Openness: Virtue or Vice? A Presentation to the CLA 2015 Conference
Exploring the concept of openness as a virtue or a vice through a presentation delivered by Derrick Grose at the CLA 2015 Conference in Ottawa, Ontario. This thought-provoking session challenges traditional notions and invites attendees to reflect on the implications of embracing openness in various contexts.
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Openness: Virtue or Vice? by Derrick Grose A Presentation to the CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show June 5, 2015 Ottawa, Ontario
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://www.salon.com/2014/08/19/canadas_despicable_climate_censorship_government_scientists_need_permission_to_tweet_basic_facts/
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pmo-yanks-promotional-videos-of-soldiers-in-iraq-kuwait/article24252442/
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 [T]he goal now is to build learning communities and make connections among learners, thus facilitating knowledge creation in the school community (4). http://clatoolbox.ca/casl/slic/llsop.html
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 BALANCE personal space and personal priorities key questions and collaboration resources http://clatoolbox.ca/casl/slicv30n3/303cover.html
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 fame and popularity honesty, openness and vulnerability privacy and discretion safety and security wealth and influence
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://stampquestions.polldaddy.com/s/priorities-in-social-networking-decisions
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://mediasmarts.ca/ycww
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 More than one lesson in digital literacy http://says-it.com/
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://mediasmarts.ca/ycww
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://www.hashtaginstafame.com/video/
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 unwanted people having access to their personal information and social statuses parents accessing the details of their life and passing judgment future employers looking at social media sites and the risk of not getting a job because of online content criminals and the potential for identity theft stalkers both from a personal safety perspective and the safety of others predators gaining access to their personal accounts #Instafame Report http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53921318e4b028f77217a5a6/t/5480d567e4b0787f2c73f5bd/1417729383025/KMC+Instafame+Report.pdf
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 90% of students believe strangers should not be able to access their social networking page. 5% of students believe that companies that want to market to them should be able to read their posts. 1% of students believe that marketers should be able to track where they are. 28% of students like it when they are targeted for advertising based on the information they post.
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Some questions to ask:
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Who wrote or created this? Why?
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 What social media behaviour is highlighted?
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 What are the real advantages and disadvantages of this social media behaviour?
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Are any precautions mentioned?
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 How should this influence behaviour?
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Build on student curiosity!
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Fame and popularity Gangsters strut online Younggun wannabes using Internet to glorify thug lifestyle The Province March 1, 2009
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Honesty, openness and vulnerability Is Twitter Like Online Therapy for Teens? The Purple Fig March 26, 2013
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Privacy and discretion Teens told of sexting risks; problem getting worse The Calgary Herald June 12, 2013
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Safety and security Vicious online exchanges turn to real- world violence How a teenage girl was swarmed and beaten after months of cybercommunication The Vancouver Sun March 23, 2013
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Wealth and influence Youth making money through #selfies: study Young people have learned the power of the hashtag and are making $$$ UNEWS.CA November 18, 2014
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://mediasmarts.ca/
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cycp-cpcj/bull-inti/index-eng.htm
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 http://www.priv.gc.ca/youth-jeunes/index_e.asp
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Make the distraction the subject.
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 It is important to be cautious about technology: There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'. (Philip K. Dick)
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 But we must not let fear blind extinguish the possibilities that technology may open up: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. (Arthur C. Clarke, Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination. 1973)
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 And, most importantly, we must remember that without the right questions, we will have difficultly finding the right answers: [Computers] are useless. They can only give you answers. (Pablo Picasso quoted in The Paris Review 32 of Summer-Fall 1964)
Openness: Virtue or Vice? CLA 2015 Conference and Trade Show. June 5, 2015 Any questions? (I hope so.) For a reference list, worksheets and other resources from this presentation, visit: http://tinyurl.com/VirtueOrVice or http://groseducationalmedia.ca/VirtueOrVice