly inquiry, students will investigate what it means to be a digital citizen. To do…
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Are you digitally literate?
Are you digitally literate? If you had to describe to me what made you digitally literate, what would you say? In our exploration seminar at Queens University of Charlotte, our central question surrounds digital literacies. For our first weekly inquiry, students will make the case that they are, in their own words, digitally literate or…
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An Exploration in Digital Literacy
I’m embarking on a journey through an untested classroom. At Queens University of Charlotte, the university is investing in a prototype for faculty-student interaction through seminars that explore a specific question or inquiry. I’ve agreed to be part of the pilot project taking place this spring. Fifteen brave students and I will examine the landscape of digital literacy and…
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