#digitalliteracy — Public Fediverse posts

Open source thrives because people share their knowledge and help one another.
Whether you write code, test software, create documentation, translate projects, organize events, or simply encourage others to try Linux, your contribution matters.
The Linux Association of Canada is building a welcoming community where everyone can participate.
🌐 https://linuxassociation.ca⁠�
#Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy #FOSS #Community

Open source thrives because people share their knowledge and help one another.
Whether you write code, test software, create documentation, translate projects, organize events, or simply encourage others to try Linux, your contribution matters.
The Linux Association of Canada is building a welcoming community where everyone can participate.
🌐 https://linuxassociation.ca⁠�
#Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy #FOSS #Community

Anyone here interested in my Keyboard Shortcuts game? …or the pedagogy that informed its design?

Here’s a session I recently delivered to colleagues at my teaching job.

https://youtu.be/bJ6yZ-3H-kA?si=XSHDG85660Xq9zGR

#gamification #skills #LearningDesign #LX #Coaching #digitalLiteracy

"“More and more, I was getting questions about, ‘How do I turn this [AI] stuff off? Why is it trying to write my emails for me? Why is it trying to summarize my one-sentence email that I can easily read?’” Cyrus said. “I just decided that with so much media hype out there about AI products, it would be a good opportunity to teach people about the basics of what is happening when you’re using this technology, and then getting into how to turn it off if you don’t want to use it.”

Usually, Cyrus’ classes like Intro to Computers get about a dozen attendees. But so many people expressed interest in her first Avoiding AI workshop that she had to cut off registration at 30 people, open a waitlist, and share the workshop on Zoom. Including the livestream, about 70 people attended each of Cyrus’ first two workshops.

When Bailey followed Cyrus’ lead to host a workshop in Philadelphia, the reception was similarly unprecedented. The library’s Instagram post about the “Avoiding AI” event got over 2,000 likes and 220 shares, whereas most of the library’s posts don’t get more than a few dozen likes. He scheduled a second program because the first got too many registrations."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/librarians-are-hosting-viral-avoiding-ai-workshops-for-people-who-are-fed-up-with-big-tech/

#AI #GenerativeAI #AntiAI #DigitalLiteracy #AILIteracy

"“More and more, I was getting questions about, ‘How do I turn this [AI] stuff off? Why is it trying to write my emails for me? Why is it trying to summarize my one-sentence email that I can easily read?’” Cyrus said. “I just decided that with so much media hype out there about AI products, it would be a good opportunity to teach people about the basics of what is happening when you’re using this technology, and then getting into how to turn it off if you don’t want to use it.”

Usually, Cyrus’ classes like Intro to Computers get about a dozen attendees. But so many people expressed interest in her first Avoiding AI workshop that she had to cut off registration at 30 people, open a waitlist, and share the workshop on Zoom. Including the livestream, about 70 people attended each of Cyrus’ first two workshops.

When Bailey followed Cyrus’ lead to host a workshop in Philadelphia, the reception was similarly unprecedented. The library’s Instagram post about the “Avoiding AI” event got over 2,000 likes and 220 shares, whereas most of the library’s posts don’t get more than a few dozen likes. He scheduled a second program because the first got too many registrations."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/librarians-are-hosting-viral-avoiding-ai-workshops-for-people-who-are-fed-up-with-big-tech/

#AI #GenerativeAI #AntiAI #DigitalLiteracy #AILIteracy

🇨🇦 Something big is coming...
A new national initiative is taking shape.
Communities across Canada. United by Open Source.
One week. Countless events. Endless opportunities to learn, connect, and build together.
Follow the Linux Association of Canada for more announcements.
#CanadaOpenSourceWeek #Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy

🇨🇦 Something big is coming...
A new national initiative is taking shape.
Communities across Canada. United by Open Source.
One week. Countless events. Endless opportunities to learn, connect, and build together.
Follow the Linux Association of Canada for more announcements.
#CanadaOpenSourceWeek #Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy

The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft

https://mohammedshehu.com/checking-for-human-writing-is-daft/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048584

#HackerNews #humanwriting #writinganalysis #AIethics #contentcreation #digitalliteracy

The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft

https://mohammedshehu.com/checking-for-human-writing-is-daft/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048584

#HackerNews #humanwriting #writinganalysis #AIethics #contentcreation #digitalliteracy

Happy Friday from the Linux Association of Canada! 🇨🇦
Our community continues to grow, and we're excited to launch our official merchandise collection. Every purchase helps support open source education, school outreach, publications, and community programs across Canada.
Thank you for helping us build a stronger open source community.
https://linuxassociation.ca⁠
#Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy #FOSS

CS Monitor: Why Greeks are going to TikTok for news instead of newspapers or TV. “Greeks don’t turn to traditional media for news; they go to TikTok, Instagram, and the like. That puts them at the forefront of how news consumption is trending globally – and makes them a lens on how the future of news might look.”

