Seeking submissions for Cyber Citizenship portal
Help us identify instructional materials and other resources for teachers
Blog Post
"Naked Lightbulbs" by B Tal is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
March 31, 2021
Update: On August 16, 2021 we launched the Cyber Citizenship Hub on OER Commons with a curated collection of links to 100+ free and accessible instructional materials designed to help educators build resilience and skills for combatting mis- and disinformation. It includes a link to our Discord community, where librarians, teachers, and others can talk about what works in their classrooms and suggest new resources for the hub. Thank you to the many individuals and organizations who submitted suggestions for resources to include. The library of resources will continue to grow and evolve based on suggestions from educators, publishers, and other participants in the community.
Earlier this year, New America and Cyber Florida joined forces to develop the Cyber Citizenship Initiative—a project that brings the national security experts and educators together to help build resilience and skills for combatting disinformation and misinformation. Part of this project involves building an open portal for educators (initially designed for PreK-12 teachers and school librarians) to help them find, filter, sort, and learn about existing instructional materials and teacher-training resources on this topic.
We welcome suggestions for what should populate this database. Fill out this survey form to submit links and descriptions of resources and please share the link with colleagues. We are seeking materials that support educators in teaching students how to:
1) identify characteristics of disinformation and misinformation
2) check for sources and determine the origins of streams of information, including motivations of authors and publishers
3) critically inquire about and seek evidence on the reliability and validity of information and
4) create and share media messages in ways that advance dialogue and civil discourse
-- With thanks to the National Association for Media Literacy Education and the Florida Center for Instructional Technology who are working with us to develop this portal. We see this as a first step in creating a community space for educators, researchers, and developers to share information about resources and approaches that are effective, as well as to identify the conditions that support that learning. We welcome suggestions and partnerships. Please contact Lisa Guernsey at guernsey@newamerica.org or Peter Singer at singer@newamerica.org for more information.
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