People networks
a network made up of friends and family
Networked Life
networked life is about using technology to stay connected and its a powerful tool in todays working world.
Digital citizenship
digital citizenship is your right to to use technology but not to abuse it and to use it in the appropriate manner and to be responsible.
Digital literacy
is to be able to send a email to know the capabilities o your smartphone to be comfortable with using technology in you everyday life.
Multi-modal
something that has several different modes
A digital native is a person who was born during or after the general introduction of digital technologies and through interacting with digital technology from an early age, has a greater understanding of its concepts. Alternatively, this term can describe people born during or after 1960s, as the Digital Age began at that time; but in most cases, the term focuses on people who grew up with the technology that became prevalent in the latter part of the 20th century and continues to evolve today.
Digital native
a person who has been around some type of computer all their life they carry around a smartphone and send texts or check their facebook every forty minutes.
Digital immigrant
a person thats not very comfortable with technology who isn't using some type of tablet or computer the majority of the day.
Internet meme
what is wiki
is a software that laws you to create or add to information left by someone else
A viral video is any clip of animation or film that is spread rapidly through online sharing. Viral videos can receive millions of views as they are shared on social media sites, reposted to blogs, sent in emails and so on. Most viral videos contain humor and fall into three broad categories:
Viral Video
a short video that is quickly shared on line like a youtube video.
Social Networking
a digital form of interacting with friends or peers that you wouldnt otherwise be able to communicate with.
Blogging is very popular today because it allows people to interact with each other. Blogging has also become a popular search engine optimization (SEO) tool because search engines like Google and Yahoo know that a blog is frequently updated with content or visitor comments, so their spiders visit blogs frequently looking for new content to include in their index.
Blogging
to create a forum where others can post information and join in a discussion.
acedemic integrity
to be honest about where you get your information from and to give credit to the sources you gathered your materials from.
ethics
to have rules that you hold yourself to
“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).”
Independent Learning Definition
when you teach yourself the information without the assistance of another person.
Disinformation
the spreading of information that you know not to be true for your own amusement.
Social Skills, Social Cognition, Emotional Intelligence- All these things describe an individual’s ability to connect effectively with those around them.
The Literacy Piece:
Definitions of Literacy are constantly in flux and varies greatly depending on who’s answering. According to Wikipedia, in Scotland literacy is defined as “The ability to read and write and use numeracy, to handle information, to express ideas and opinions, to make decisions and solve problems, as family members, workers, citizens and lifelong learners.” Elsewhere I have seen it written that literacy is an individual’s ability to “deliberately mediate their world.”
Social Literacy
the ability to interact with groups in a social environment to discuss different points of view and share information
What is privacy
privacy is your right to have you information not shared with anyone or group that you did not give permission to.
Collaborative media
when you and others ideas come together to make something that niether of you could have done alone.