CS Monitor: Why Greeks are going to TikTok for news instead of newspapers or TV. “Greeks don’t turn to traditional media for news; they go to TikTok, Instagram, and the like. That puts them at the forefront of how news consumption is trending globally – and makes them a lens on how the future of news might look.”

Join us and the Office of New York City Council Member Linda Lee for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover better prompts, useful results, privacy risks, security settings, and civic AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 29, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260729

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Join us and the Office of New York City Council Member Linda Lee for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover better prompts, useful results, privacy risks, security settings, and civic AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 29, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260729

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Now shipping! In this ALA Editions Special Report, technology expert Robin Hastings highlights the first attempts of libraries across the country to set up policies for the use of AI in their organizations, as well as policies created by cities and other similar institutions, to guide stakeholders in creating their own smart, forward-thinking course of action. https://alastore.ala.org/genaipol

#librarylife #librarywork #librarianship #digitalliteracy #genai #ala150 #Libraries #librarytechnology

Tubefilter: TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users. “TikTok was one of the first social media companies to add labels to AI-generated content. Those tags were first teased in 2023 and added to the app a year later. Unfortunately, AI labels don’t seem to be as effective as TikTok wants them to be.”

Tubefilter: TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users. “TikTok was one of the first social media companies to add labels to AI-generated content. Those tags were first teased in 2023 and added to the app a year later. Unfortunately, AI labels don’t seem to be as effective as TikTok wants them to be.”

"In recent months, the Searsmont Town Library has added a new service for patrons: Help in removing AI from their phones and other devices.

“A lot of times, it’s just telling people that they have choices,” Library Director Steven Brown said. “Their phone came a certain way, but they don’t have to use it the way that it came.”

Brown helps patrons disable AI-powered assistants like Siri or so-called smart features in email and switch from using Google, which doesn’t offer an option to search without AI overviews, to a browser that does.

A big part of his job as a librarian has been helping people with information technology, he said. He sees helping people think critically about technology and AI as a natural extension of this work.

While Brown’s long been skeptical of the purported benefits of technology for society, he didn’t start offering the AI removal services until this spring, when he attended a webinar presented by Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian who has become a leading voice in a nationwide movement of librarians who are working to help patrons understand the risks of AI and other technologies.

“I seem to have become the face of AI haters — which I’m fine with — in the library world,” Cyrus said.

Cyrus, a reference librarian at the Bangor Public Library, teaches classes on how to use technology. But that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing and promoting it, she said.

“I really try to make sure people not only know where to tap or click to get done what they want to do, but to understand the values and issues at play as they’re using different pieces of technology,” she said.\2

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/midcoast/midcoast-culture/maine-librarians-are-helping-patrons-resist-ai-joam40zk0w/

#USA #AI #DigitalLiteracy #Libraries

"In recent months, the Searsmont Town Library has added a new service for patrons: Help in removing AI from their phones and other devices.

“A lot of times, it’s just telling people that they have choices,” Library Director Steven Brown said. “Their phone came a certain way, but they don’t have to use it the way that it came.”

Brown helps patrons disable AI-powered assistants like Siri or so-called smart features in email and switch from using Google, which doesn’t offer an option to search without AI overviews, to a browser that does.

A big part of his job as a librarian has been helping people with information technology, he said. He sees helping people think critically about technology and AI as a natural extension of this work.

While Brown’s long been skeptical of the purported benefits of technology for society, he didn’t start offering the AI removal services until this spring, when he attended a webinar presented by Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian who has become a leading voice in a nationwide movement of librarians who are working to help patrons understand the risks of AI and other technologies.

“I seem to have become the face of AI haters — which I’m fine with — in the library world,” Cyrus said.

Cyrus, a reference librarian at the Bangor Public Library, teaches classes on how to use technology. But that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing and promoting it, she said.

