dimensions of vulnerability in the information age
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Dimensions of Vulnerabilityin the Information Age
presented by Valorie A. Stokes, Library Media Specialist
Platte County R3 High School
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“To grow up is to accept vulnerability…to be alive is to be vulnerable.” --
Madeleine L’Engle
By the End of This Session...
● External and Internal Vulnerabilities
● Two Mental Models to Reference
● Manifestations of Vulnerability
● Observation, Reflection and Discussion Takeaways
External Vulnerabilities
Cyberterrorism
Malware and Viruses
Identity Theft
Phishing Scams
Key Logging
Photo credit: “O Elephante” by Morilo Morals is licensed under CC BY 2.0
InternalVulnerabilitiesPerceptions & Realities of Time
Perceptions & Narratives of Self
Perceptions & Narratives About Others
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Now you see it...
Now you don’t.
WiseWitty
EruditePithy
Bloggers and
Tweeters
“Teaching is hard enough without worrying if your mask is on straight, or cracking, or peeling.” --Sam Bennett
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Photo credit: “Frustration” by Peter Alfred Hess is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Pretense Practitioners Bozos on the Bus
Everyone is on this continuum somewhere
Mental Model #1: TECtinuum
Sanguine Citizenry
TECtinuum V 1.0 created by Valorie A. Stokes METC 2/2016
Pretense Practitioners
Either faking or feigning it
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Bozos on the Bus
Fear, foible or frustration-filled;looking longingly at that other
cool “tech kids’” bus
Photo Credit: Clowns on a Bus. © Fang-Su; http://www.fangsu-photos.com/Life/Live/Santa-claus-11-11/ (used with permission)
Sanguine Citizenry
Believe technology makes everything easier and better and take any opportunity to say so
Photo Credit: “Wearable Technology” by Keoni Cabal is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Everyone is on this continuum somewhere
FOMO Sufferers
The OZZIEs RHINO’S Realm
“Impostors”
How Internal Vulnerabilities manifest themselves on this Continuum
Luddites & Technophobes
Tech Freaks & Geeks
FOMO Sufferers
The OZZIEs RHINO’S Realm
“Impostors”
They try to look and/or act the part of a wizard with technology, but sooner or later someone will see behind their curtain.
They possess that Fear Of Missing Out; sense they aren’t quite in on all the “secrets” others know about how to navigate or be adept with technology.
Like Bolt’s animated hamster friend, they are running as fast as they can to keep up but have to contend with the bubble of their existence.
They actually do know pretty well what they are doing yet still feel less than confident about their skills and are nagged by the notion that the jig will soon be up.Manifestations of
Internal Vulnerabilities
Bozos on the Bus
Certain Givens Feed...
the Vulnerability Beasts
Given #1The nature and legacy
of academe
Given #2The GTA, Instagram, Tumblr Red Herring
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Given #3Reluctance to ask
questions/look stupid
Students. 2011 copyright by Tulane University. All rights reserved.
Given #4The age and self-consciousness combo
Photo Credit: "IT Family", 2011 Ed Ivanushkin, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio/gray screened from the original
Given #5Life stage/context
constraints
Photo Credit: "Mother's moment", 2009 by Leonid Mamchenkov, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio/gray screened from the original
Given #6The Haves, the Have-Nots and the Having-to-Catch-Ups
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Photo Credit: "Fairy Bench" by Derek Markham is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Some stories people tell themselves about technology...
“I don’t have time to learn this stuff with everything else asked of me.”
“I am just so overwhelmed!”
“I don’t know what tool or resource to use when.”
“I feel like I just get comfortable with “X” and--poof--it goes away.”
“Students don’t need technology to learn ‘X’”?
The ODONO
Cycle
Mental Model #2
by Jim Burke
Orientation includes…
- Innocence
- Interruption
Photo Credit: “Breaking News!” by Mike Licht is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Dis-Orientation includes…
- Suffering
- Intervention
- Knowledge
New Orientation includes…
- Internalization
- Wisdom
Photo Credit: “Wisdom” by Moyan Brenn is licensed under CC BY 2.0
For Observation,Discussion, and Reflection(in one-on-one, small group or large group settings)
● With whom have you interacted that you could place on one of these mental models?
● What makes you put them there? Why would they likely be there?
● How can doing this quick type of “formative assessment” help you to help them?
Pretense Practitioners Bozos on the Bus Sanguine Citizenry
● What stories do you think (or know) some of your colleagues are telling themselves about technology tools they are being asked to adopt or integrate into the work they are doing?
● How could some of those stories be shared with others to alleviate pressures, frustrations or fears?
● Why would any of this information be helpful for you to know?
● When a new tech tool or resource is introduced to you, what is typically your reaction?
● Does it make a difference if you are a) invited to just explore it or b) expected to use it by a certain time or in a certain way?
Pretense Practitioners Bozos on the Bus Sanguine Citizenry
● Share either the continuum (or your own version of it) or the ODONO Cycle; have people place themselves on one of those models in the context of working with a new tech tool or resource. Talk about why they placed themselves where they did.
● How can using models like these or similar ones help us to differentiate PD or help better design tech PD to take that range of reactions into account?
Thanks for your time and attention
and remember...
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”
--Brene Brown
Works that Inspired or Informed this Presentation
Brown, Brené. Rising strong. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015. Print.
Burke, Jim. "ODONO: Life, Learning, Leading, and Literature." Web log post. English Companion. Jim Burke. Web. 27 Nov. 2015.
L'Engle, Madeleine. Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art. New York: North Point, 1995. Print.
Lesser, Elizabeth. Broken Open: How Difficult times Can Help Us Grow. New York: Villard, 2005. Print.