Vulnerability in the Info Age: Learn where you are on the “vulnerability continuum” & assess its dimensions in your learning & your life.

1. Dimensions of Vulnerability
in the Information Age
presented by
Valorie A. Stokes, Library Media Specialist
Platte County R3 High School
http://bit.ly/20O1fAJ
@See_Spot_Read
stokesv@platteco.k12.mo.us

2. “To grow up is to accept vulnerability…
to be alive is to be vulnerable.” --
Madeleine L’Engle

3. By the End of This Session...
● External and Internal Vulnerabilities
● Two Mental Models to Reference
● Manifestations of Vulnerability
● Observation, Reflection and Discussion Takeaways

4. External
Vulnerabilities
Cyberterrorism
Malware and Viruses
Identity Theft
Phishing Scams
Key Logging

5. Photo credit: “O Elephante” by Morilo Morals is licensed under CC BY 2.0

6. Internal
Vulnerabilities
Perceptions & Realities of
Time
Perceptions & Narratives
of Self
Perceptions & Narratives
About OthersPhoto Credit: “Kaleidescope” by nathanmac87, Flickr | CC-BY/ via Wylio/gray screened
from original

7. Now you see it...

8. Now you don’t.

9. Wise
Witty
Erudite
Pithy
Bloggers
and
Tweeters

10. “Teaching is hard enough without worrying if your mask is on
straight, or cracking, or peeling.” --Sam Bennett
Photo Credit: “Lucha libre mascaras” by Jonathan McIntosh is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

11. Photo credit: “Frustration” by Peter Alfred Hess is licensed under CC BY 2.0

12. Pretense Practitioners Bozos on the Bus
Everyone is on this continuum somewhere
Mental Model #1: TECtinuum
Sanguine Citizenry
TECtinuum V 1.0 created by Valorie A. Stokes METC 2/2016

13. Pretense Practitioners
Either faking or feigning it
Photo Credit: "Day 43 - Every Brilliant Thing: Hope!" 2012 Simon James, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio/gray screened from the original

14. Bozos on the Bus
Fear, foible or frustration-filled;
looking longingly at that other
cool “tech kids’” bus
Photo Credit: Clowns on a Bus. © Fang-Su; http://www.fangsu-photos.com/Life/Live/Santa-claus-11-11/ (used with permission)

15. Sanguine Citizenry
Believe technology makes everything easier and
better and take any opportunity to say so
Photo Credit: “Wearable Technology” by Keoni Cabal is licensed under CC BY 2.0

16. Everyone is on this continuum somewhere
FOMO Sufferers
The OZZIEs RHINO’S Realm
“Impostors”
How Internal Vulnerabilities manifest themselves on this Continuum
Luddites & Technophobes
Tech Freaks & Geeks

17. FOMO Sufferers
The OZZIEs
RHINO’S Realm
“Impostors”
They try to look and/or act
the part of a wizard with
technology, but sooner or
later someone will see
behind their curtain.
They possess that Fear
Of Missing Out; sense
they aren’t quite in on all
the “secrets” others know
about how to navigate or
be adept with technology.
Like Bolt’s animated
hamster friend, they are
running as fast as they
can to keep up but have
to contend with the
bubble of their existence.
They actually do know
pretty well what they are
doing yet still feel less
than confident about their
skills and are nagged by
the notion that the jig will
soon be up.Manifestations of
Internal Vulnerabilities
Bozos on the Bus

18. Certain Givens
Feed...
the Vulnerability
Beasts

19. Given #1
The nature and legacy
of academe

20. Given #2
The GTA, Instagram,
Tumblr Red Herring
Photo Credit: “Tiff’s Enjoying her Christmas Present” 2008 by Marco Arment, Flickr |
CC-BY | via Wylio/gray-screened from the original

21. Given #3
Reluctance to ask
questions/look stupid
Students. 2011 copyright by Tulane University. All rights reserved.

22. Given #4
The age and self-
consciousness combo
Photo Credit: "IT Family", 2011 Ed Ivanushkin, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio/gray
screened from the original

23. Given #5
Life stage/context
constraints
Photo Credit: "Mother's moment", 2009 by Leonid Mamchenkov, Flickr | CC-
BY | via Wylio/gray screened from the original

24. Given #6
The Haves,
the Have-Nots and
the Having-to-Catch-Ups
Photo Credit: "Knight-Crane Convergence Lab" by Knight Foundation is licensed under
CC BY 2.0/flipped horizontally and gray screened from the original

25. Photo Credit: "Fairy Bench" by Derek Markham is licensed under CC BY 2.0

26. Some stories
people tell
themselves
about
technology...
“I don’t have time to
learn this stuff with
everything else asked of
me.”
“I am just so
overwhelmed!”
“I don’t know what tool or
resource to use when.”
“I feel like I just get
comfortable with “X”
and--poof--it goes away.”
“Students don’t need
technology to learn ‘X’”?

27. The
ODONO
Cycle
Mental
Model #2
by Jim Burke

28. Orientation includes…
- Innocence
- Interruption
Photo Credit: “Breaking News!” by Mike Licht is licensed under CC BY 2.0

29. Dis-Orientation includes…
- Suffering
- Intervention
- Knowledge

30. New Orientation includes…
- Internalization
- Wisdom
Photo Credit: “Wisdom” by Moyan Brenn is licensed under CC BY 2.0

31. For Observation,Discussion, and Reflection
(in one-on-one, small group or large group settings)

32. ● With whom have you interacted that you could place on one of these mental
models?
● What makes you put them there? Why would they likely be there?
● How can doing this quick type of “formative assessment” help you to help
them?
Pretense Practitioners Bozos on the Bus Sanguine Citizenry

33. ● What stories do you think (or know)
some of your colleagues are telling
themselves about technology tools they
are being asked to adopt or integrate
into the work they are doing?
● How could some of those stories be
shared with others to alleviate
pressures, frustrations or fears?
● Why would any of this information be
helpful for you to know?

34. ● When a new tech tool or resource is introduced to you, what is typically your
reaction?
● Does it make a difference if you are a) invited to just explore it or b) expected
to use it by a certain time or in a certain way?
Pretense Practitioners Bozos on the Bus Sanguine Citizenry

35. ● Share either the continuum (or your own
version of it) or the ODONO Cycle; have
people place themselves on one of
those models in the context of working
with a new tech tool or resource. Talk
about why they placed themselves
where they did.
● How can using models like these or
similar ones help us to differentiate PD
or help better design tech PD to take
that range of reactions into account?

36. Thanks for your time
and attention
and remember...

37. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of
innovation, creativity and change.”
--Brene Brown

38. Works that Inspired or
Informed this Presentation
Brown, Brené. Rising strong. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015. Print.
Burke, Jim. "ODONO: Life, Learning, Leading, and Literature." Web log post.
English Companion. Jim Burke. Web. 27 Nov. 2015.
L'Engle, Madeleine. Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art. New York:
North Point, 1995. Print.
Lesser, Elizabeth. Broken Open: How Difficult times Can Help Us Grow. New
York: Villard, 2005. Print.