“I really try to make sure people not only know where to tap or click to get done what they want to do, but to understand the values and issues at play as they’re using different pieces of technology,” she said.\2

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/midcoast/midcoast-culture/maine-librarians-are-helping-patrons-resist-ai-joam40zk0w/

#USA #AI #DigitalLiteracy #Libraries

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

There is a need for holistic & evidence-informed policy frameworks that integrate regulatory measures, educational initiatives, shared accountability among stakeholders.
The study sample included 619 participants. In our sample, 69% agreed with the implementation of the ban, while 86.5% believed that additional measures should be implemented (i.e. #digitalliteracy courses in schools, active parental involvement in #digitalliteracy, prohibition of inappropriate content, reasonable parental limits

There is a need for holistic & evidence-informed policy frameworks that integrate regulatory measures, educational initiatives, shared accountability among stakeholders.
The study sample included 619 participants. In our sample, 69% agreed with the implementation of the ban, while 86.5% believed that additional measures should be implemented (i.e. #digitalliteracy courses in schools, active parental involvement in #digitalliteracy, prohibition of inappropriate content, reasonable parental limits

The Conversation: Want to be a better reader? Here’s how to practise active reading. “A 2024 survey of 500 influencers across 45 countries found that 62 per cent do not carry out rigorous fact-checking before sharing information. Navigating today’s digital information landscape, then, requires strong critical evaluation skills.Reading plays a central role in this process by serving not only […]

The Conversation: Want to be a better reader? Here’s how to practise active reading. “A 2024 survey of 500 influencers across 45 countries found that 62 per cent do not carry out rigorous fact-checking before sharing information. Navigating today’s digital information landscape, then, requires strong critical evaluation skills.Reading plays a central role in this process by serving not only […]

Join the Office of Council Member Virginia Maloney and BetaNYC for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

Learn how to ask better questions, get more useful results, protect your privacy, and decide when AI is a helpful assistant.

📅 Monday, July 13, at 10 am ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260713

#AI #DigitalLiteracy #CivicTech #NYC

Join the Office of Council Member Virginia Maloney and BetaNYC for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

Learn how to ask better questions, get more useful results, protect your privacy, and decide when AI is a helpful assistant.

📅 Monday, July 13, at 10 am ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260713

#AI #DigitalLiteracy #CivicTech #NYC

Reposting from @apsap :

Congrats to @saa-aap.bsky.social at @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org for the release of their latest issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Check out the digital review on #DigitalLiteracy in #archaeology

https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2026.10147

Reposting from @apsap :

Congrats to @saa-aap.bsky.social at @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org for the release of their latest issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Check out the digital review on #DigitalLiteracy in #archaeology

https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2026.10147

@bjoernsta

lieber @digitaltag
das waere noch immer gut. und es gibt auch leute, die euch gerne helfen, falls ihr tatsaechlich keine zeit fuer digitales habt und da auch nichts dazu lernen wollt. kein ding.

#digitalliteracy #digitalsovereignty

@bjoernsta

lieber @digitaltag
das waere noch immer gut. und es gibt auch leute, die euch gerne helfen, falls ihr tatsaechlich keine zeit fuer digitales habt und da auch nichts dazu lernen wollt. kein ding.

#digitalliteracy #digitalsovereignty

Q:
What about social media platforms causes more #toxicity than in face-to-face communication?

A:
DAD

Disembodiment
Accountability
Disinhibition

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-highlights-roots-online-toxicity.html

#SocialMedia #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #communication #media

Q:
What about social media platforms causes more #toxicity than in face-to-face communication?

A:
DAD

Disembodiment
Accountability
Disinhibition

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-highlights-roots-online-toxicity.html

#SocialMedia #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #communication #media

Boys and young men who are isolated or struggling to find their place in society are being presented with extreme content online that glorifies dominating and dehumanizing women and amplifies gender-based violence.

Solutions include:

➕ support mental health
➕ stop non-consensual AI
➕ promote digital literacy

https://www.thestar.com/politics/mps-urge-action-to-undercut-manosphere-by-tackling-anti-women-ideology/article_b3d8a1d2-6526-5d4d-9914-7b9aac69de9b.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share

#GBV #DigitalLiteracy #MediaLiteracy #AI #Grok #MentalHealth #toxic #PublicHealth #manosphere

Boys and young men who are isolated or struggling to find their place in society are being presented with extreme content online that glorifies dominating and dehumanizing women and amplifies gender-based violence.

Solutions include:

➕ support mental health
➕ stop non-consensual AI
➕ promote digital literacy

https://www.thestar.com/politics/mps-urge-action-to-undercut-manosphere-by-tackling-anti-women-ideology/article_b3d8a1d2-6526-5d4d-9914-7b9aac69de9b.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share

#GBV #DigitalLiteracy #MediaLiteracy #AI #Grok #MentalHealth #toxic #PublicHealth #manosphere

I pulled a local language model onto my laptop. No account, no API key, no data leaving the machine. Then I started using it — and noticed it thought about food systems, governance, and land management from somewhere around San Francisco, circa 2022. The model was running locally. My data was sovereign. And the thing was still, at some fundamental level, not mine. New post on what AI transparency actually requires — and why open weights and genuine openness are not the same thing.

