Joe Waski's DU Masters Program Blog

  Media Literacy   Source: Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House  Media Literacy:  Media Literacy is an important topic for students to investigate before they graduate high school.  Media Literacy is defined as the ability to decode media messages, including the systems in which they exists.  Media Literacy also assesses the influence of those messages on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.  In the state of Illinois, legislators recently passed a law  beginning in the 2022-2023 school year where schools must teach one unit of Media Literacy.  I believe this new law in Illinois is great and needed.  It is important that young adults entering the the adult stage of their lives should understand how media plays a role in their lives and that media is targeted to influence their behavior and spending habits.  Hobbs and Rheingold:  Hobbs and Rheingold have an interesting takes on Media Literacy.  H...

 CIPA/COPPA Protecting Children Online Source: Online Danger  Opening Thoughts:  Protecting children online is a topic that is very relevant and personal to me.  Being a father of a 6 year old girl I take this topic very serious.  My daughter has access to a tablet and enjoys watching videos or playing games online.  I constantly monitor what she is doing and often find myself having to block videos and games that pop up on her device.  As a parent it makes me feel better knowing that there are laws out there such as CIPA and COPPA to protect children.   Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA): The primary purpose of COPPA is to place parents in control over what information is collected online from their young children.  This law was enacted to protect children under the age of 13.   Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA):  The Federal Communications Commission enacted CIPA to address concerns about childre...

Digital Tattoo  Data Analysis  source: Jaeylns School Site     For this data analysis I choose to analyze my last 25 posts on my Facebook account.  I typically use my Facebook account for personal use.  Before looking back at my last 25 posts I chose to do a self-reflection on what I expect to see.  I expect to see a lot of posts about my family, family adventures such as vacations or going out to eat, and food.  I expect to see an overall positive tone.  I try to keep my Facebook account clean and free of drama.       Below is a data analysis of my last 25 posts on Facebook.  This data analysis was eye opening as I thought I projected a different tone on Facebook.  Yes, I do have food and family posts while I do stay away from drama.  However, I was surprised how many political posts I made, how many jokes I made, and my use of humor.  My overall tone was positive but with a bit of complaining.  ...

  Acceptable Use Policy Source: Lime Academy Hornbeam What are AUPs?  AUP stands for Acceptable Use Policy.  Many businesses and schools have AUPs in place to keep    their customers, clients, workers, staff, or students safe.  Thomas Murray's article, Acceptable or Responsible? What's Your Use Policy? , speaks to AUPs in schools.  He states that high quality acceptable use policies lay the foundation for digital citizenship and personal accountability.  Murray also mentions that high quality AUPs includes information about a variety of areas such as internet, software access, email and account user information, filtering and monitoring, privacy expectations, and more.  AUPs lay out how district technology should be used and the expectations of its use.  My District's AUP:  Through my research and help from a colleague also enrolled in the same graduate level technology course at Dominican University, I was able to find tw...