Digital Citizens-Digital Zombies\u00a0is a research project that unfolds at Normandale, within our Minnesota history course. Human players follow a series of missions, and avoid becoming digital zombies.<\/p>\n
Digital Zombies love the Web.<\/strong><\/p>\n They love the Web too much, and it is rotting their brains. Your mission is to avoid becoming a Digital Zombie and learn how to navigate your research in the library and on internet. Save your brain! Use your brain!<\/p>\n All your missions are detailed below \u2013 do them sequentially and upload Be vigilant! Mission expiration dates, or deadlines are listed on the D2L Calendar.<\/p>\n Mission\u00a01:\u00a0Basic survival skills<\/strong><\/p>\n This zombie war is exhausting \u2013 find the best place to study and refuel your brain. Where are all the exits in the library? (Find them, don’t go through the the emergency doors!) Mission\u00a02: Develop a speciality<\/strong><\/p>\n Everyone needs to develop a specialty to help in the zombie-war efforts. All subjects should relate to MN, either as a state, territory, or Native American governed area. – folk customs lore, arts & culture specialist: explore Reference Librarians<\/a> (big desk in the middle of main library room, just beyond the computers)\u00a0will help you develop skills in your research:<\/p>\n 1\\) Introduce yourself to your librarian and explain the subject you need to research.<\/p>\n 2\\) Take a selfie with your librarian to establish your connection: post 3\\) Ask your reference librarian to help you find the stacks that hold books in 4\\) Ask a reference librarian\u00a0why the books you need are\u00a0organized the way they\u00a0are.<\/p>\n 5\\) Check out a book on related to your task force subject and Minnesota. You need to have your Student ID with you to check out a book.<\/p>\n In 100 words<\/strong>, explain why your book could help fight digital zombies (people who don’t think critically about using the web).<\/p>\n Upload to the Mission 2 Dropbox<\/p>\n Mission\u00a03: Use the web, don’t let it use you!<\/strong> Based on your role in the volunteer task force, explore beyond the Many books & info are\u00a0not in your library physically, but they are Below is the link to the Normandale library website.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.normandale.edu\/library<\/a><\/p>\n Apart from stacks, libraries contain a lot of material online. Find a past (real) disease outbreak by researching Pro-Quest or Lexis-Nexus for recent\u00a0newspapers, social media, and journal coverage of events, issues, public\u00a0health response. Choose from ebola, flu (swine flu of 2009 and flu\u00a0pandemic of 1914), SARS, AIDS, or any other infectious disease in Minnesota.<\/p>\n In 150 words<\/strong>, explain how these digital resources helped you Submit your words to the Mission 3 D2L dropbox.<\/p>\n This game derives from the\u00a0http:\/\/zombies.digital\/index.html<\/a> game created by Juliette Levy, Steve Anderson, Matt Bourchard, and Andy Keenan. And by derives I mean I copied everything I could from their website and gratefully acknowledge their efforts, including their Creative Commons-Attribution-ShareAlike International Licence.<\/p>\n Digital Citizens-Digital Zombies\u00a0is a research project that unfolds at Normandale, within our Minnesota history course. Human players follow a series of missions, and avoid becoming digital zombies. Digital Zombies love the Web. They love the Web too much, and it is rotting their brains. Your mission is to avoid becoming a Digital Zombie and learn … Continue reading “Are you a Digital Citizen or a Digital Zombie?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacknorton.org\/digitalcitizen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ncompleted missions to the appropriate zombie mission dropbox.<\/p>\n
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\nMake sure you find a safe spot in your library and report its location.
\nTake a pic of the place and give us specifics of where it is. Let us
\nknow why this is your choice for taking a break from the zombie hordes. Post your pic and explanation to the Mission 1 dropbox\u00a0on D2L.<\/p>\n
\nOnce the refueling is over, you\u2019ll need to know where to go!<\/p>\n
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\nChoose one of the following volunteer task forces to join:<\/p>\n
\nextinct cultures, learn about indigenous cultures, delve into the
\ndynamic forces of the past that shape\u00a0existing cultures
\n– infectious disease task force: epidemics in history, current
\nepidemics and disease environment, public health initiatives &\u00a0media
\ncoverage of epidemics
\n– human migration expert: massive migrations, political refugees,
\neconomic migration, exodus, push and pull factors, policy and
\ncontrol of human movements
\n– farming &\u00a0food production division: the history of food production
\n&\u00a0distribution, global trade routes, how will the world feed itself
\nin the post-apocalyptic era of digital zombies
\n– geography, land use & environmental\u00a0management unit: how have humans
\nchanged the geography of the world, how humans created new
\ngeographies and landscapes?
\n– military history & strategy expert: histories of previous or current
\nwars, strategic decisions and hierarchies of war
\n– engineering & innovative use of technology: how have innovations
\nchanged the course of history, like books, damns and bridges, the
\ncombustion engine, and digital computation<\/p>\n
\nit to\u00a0the Mission 2 dropboxon D2L.\u00a0If no reference librarian is available, take a selfie with the “we’ll be back” sign on the desk.<\/p>\n
\nyour chosen area of research: find one relevant book and summarize its
\ncontributions to your task.<\/p>\n
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\nYou must to go digital\u00a0before the network breaks down!<\/p>\n
\nphysical library and examine digital resources.<\/p>\n
\navailable on the web. Some resources were \u201cborn digital,\u201d they\u2019ve always
\nexisted in digital space.<\/p>\n
\nHere’s a research guide <\/a>for MN History. You can also search newspaper databases, such as Pro-Quest<\/a> or Lexis-Nexis<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>for articles.<\/p>\n
\nbecome a better member of your volunteer task force. You\u2019ll need to
\nreference the works you read, and tell us where you found them.<\/p>\n