The document discusses digital literacy and citizenship for citizens in a digital society. It describes digital natives and immigrants and how they use social media to share information. It argues that digital literacy is important for self-expression and participation online. It also discusses the European Union's Digital Economy and Society Index, which measures countries' digital performance and connectivity. It finds that many Europeans lack basic digital skills and that improving skills and access is important. Finally, it examines approaches to teaching digital citizenship in schools through developing critical thinking about technology use and responsibility online.

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CENTURY EUROPEAN CLASSROOMS”CENTURY EUROPEAN CLASSROOMS”
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Digital Literacy for e-CitizensDigital Literacy for e-Citizens

2. Digital Society and New CitizensDigital Society and New Citizens
The massive penetration of ICT in social and economic acting has generated virtual
societies whose citizens are digital natives and immigrants.

3. Digital Society and New CitizensDigital Society and New Citizens
Digital Natives were born in
digital world.
Technology is integral part of
their life.
Digital Immigrants were born in
pre-digital era and they have
adopted the use of technological
devices.

4. Digital Society and New CitizensDigital Society and New Citizens
Digital Natives and Immigrants
massively use social networks and social
media, generating huge amounts of data and a
sort of collective storytelling.

5. Digital Society and New CitizensDigital Society and New Citizens
We can imagine this storytelling like a digital “epos”, where characters are the
digital identities that everyone exports to Internet, living the virtual life.
In this scenario, the role of digital literacy becomes strategic because it allows
to express yourself in social environments and to access.

6. Digital Literacy and self-determinationDigital Literacy and self-determination
Digital Literacy should also supports the
self-determination of the digital person,
fostering the right behavior of the e-citizen
in the virtual community of belonging.

7. Who is a Digital Citizen?Who is a Digital Citizen?

is a confident and capable user of ICT

uses ICT to participate in educational, cultural, and economic
activities

uses and develops critical thinking skills in cyberspace

is literate in the language, symbols, and texts of ICT

is aware of ICT challenges and can manage them effectively

uses ICT to relate to others in positive, meaningful ways

demonstrates ethical behaviour in use of ICT

respects the concepts of privacy and freedom of speech in a digital
world

contributes and actively promotes the values of digital citizenship.

8. What is Digital Citizenship?What is Digital Citizenship?
“The quality of habits, actions and consumption patterns that
impact the ecology of digital content and communities.” (Terry Heick)
In Digital Society
democratic participation is comparable to access
hindered by technological ad cultural DIGITAL DIVIDE

9. EU Digital DivideEU Digital Divide
DESI 2016 The Digital Economy & Society Index by European Commission
The Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) is an index that summarises relevant indicators
on Europe’s digital performance and tracks the evolution of EU member states in digital
competitiveness.

10. EU Digital DivideEU Digital Divide
The Digital Economy&Society Index is structured around five principal
dimensions :
1 Connectivity (broadband infrastructure)
2 Human Capital measures the skills needed to take advantage of the
opportunities offered by a digital society. Such skills go from basic user,
skills that enable individuals to interact online and consume digital goods
and services, to advanced skills that empower the workforce to take
advantage of technology for enhanced productivity and economic growth.
3 Use of Internet (activities performed by citizens already online)
4 Integration of Digital Technology (digitisation of business)
5 Digital Public Services (digitisation of public services)

11. EU Digital DivideEU Digital Divide
Improvement in the
DESI score was
mostly driven by the
Connectivity and
Integration of
Digital Technology
dimension.
Developments in
Digital Public
Services and
Human Capital is
stagnated this year.

12. EU Digital DivideEU Digital Divide
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-384_en.htm
The DESI2016 has been presentated 25th
February by EU Commission and
about the action needed to reach the most digitalised countries in the world
(Japan, the USA and South Korea) the EU as a whole needs to significantly
improve in order to lead on the global stage.

13. EU Digital DivideEU Digital Divide
About Human Capital dimension Digital Skills to be improved.
While the number of science, technology and mathematics (STEM) graduates has
slightly increased in the EU, almost half of Europeans (45%) don’t have basic digital
skills (using a mailbox, editing tools or installing new devices).
Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, declared
that: “The Commission will address digital skills and training as part of
the upcoming EU Skills Agenda later this year.”

14. EU Digital DivideEU Digital Divide
EU approach is focused on a social and economical point of view...
regards workers, consumers, citizens
WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUG PEOPLE?WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUG PEOPLE?

15. DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLEDIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
An italian research by the University
of Milano-Bicocca - Center for
Interdisciplinary Studies in
Economics, Psychology and
Social Sciences (September
2013) debunks the myth of
spontaneous ICT skills of digital
natives . Young people use devices that
connect through app and don't
perceive the Internet as a basic
infrastructure.
The research shows that without a
driven path (school, training etc.)
there aren't correlations between
digital skills and learning
processes. For young people, ICT
companies are evolving a
prosperous market of devices, but
their use is sterile.

16. DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLEDIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
In details, the research analyses a survey about the use of New Media between
5327 students of high schools in north of Italy.
The largest deficits, highlighted by the Research, are:

critical recognition of web addresses

awareness of the web trade mechanisms

the evaluation of the level of reliability of the content.
The digital divide among young people isn't functional but cultural.

17. DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLEDIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE
We said before that in the digital society
democratic participation is comparable to access
so if in scholastic curriculum
you teach to students to be active and aware citizens
you also have to foster critical thinking teaching elements of
Some stakeholders have been active in bringing forward resources, standards and/or guidelines
for the inclusion of digital literacy curriculum, intended to prepare children to be responsible
citizens in the digital world. Let's have a look at some of these.

18. Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational concept
(http://www.core-ed.org)
CORE Education provides resources and professional development aimed at supporting teachers as they
implement digital citizenship curriculum in the classroom.
CORE identifies a distinction between global, digital, and cyber citizenship as distinct aspects of digital
citizenship:
Global ICTs can help us to understand and to explore our place in the global marketplace, and what it means
to be a global citizen
Digital the ability to work with and be confident with digital technologies defines a digital citizen
Cyber a cybercitizen is one who accepts and understands the rights and responsibilities of inhabiting
cyberspace, including issues of online safety etc.
This distinction between global, digital and cyber citizenship highlights the variety of issues present when
attempting to address digital citizenship.

19. Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational concept
International Society for Technology in Education (http://www.iste.org)
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is an organization whose goal is to promote
"excellence in learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology."
ISTE produces a set of educational standards, called NETS, that address the use of technology in the K-12
classroom. ISTE's NETS have been adopted by a number of school boards around the world.
NETS addresses digital citizenship, as well as five other components including creativity & innovation;
communication & collaboration; research & information fluency; critical thinking, problem solving & decision
making; and technology operations & concepts.

20. Mike Ribble, who is considered one of the leading expert on digital citizenship, argues that
most of times, digital literacy in schools address “do's and don'ts” of technology, without further
explanation about “why and how" .
He asserts that these approaches "fail to teach students how to become productive members of
the new digital society," and "can easily be outdated in a time of such rapid technological change."
He advocates that the best approach for teaching the responsibility and safety of technology is to
provide an "adaptable digital citizenship program integrated in the curriculum and taught in context
while using technology with students," and is "more conducive to lifelong learning". (Ribble, Digital
Citizenship in Schools) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qKYItuees
Digital citizenship as an educationalDigital citizenship as an educational
conceptconcept

21. Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational concept
http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/FUTL06/FUTL06.pdf
“Developing digital literacy in the classroom
sees students becoming more independent
in their learning. As they are supported to
find and select information for themselves,
to communicate their learning, to express
their creativity and to think critically about the
affordances of digital technology, students are
recast from passive recipients of information
to active meaning-makers, working with
their teachers to codesign and personalise
their learning. “
“Digital literacy is also a social process of
meaning-making that takes place with and
in relation to others.
If digital literacy prepares students to take
an active part in their education and in
social, cultural, economic, political and
intellectual life, then the ability to work with
others is paramount”

22. Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational concept
Common Sense K-12 Digital Citizenship in Connected Society
Curriculum a free program that empowers students to think critically and
make informed choices about how they live and treat others in digital world.
The Curriculum is based on the research of Howard Gardner and the GoodPlay
Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequence

23. Digital citizenship as an educational conceptDigital citizenship as an educational concept

24. Learning to DO + Learning to BE =Learning to DO + Learning to BE =
DIGITAL CITIZEN OF 21DIGITAL CITIZEN OF 21stst
CENTURYCENTURY
This is the context of thoughts and
suggestions that we propose as ideal horizon
of the theme of this mobility and for the
related section of the notebook

25. “Any technological innovation can be
dangerous, too: the fire has been
dangerous from the beginning, and
even more language;
it can be said that both are still
dangerous today, but no man could
be complete without fire and without
the word.”
Isaac Asimov
Thanks for your attention -Lisa
Somma