This document discusses digital citizenship and information literacy for 21st century learners. It outlines 7 elements of information literacy using frameworks like the Big 6 and SCONUL7 Pillars. The elements are: identifying needs, determining scope, planning strategies, gathering and analyzing information, managing participation, constructing new knowledge, and reflecting on the learning process. The document advocates embedding digital citizenship within information literacy instruction. It provides examples of how one school integrates digital citizenship lessons and badges through a Minecraft game, ongoing lessons, and library resources.

1. Digital Citizenship for
st Century Learners
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Valerie Hill, MLS, PhD
ACRL Virtual World Interest Group
February 2014

2. Digital Citizenship &
Information Literacy
in the school library

4. 7 Elements of IL
Using the Big 6, the SCONUL7 Pillars of
Information Literacy, Bloom’s Taxonomy, the
AASL standards for 21st Century Learning, and
Common Sense Media, the following 7
information literacy elements for 21st century
learning show how information literacy can be
modeled for global digital participatory
culture.

5. 1. Identify Need
(Critical Inquiry) Question: What’s my need?
Learning to ask good questions and to identify
information needs in digital culture is crucial
because online search tools can lead students
in many directions through distracting
(compelling) hyperlinks.

6. Need to Focus

7. 2. Scope
(Critical Thinking) Question: What do I already
know?
Learners use critical thinking, based on prior
knowledge, personal experiences and curiosity
in order to gain understanding and draw
conclusions.

8. Your experiences…Your passions

9. 3. Planning
(Search Strategies) Question: What strategies
can I/we use?
21st century learners live with instant global
access to information which means learning to
juggle many formats and search tools
(transliteracy).

10. Choose the right tool.

11. 4. Gathering & Analyzing
(Locate & Access) Question: How can I (we)
make informed decisions?
Analyzing information today includes
“weeding” from the huge stream of
information incoming through media formats.
Gathering and analyzing information requires
judgment skills.

12. INFORMATION OVERLOAD

13. 5. Managing (Participating)
Participation(Contribution) Question: How can
I become an ethical digital citizen?
Networked individuals must learn cyber-safety,
respect for intellectual property, and good
communication skills in multiple formats.

14. Instant Global Access
Digital citizens take time to think before sharing and leaving
digital footprints.

15. 6. Constructing
(Creativity) Question: What can I make or do
with what I learn?
Collaboration (constructivist learning) provides
opportunities to construct, create, and curate
content in networked culture. Content creation
and content curation are both individual and
networked activities.

16. The desire to create/construct is innate.

17. 7. Reflecting (Pursuit of Academic &
Personal Growth)
(Self-evaluation) Question: How did I do?
Numerous digital applications make products
look sleek but not necessarily full of depth. 21st
century digital citizens take responsibility for
learning and aesthetic growth.

18. Aesthetics

19. Is Digital Citizenship part of
information literacy?
In global participatory digital culture
(where most information seeking
behavior takes place), digital citizenship
cannot be separated from information
literacy but must be embedded.

20. How can librarians & educators
teach IL & Digital Citizenship?

21. Ethridge is a Digital Citizenship
Certified School

22. Digital Citizenship
Game in Minecraft

24. Digital Citizenship
Tips

25. Award Badges

26. Ongoing Digital Citizenship Lessons
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Website evaluation
Intellectual property (citing sources)
Cyber-safety
Privacy
Cyber-bullying
Content creation tools (aesthetics)
Content curation
Never-ending Apps

27. The Library of The Future

28. Resources
ALA. Standards for the 21st century learner.
http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/learning-standards
The Big Six (Feb. 2014). http://big6.com/
Bloom’s taxonomy. (Feb. 2014).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_Taxonomy
Common Sense Media. www.commonsensemedia.org
Digital Citizens in Minecraft. (2013) http://youtu.be/lKMYGOUyTY0
Edmodo. https://www.edmodo.com/
Ethridge Digital Citizenship Tips. (2014) Retreived from
http://bit.ly/1eJ62e4
SCONUL7.
http://www.biall.org.uk/data/files/SCONUL_Digital_Literacy_Lens_v4.
pdf