Hello all, welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #357. I posted the following this week: Making Sense of ChatGPT and GPT-3 – I’ve been thinking about this topic for some time, and I finally started writing things down and sharing. This is the first post. Make Your Next Conference Proposal a Smash Hit with an AI…
Hello all, welcome to Digitally Literate, issue #355. I posted the following since we last saw each other: Gamify Your Learning Process With Habitica – As part of my class on gaming and gamergate, I’m having students use Habitica (a habit-focused role playing game) to keep track of habits and daily goals, as well as…
How You Do Everything Digitally Lit #230 – 1/25/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #230 of Digitally Literate. This week I spent time behind the scenes working on a couple projects. Some of this includes starting to blog again for our Screentime Research Group. If you would like to get involved in that work…please send…
Youth Never Forget Digitally Lit #227 – 1/4/2020 Hi all, welcome to issue #227 of Digitally Literate. Welcome to 2020. I hope the new year…and the new decade treat you well. You’re more than welcome to review these materials on the website. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email…
The Rights of the Child Digitally Lit #224 – 11/30/2019 Hi all, welcome to issue #224 of Digitally Literate, thanks for stopping by. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email inbox. This week I celebrated Thanksgiving here in the U.S. with friends and family. I love to cook, and…
The kids will be alright?!?! Digitally Lit #216 – 9/28/2019 Hi all, my name is Ian O’Byrne and welcome to issue #216 of Digitally Literate. Thank you for stopping by. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email inbox. Feel free to send along links, notes, and news you think…
Less Is MoreDigitally Lit #215 – 9/21/2019 Hi all, my name is Ian O’Byrne and welcome to issue #215 of Digitally Literate. Thank you for stopping by. Please subscribe if you would like this to show up in your email inbox. Feel free to send along links, notes, and news you think I should include…
A dad named Jack R. says just about every week, his 9-year-old son asks if he can use the app Musical.ly. His son’s best friend has been telling him that everyone at school has an account. After hearing the kid beg all summer, Jack finally decided to download it onto his own phone and sign up himself so that he could look into the privacy settings and “see how stranger-danger it was.” When he entered his gender (male) and birthday (he’s 32), Jack says he was bombarded with content he never expected.
Musical.ly is a social media platform that lets users make and share 15-second videos of themselves lip syncing to various sound clips, from the latest Cardi B hit to comedy bits to the voices of other users. Gary Vaynerchuk described the app as a “a mashup of Vine, Snapchat, and Dubsmash,” which is accurate. With tools such…