Nicholas Confessore, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Richard Harris and Mark Hansen write: "Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market."
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Digital Literacy in the Library
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How do we define it, teach it, know it when we see it?
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danah boyd writes: "If you're like most middle-class parents, you've probably gotten annoyed with your daughter for constantly checking her Instagram feed or with your son for his two-thumbed texting at the dinner table. But before you rage against technology and start unfavorably comparing your children's lives to your less-wired childhood, ask yourself this: Do you let your 10-year-old roam the neighborhood on her bicycle as long as she's back by dinner? Are you comfortable, for hours at a time, not knowing your teenager's exact whereabouts?"
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Having been that child who could leave the house on a Saturday morning, with the only requirement being "Be home before dark," this article reminded me that a lot of my growing up had to do with getting into situations I had to deal with myself, without parental help. Do we now equate parental love with over-protection? Is letting your child have free rein to explore online any different that a 12 year old me wandering around the extremely seedy Times Square of the late 1970s? A short opinion piece that really gave me lots to ponder. 
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This collection of blogs, articles, and videos from Edutopia aims to help teachers deploy social media tools in the classroom to engage students in 21st-century learning.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
I'd stick to the most recent resources!
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A lawyer rewrote Instagram’s terms of use ‘in plain English’ so kids would know their privacy rights
Amy B. Wang writes: "It’s no secret that teenagers love social media.
Members of “Generation Z” can spend up to nine hours a day sharing photos on Instagram, consuming “content” on YouTube and talking to friends on Snapchat. (Just don’t ask them to get excited about Facebook.)
But how much do these teens understand what they’ve agreed to give up when they start an account with those sites?
Probably very little, according to a report released last week — and dense terms and conditions that are “impenetrable and largely ignored” are partly to blame."
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Be sure to click on the report to see the rewritten terms and conditions. Do your students understand all their DMs are mined by Instagram (and do they care?)
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Samsung spent nearly $20 million on Oscar TV ads and part of its sponsorship included getting its Galaxy smartphone integrated into the show. The bet paid off when host Ellen DeGeneres used the phone to take a selfie that was retweeted nearly 3 million times. Via Nicole Laura
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Thanks to @NWaskieLaura for pointing this one out.
Nicole Laura's curator insight,
March 10, 2014 11:16 AM
Wow. A great example for Media Literacy lessons. 
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
March 10, 2014 3:28 PM
Sharing with students. How much of marketing is blended into their entertainment, news, etc? |
A fascinating look at bots and social media. The graphics are first-rate. This would be a great article for a deeper look at social media for high school students.