As is my concern for most topics, at what point do we move from primarily focusing on pre-service teachers and looking at in-service educators for education on all things anti-oppressive and digital evolution?

Vlog Update on my final Digital Citizenship Course

I’m not sure that I believe that anyone can be fully media literate considering the pace at which everything changes. What I do believe, is that we can acquire a set of skills that enable us to be as adaptable as possible to what will be presented to us both consciously and subconsciously. I agree that this set of skills should include the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate (as the National Leadership Conference of Media Literacy defines) and I wonder if this will soon become a part of mandatory and mainstream educational practice. The way I see it, the media and digital world are a fully functioning part of any society and should be treated as such. I support the education of digital literacy and citizenship taking place alongside other child-rearing practices such as manners and sharing.

After some development since my last point, frustration, reading and more searching, I scrapped the entire platform and project I was working on.

Yup, you read that right.

My online identity has changed quite a lot in recent years due to building online businesses. In fact, I have multiple versions. Those who search for educational resources may find this blog site or my Sask Thinking Classroom Instagram page while those looking for healthy food ideas might happen upon my Roxy’s Nutrition page. But even with multiple realities, they frequently overlap in content.

During the first class of EC&I 832, we reviewed the syllabus, as usual, and covered expectations for the final assignment(s). I immediately knew what I wanted to attempt. I waited until after class to ask Dr Couros if creating a list of resources that represented Indigenous perspectives, voices, and ways of knowing was suitable for the criteria. I had no idea what it would look like

While reading through the Digital Citizenship: Guide for Parents I was struck with a few thoughts:

I know a few people that need to read this.

It all begins with an idea.