https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-06-10-ai-transparency-digital-literacy/

#AI #OpenSource #DigitalLiteracy #Transparency #DigitalCommons #AIGovernance

I pulled a local language model onto my laptop. No account, no API key, no data leaving the machine. Then I started using it — and noticed it thought about food systems, governance, and land management from somewhere around San Francisco, circa 2022. The model was running locally. My data was sovereign. And the thing was still, at some fundamental level, not mine. New post on what AI transparency actually requires — and why open weights and genuine openness are not the same thing.

https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-06-10-ai-transparency-digital-literacy/

#AI #OpenSource #DigitalLiteracy #Transparency #DigitalCommons #AIGovernance

Can your students tell the difference between fact, opinion, misinformation and AI-generated content? 🔍🤖

Join the News Literacy Project on July 21 from 11 AM–12 PM EDT and discover practical ways to teach news literacy across subjects. Learn how to help students evaluate sources, assess credibility, build healthy media habits and become informed participants in our democracy.

This free, live, online webinar lasts one hour and grants professional development credit (for US teachers).

Learn more & register now:

https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/misinformation-ai-where-do-we-start?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=Summer+of+Learning&utm_id=June+2026&utm_term=Journeys+in+Film&utm_content=link

#NoAI #Education #Teachers #Webinar #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #ProfessionalDevelopment #Parenting #TeacherTraining #Homeschooling

Can your students tell the difference between fact, opinion, misinformation and AI-generated content? 🔍🤖

Join the News Literacy Project on July 21 from 11 AM–12 PM EDT and discover practical ways to teach news literacy across subjects. Learn how to help students evaluate sources, assess credibility, build healthy media habits and become informed participants in our democracy.

This free, live, online webinar lasts one hour and grants professional development credit (for US teachers).

Learn more & register now:

https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/misinformation-ai-where-do-we-start?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=Summer+of+Learning&utm_id=June+2026&utm_term=Journeys+in+Film&utm_content=link

#NoAI #Education #Teachers #Webinar #MediaLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #ProfessionalDevelopment #Parenting #TeacherTraining #Homeschooling

«Protecting Your Digital Trail: Data Retention For Sex Workers»

🗓️ Wednesday June 17th 2026
💻 Online (Zoom) 🕓 16:00 CEST
✍️ Inscription: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HryK3L6fTBqZfv75-1JRVg#/registration
👤 With Chloé Berthélém (from @edri)

#ESWA #SexWork #Privacy #Security #DigitalLiteracy #Online #Workshop #SWEvents #2026W25

«Protecting Your Digital Trail: Data Retention For Sex Workers»

🗓️ Wednesday June 17th 2026
💻 Online (Zoom) 🕓 16:00 CEST
✍️ Inscription: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HryK3L6fTBqZfv75-1JRVg#/registration
👤 With Chloé Berthélém (from @edri)

#ESWA #SexWork #Privacy #Security #DigitalLiteracy #Online #Workshop #SWEvents #2026W25

Illinois Secretary of State: Giannoulias Announces First-Ever Statewide Digital Library Resource Program. “Through their local library, or through the Illinois State Library’s website, every Illinois resident now has free access to a vast collection of trusted online resources, including e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers and research databases. Content is provided through an annual […]

Illinois Secretary of State: Giannoulias Announces First-Ever Statewide Digital Library Resource Program. “Through their local library, or through the Illinois State Library’s website, every Illinois resident now has free access to a vast collection of trusted online resources, including e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers and research databases. Content is provided through an annual […]

Join BetaNYC and the Office of Council Member Justin Sanchez for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover prompts, useful results, privacy risks, and civic AI tools.

📅 Thursday, June 18, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: http://beta.nyc/e260618

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Join BetaNYC and the Office of Council Member Justin Sanchez for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover prompts, useful results, privacy risks, and civic AI tools.

📅 Thursday, June 18, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: http://beta.nyc/e260618

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Open Weights, Closed Minds: What AI Transparency Actually Requires

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-06-10-ai-transparency-digital-literacy/

Open Weights, Closed Minds: What AI Transparency Actually Requires

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-06-10-ai-transparency-digital-literacy/

UCLA: How misinformation about archaeology spreads online. “What happens when a 12,000-year-old archaeological site becomes fodder for TikTok videos and the subject of pseudoscientific theories? That’s the sort of question Lara Fabian asks students to wrestle with in a new Fiat Lux seminar.”

UCLA: How misinformation about archaeology spreads online. “What happens when a 12,000-year-old archaeological site becomes fodder for TikTok videos and the subject of pseudoscientific theories? That’s the sort of question Lara Fabian asks students to wrestle with in a new Fiat Lux seminar.”