• The digital society is here, so what is digital citizenship? Just as we are citizens of a physical country, so are we citizens of the digital world. Just as we need to obey the laws, and not harm anyone, that same spirit exists in the digital world – and it impacts the physical world as well

• Digital literacy is the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies.
• Digital information is a symbolic representation of data, and literacy refers to the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word.

• Five or so years of social media saturation led by Facebook and Twitter and way too much over-sharing has created an online archive documenting much of the daily lives, thoughts, and misadventures of millions of Americans.

• Identity theft is the number one consumer complaint.¹ And it’s no surprise—your information is everywhere. You may take good care to protect your personal information, but what about everyone else who has it? The doctor’s office, work, school and everywhere you shop. There are pieces of your identity everywhere.

• Critical thinking is a type of reasonable, reflective thinking that is aimed at deciding what to believe or what to do.^[1] It is a way of deciding whether a claim is always true, sometimes true, partly tru
• e, or false

• Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Generally, it is "the right to copy", but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who may financially benefit from it, and other related rights. It is a form of intellectual property (like the patent, the trademark, and the trade secret) applicable to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete

• What is Plagiarism?

  Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense:

  According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means

  • to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
  • to use (another's production) without crediting the source
  • to commit literary theft
  • to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

  In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

• Digital Citizenship Includes Rights as Well as Responsibilities
• Being a citizen is also about rights. Strike the word "digital" and we're left with the word "citizen" which Merriam- Webster online dictionary defines as " an inhabitant of a city or town; especially : one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman." Yet, when many adults start talking to kids about being good "digital citizens," they are talking about only half the equation.

• • Or the 'collaborative media'
• The concept of citizen journalism (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic",^[1] "guerrilla"^[2] or "street"
• ournalism^[3]) is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information."^[4] Citizen journalism should not be confused with community journalism or civic journalism, both of which are practiced by professional journalists. Collaborative journalism is also a separate concept and is the practice of professional and non-professional journalists working together. Citizen journalism is a specific form of both citizen media and user generated content.

1 more annotation...

• Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively

• Social Practice
• • literacy and numeracy are complex capabilities rather than a simple set of basic skills
   
  • adult learners are more likely to develop and retain knowledge, skills and understanding if they see them as relevant to their own problems and challenges.

• disinformation
• Definition of DISINFORMATION
• : false information deliberately and often covertly spread (as by the planting of rumors) in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth

1 more annotation...

• What is Independent Learning?
• “Independent Learning is learning that is self-directed. The learning is defined, organised and completed by the learner. Educators (experts) may act as facilitators or guides. However, the learner is encouraged to plot their own path and to value their own research as well as input from peers on the same level as information and guidance that they may gain from teachers (experts).”

• Ethics
• Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

• Academic integrity
• Academic integrity is the moral code or ethical policy of academia. This includes values such as avoidance of cheating or plagiarism; maintenance of academic standards; honesty and rigor in research and academic publishing.^[

• Blog

    <!-- /firstHeading -->  <!-- bodyContent --> 

    <!-- tagline --> 

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• A blog (a portmanteau of the term web log)^[1] is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).

• Networked Life

  Michael Kearns

  Networked Life will explore recent scientific efforts to explain social, economic and technological structures -- and the way these structures interact -- on many different scales, from the behavior of individuals or small groups to that of complex networks such as the Internet and the global economy.
• Networked Life
• Michael Kearns
• Networked Life will explore recent scientific efforts to explain social, economic and technological structures -- and the way these structures interact -- on many different scales, from the behavior of individuals or small groups to that of complex networks such as the Internet and the global economy.

2 more annotations...

• What Is Social Networking?
• It's the way the 21st century communicates today.
• Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision, if you will.  Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online
• Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision, if you will.  Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online.

2 more annotations...

• Viral video
• A viral video is a video that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email.^[

• A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. This is made possible by Wiki software that runs on the Web server. Wikis end up being created mainly by a collaborative effort of the site visitors. A great example of a large wiki is the Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia in many languages that anyone can edit. The term "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian phrase, "wiki wiki," which means "super fast." I guess if you have thousands of users adding content to a Web site on a regular basis, the site could grow "super fast."
• A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. This is made possible by Wiki software that runs on the Web server