To Be Online: Digital Citizenship and Literacy
The Jewish Education Project, 520 8th Ave., 15th Floor, New York, New York 10018
If a school is integrating technology into classrooms, at one time or another students are online. They may be accessing a museum website, doing research for a humanities project, or finding texts that explain the week’s parasha. They are constantly viewing and reading myriad informational sources, and not all of those sources were created equal.
So how do we ensure that, when they are online, our students know how to tell facts from fiction and truth from lies? How do we arm them with the tools they need to be critical thinkers and active, questioning, digital citizens? How do we keep them safe and help them build their own digital footprints? We will discuss the many approaches to these issues and check out resources available that can help teach these lessons to students.
The cost for this workshop is $54. If you teach at a Jewish day school within the five boroughs of NYC, please contact digitaljlearning@JewishEdProject.org for a discount code to attend the workshop for free.
About the Presenter
Tatyana Dvorkin has 10 years of experience in various areas of education. She’s taught in the classroom, designed educational games and software, and provided technology integration support, curriculum design, and professional development for K-12 programs. She holds an M.A. in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she did research on the use of games and social media for literacy development.
