Closing the Digital Skills Gap

The Digital Skills Divide: Closing the Gap Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net

- The Digital Divide- Literacy What?- Resources

The 21stcentury iswheneverythingchanges.And we haveto be ready.-Captain Jack Harkness,Torchwood

The future is here itis just not evenlydistributed-William Gibson

The Digital Divide

One third of Americans donot have broadband at home

Who Has Access?• less than 33% of the poorest Americans• less than 50% of African Americans• less than 50% Latinos• less than 50% of the elderly• less than 50% of rural populations

studentswith acomputer &broadbandat homehave a6 to 8 %higher GPA

It is about far more than access to technology,it is about usingtechnology well.

We are floating (or sinking)in an ocean of technology.

The illiterate of the21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler

We are exposed to moremediated messages in one day than our great-grandparents were exposed to in a year -Center for Media Literacy

Digital Literacy

66 millionAmericans are without basic digital literacy skills -Usdan 2012

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Rheingold’s Five Literacies

Attention

Participation

Collaboration

Crap Detection

NetworkSmarts

21st Century SkillsFrameworkbyInstitute of Museum and Library Services

Learning And Innovation

Information, Media, And Technology

Life And Career

21stCenturyThemes

Hobbs’ FourAspects Of DigitalLiteracy

Tool Skillsand Access

Authorship and Creation

Representation

Socialresponsibilityanddigitalcitizenship

Transliteracy

the ability to read, write and interact across a range ofplatforms, tools and media from signing and orality throughhandwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.

OtherConsiderations

If anyone canclaim to be an Expert, What is an expert?

Privacy

…much of what gets postedon any given day isin public but not for the public.- Shirky

Remembertechnology is only a TOOL

Libraries ArePowerfulPartners

Libraries arethe place where all literacies meet and mix

Resources

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educ ators/curriculum

http://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources

www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/techtraining/

http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/

http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/

http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/

Twitter

@ShannonMiller

@gwynethjones

@joycevalenza

Facebook

www.facebook.com/NewMediaConsortium

www.facebook.com/aaslala

www.facebook.com/SchoolLibraryJournal

Miscellaneous

http://www.delicious.com//hblowers/ learning2.0libraries

www.livebinders.com/play/play/84777/

http://gla.georgialibraries.org/mediawiki/index.php/Carterette_Series_Webinars

References• ALA supports FCC proposal to fund digital literacy training through public libraries. (2012, April 3).District Dispatch. Retrieved from http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/04/ala- supports-fcc-proposal-to-fund-digital-literacy-training-through-public-libraries/• Aspen Institute to Advance Recommendations of the Knight Commission. (2010, May 18).Knight Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.knightfoundation.org/press- room/press-release/aspen-institute-to-advance-recommendations-of-the/• Becker, S., Crandall, M. D., Fisher, K. E., Kinney, B., Landry, C., & Rocha, A. (2010). Opportunity for American Library Association. (2011). The state of Americas libraries: A report from the American Library Association. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. Retrieved from http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/mediapresscenter/americaslibraries2011/state_of_a mericas_libraries_report_2011.pdf• Clochesy, J. M. (2008). The experience of diversity by generation: how to bridge the differences. Diversity Factor, 16(4), 1• DiMaggio, P., & Hargittai, E. (2001). From the ‘digital divide’ to ‘digital inequality’: Studying internet use as penetration increases. Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University: Center for the Arts and Cultural Policy Studies.• Federal Communications Commission. (2010). Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan. Washington, D.C: Federal Communications Commission.

References• Genachowski, J. (2011, November). FCC & “Connect to Compete” tackle barriers to broadband adoption, Face Sheet for Chairman Genachowski Remarks on Broadband Adoption, Speech presented in Washington, D.C. Retrieved from http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-310924A1.pdf• Hoffman, J., Bertot, J. C., Davis, D. M., & Clark, L. (2011). Libraries connect communities: public library funding & technology access study 2010-2011. Chicago: American Library Association. Retrieved from http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/857ea9fd.• Institute of Museum and Library Services (2009). Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills (IMLS-2009-NAI-01). Washington, D.C. Retrieved from http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/21stCenturySkills.pdf• Jenkins, H., Clinton, K., Purushotma, R., Robison, A., & Weigel, M. (2006). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. Retrieved from http://digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C- E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF• Jones, C., Ramanau, R., Cross, S., & Healing, G. (2010). Net generation or Digital Natives: Is there a distinct new generation entering university? Computers & Education, 54(3), 722– 732. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2009.09.022• Lippincott, J. K. (2007). Student Content Creators: Convergence of Literacies. EDUCAUSE Review, 42(6), 16–17.• Margaryan, A., Littlejohn, A., & Vojt, G. (2011). Are digital natives a myth or reality ? University students ’ use of digital technologies. Computers & Education, 56(2), 429–440. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.004• Pita, K. (2012). Five Generations in the Workplace. Fairfield County Business Journal, 48(8), 27.• Prenksy, M. (2001), “Digital natives, digital immigrants”, On the Horizon, Vol. 9 No. 5, pp. 1- 6.

References• Rheingold, H. (2012). Net smart: How to thrive online. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.• Richtel, M. (2012, May 29). Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era. New York Times Online. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/us/new-digital-divide- seen-in-wasting-time-online.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all)• Saveri, A., Rheingold, H., & Vian, K. (2005). Technologies of cooperation. Palo Alto CA. Retrieved from http://www.rheingold.com/cooperation/Technology_of_cooperation.pdf• Selwyn, N. (2009). The digital native – myth and reality. Aslib Proceedings, 61(4), 364– 379. doi:10.1108/00012530910973776• The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. (2009). Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute.• Thoman, E., Jolls, T., & Center for Media Literacy. (2008).Literacy for the 21st century: An overview and orientation guide to media literacy education. Santa Monica, CA: Center for Media Literacy.• Usdan, J. (2012, July 23). FCC Chairman Announces Jobs-Focused Digital Literacy Partnership Between Connect2Compete and the 2,800 American Job Centers. Broadband.gov. Retrieved from http://blog.broadband.gov/?entryId=1718810• Zickuhr, K. (2010). Generations 2010. Washington, D.C: Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project.

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