You could call Internet users "citizen lobbyists." This week, in a post-Arab Spring sign of how participatory media – and its participants – are powerfully changing things, they successfully went head-to-head with some powerful forces and won. Christopher Dodd, the head of the film industry trade group that lobbied and failed to push through the Stop Online Piracy Act (along with the US Chamber of … [Read more...] about SOPA & citizenship in a digital age
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Facebook’s new digital-citizenship research grants
Facebook has committed $200,000 to fund "world-class research" at universities and nonprofit organizations that "highlights trends associated with Digital Citizenship, broadly, with an initial focus on bullying prevention," according to Facebook's blog post. Researchers, you have about a month – till midnight, California time, on Monday, Sept. 12 – to apply for $25,000-50,000 grants. Topics of … [Read more...] about Facebook’s new digital-citizenship research grants
Students on digital activism, citizenship
Parents and educators interested in what 21st-century learning and "Online Safety 3.0" look like should take a look at "Three Years of Digital Activism," a 15-min. video collection of projects by middle and high school students participating in the Camilla, Ga.-based Digiteens project. This is the new, digitally-enabled project-based (and "passion-based," as lead teacher Vicki Davis puts it) … [Read more...] about Students on digital activism, citizenship
A definition of digital literacy & citizenship
I pulled this out of my last post to see what you think about this as a working definition for a digital literacy that includes citizenship – the behavioral element that's part of using social media. Tell me what you think:Critical thinking and ethical choicesabout the content and impacton oneself, others, and one's community of what one sees, says, and produces withmedia, devices, and … [Read more...] about A definition of digital literacy & citizenship
Youth rights’ digital upgrade: Cause for celebration
There is so much to celebrate about General Comment 25, which for the first time spells out what digital human rights look like for people worldwide – people under 18, technically, but in many ways for all people. Because this addendum to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the first binding international document to spell out human rights concerning all things … [Read more...] about Youth rights’ digital upgrade: Cause for celebration