This week’s post will continue to evolve across the week, so please come back to check until completed. We have the following topics and tasks for this week.
Walkthrough of WordPress
Once you have your blog created, you can start exploring the settings. Please watch the walkthrough video below I created to help orient you. If you need help creating your blog, please send me (Valerie) a Direct Message (DM) on Mattermost or via my cell or book in with me on Calendly. You’re not alone!
Digital Citizenship
- Guest talk with Jesse Miller (see bio).
- Note the links he refers to in his video are linked on this post below the video in the order they are mentioned.
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- Resources shared by Jesse (for perusal and not required to watch in entirety)
- Davos 2019 – Press Conference The Value of Digital Identity for the Global Economy and Society (2019)
- The Government of Canada to test cutting-edge technologies to support secure and seamless global travel for air passengers (Jan 2018)
- Digital Media and Society – Trailer from World Economic Forum (2016)
- Resources shared by Jesse (for perusal and not required to watch in entirety)
Digital Literacy Frameworks
Evaluating Online Information using the SIFT Methodology w/ Mike Caulfield
- Watch recording of Mike Caulfield (see bio) on SIFT Methodology and check out his Toulminator AI tool – I’ll be adding more on evaluation frameworks next week.
Tasks
- Make a test blog post on your new blog
- You can start doing reflections next week after we go over how to properly write one, but for this week please experiment with your blog. Try to create a hyperlink, add a category, etc. Come to the next lab with questions you may have.
- Search Yourself
- Enter your name in a web search and review what comes up. Reach out to your lab instructor if you have any questions or need any help.
- Enter your name in a web search and review what comes up. Reach out to your lab instructor if you have any questions or need any help.
- Complete the Learner Pathways Survey if you have not yet done so. Please complete this survey to collect your privacy preferences and info needed to connect in this networked learning course. If you have any questions about your privacy, please contact your instructor or lab instructor. It would be great if you can complete this by end of day Friday, Jan 16.
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