Fostering Digital Citizenship in Your Library and Community 

Digital Citizenship is the ability to use technology in safe, ethical and appropriate ways. What happens to all the things you post online? What practices endanger your online privacy? What is a positive digital footprint? Lauren Hays will explain how librarians, as facilitators of digital knowledge consumption and creation, have a unique role to play in fostering digital citizenship among their users. This webinar will target those serving K-12 youth, but will cover positive online behavior for people of any age. 

Here’s some of what you will learn:

• Digital commerce—how to buy, sell and use money safely in the digital space
• The importance of teaching online etiquette to the youngest of users
• Information literacy, privacy, and cyberbullying – raising awareness for 21^st century digital citizens
• Easy ways to increase digital fluency in users of all ages
• Copyright, Creative Commons and intellectual property – what you need to know
• Designing easy to implement training materials for kids and parents to use at home

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Presenter:

Lauren Hays, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Central Missouri. Previously, she was the Instructional and Research Librarian at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, KS where she enjoyed teaching and being a member of her institution’s Faculty Development Committee. Her professional interests include the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, information literacy, digital literacy, educational technology, and academic development. On a personal note, she loves dogs, traveling, and home.

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