TL;DR: In this post I provide an overview of the work conducted on the web literacy map learning pathways, specifically the privacy pathway and associated badges. At the bottom of the post I give the link to review the notes from the #openbadges call on 1/28/2015. Work on the web literacy map is progressing at a…
At the 2014 meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Doug Belshaw was invited to speak and present the current work on the Mozilla Web Literacy Map. Doug Belshaw is the Web Literacy Lead from Mozilla. In this invited session, we also invited four experts in the field to present prepared remarks in response to Doug’s…
This page serves as my application for the Web Literacy Ninja Badge as offered by Doug Belshaw. The badge, and the requisite criteria are available here. To review my work to submit for this open badge I consulted the Web Lit Map available here and pasted in the descriptors below. I am applying for this…
TL;DR Version: A blog post on my reflections from the webinar on the past, present, and future of web literacy. I discuss the challenges that exist in making this happen in the classroom. I also detail the need to empower educators and students to play, learn, and define the WebLiteracyMap. Yesterday I had the privilege…
TL;DR version: Get involved in the Mozilla Web Literacies initiative. Explore, Build, and Connect a more web literate future for the digital tiny tykes. The work on the Mozilla Web Literacies has been continuing beyond the original beta launch of the strands. To follow the work on these Web Literacies please visit this site, or…
TL;DR version: By employing a critical literacy perspective to “making” and Connected Learning, teachers and students can engage in activism & cyberactivism for the purposes of understanding and critiquing societal issues. In the second week of the Mozilla #teachtheweb MOOC we have been asked to consider Connected Learning in practice. The three principles of Connected Learning state…
TL;DR version: While “making” online content, I engaged in the following activities: Planning, Generating, Organizing, Composing, and Revising. For the first week of “class” in the Mozilla Teach the Web MOOC we were asked to first of all introduce ourselves by creating a “webby” intro using Popcorn, Thimble, or X-Ray Goggles. I chose Popcorn since…
Over the past couple of months I’ve been trying to help out on the community calls for Mozilla as they develop new Web Literacies and learning standards. To follow these developments and join in you can either view the archive of the meetings here, or the latest versions on Doug Belshaw’s blog. The structure and alignment…
Recently I’ve been sitting in on the work being conducted by Mozilla as they develop a new, open learning standard for Web Literacy. The current thinking that frames these Web Literacies is focusing on four “strands”: exploring, creating, connecting, and protecting. I’ve spent the past week engaged in some dialogue with some great minds on…
Doxing is an abbreviation of the word documents. It is an Internet-based practice of researching and publicly broadcasting private or identifying information about an individual or organization. As a web literate individual, it is your responsibility to try to understand the tools and practices used online. This includes some of the sinister components, not just…