Mike’s guide is extremely helpful as a resource when it comes to fact checking online. I knew about Snopes, Politifact and Factcheck.org, but the other fact checking organizations were all new to me. I think the 4 moves that Mike… Continue Reading →
I think I have always known that Google has “biases”, but I never thought about it much in practice. I think these biases can be based on browser history, country searched within, culturally understood gender roles, understanding in a culture… Continue Reading →
Brittni Arthur works with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Vancouver. She has been involved with YWAM since 2008. Brittni loves working with youth and has her diploma in Youth Work from Columbia Bible College. She works as the Youth… Continue Reading →
Online tracking is not a new concept to me. It is something I have been aware of for years. Lightbeam is rather interesting in terms of it telling me not only how many sites are tracking me but which sites… Continue Reading →
Bryan Alexander on Bonni Stachowiak’s podcast (https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/digital-literacy-now/) says that in order to have digital literacy we have to have a good “BS detector” and that digital literacy is participatory and productive. I think there are two sides to digital literacy: the… Continue Reading →
Creating a structure for my site proved rather difficult. I want to organize the content in a way that makes sense and makes navigation easy. I know from personal use of the web that difficult navigation often results in minimal… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed learning about hypothes.is in this activity. It is a new extension to me. The instructions to set it up were clear and I found the sign up and interface rather intuitive. I can see why it will be… Continue Reading →
Hi! My name is Brittni. To be honest, I’m a bit nervous about going back to school. It’s been several years since I was in college. I currently work full time with YWAM in Vancouver leading our Youth Department. We… Continue Reading →
