The Walrus Talks at Home: Digital Citizenship

With our digital engagement higher than ever, this is the time to reflect on our online behaviours and assess who has agency across the online landscape. As our relationship with technology and our online relationships with each other continue to evolve, how can we individually and collectively make the digital world better?

The Walrus Talks at Home: Digital Citizenship brings together leaders in the online sphere to share their learnings on power dynamics in our digital systems, the responsibilities of users and tech leaders, the rift between users’ virtual and real lives, the way we nurture positive online community, and the resources available to improve our media literacy.

Join us for this timely conversation about how informed intentional action can foster positive digital exchange.

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Keeping It Real: Exploring Non-Traditional Avenues for Reporting Truth and Battling Misinformation

During the fall workshop, we’ll hear from several speakers who are using non-traditional platforms or approaches to disseminate important, high-quality news amidst a sea of misinformation. In addition to telling about their journeys, speakers will share their professional standards, how they prove their credibility to their audiences and how they are using their channels to fight back against misinformation. All professional communicators can learn from these practices.

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Free online Python class for librarians and teens

Blissful Coding Club provides after school enrichment STEM classes to students in grades 2-12. We provide free virtual classes in Python, App Development, Cybersecurity, etc. At this event, we will give a sample lesson of our beginner Python class that librarians can follow and take it back to their students in teen departments.

Published in ALA’s book, Power Lines: Connecting with Teens in Urban Communities Through Media Literacy, we are highlighted as a top teen media literacy program in urban libraries.

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