Participants will come away with a clear, accessible understanding of what media literacy is in the digital age and why it is imperative that character education, beginning in the family, be integrated across the curriculum for all other literacies to build on. They will come away with practical skills that they can apply immediately in life, faith, catechesis, and education. As catechists, teachers, parents and ministers, it is not enough to know "how." We are called to be faithful citizens in the digital universe and character education is the basic human foundation on which to build the moral, faithful citizen with an informed conscience and vibrant faith life. (This presentation was part of a two day media workshop sponsored by the Daughters of St Paul and the CANA Centre in Singapore, Nov 5-6, 2018.)

1. Digital Literacy:
Why character
Matters
BRIDGING FAITH & LIFE IN A DIGITAL
WORLD
DAUGHTERS OF ST PAUL
SR. ROSE PACATTE, FSP, D. MIN
SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 4, 2018
BEMEDIAMINDFUL,ORG
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2. Social media are web-based
tools for interaction and
conversation, to create and
share content

3. Our wired world 2018

4. Digital Media –
Social Media
 Heavy advertising
 Influencers – is your child
an influencer? Are you?
 Are you aware of their
activities on social media?
 Social Media platforms
are not “value” free
 They are monetized
 They are vehicles for
selling

5. Think
theologically
To participate, to engage
in this social media world
We will need to know
what we believe as well as
God’s ongoing, eternal
communication with us.

6. Character Education: Bullies

7. Character: to do the right thing when no
one is looking (The War)

8. What are your values?
 faith,
 hope
 charity
 life,
 family,
 honesty
 community
 social justice,
 compassion,
 patience,
 generosity
 integrity

9. Grace builds on nature
 Human formation
 Character
 Values
 Spiritual formation
 Habits of being: Virtues
Empathy

10. Character
 Making a habit of doing the right thing
 What you do when no one is looking
 Empathy
 How would you like it if someone did that to you?

11. Empathy

13. Character is destiny
 Thoughts
become acts
 Acts develop
into habits
 Habits define
character
 Your character
shapes your
destiny

14. Learning character
 Language
 Communication of values
 Example
 Teaching
 Relationships
 Family and peers
 Social interaction
 Inner, dialogic speech
 Personal initiative
 Reading, media, paying attention, reflection, dialogue

15. Digital Literacy
 Teach children early to
recognize their spiritual
gifts (values & virtues)
 Teach children early that
these are the guidelines
for engaging in social
media
 Make your house rules
regarding social
media/screen time and
keep them yourself

16. Character Education +
Digital Literacy
 = a pro-social citizen and
active Christian in the
digital universe.
 Access
 Analyze
 Evaluate
 Create

17. Christ has no online
presence but yours,
No blog, no Facebook
page but yours
Yours are the tweets
through which love
touches the world

18. Yours are the posts through which
the Gospel is shared
Yours are the updates through
which hope is revealed
Christ has no online presence but
yours ….

19. There’s a hero in all of us

20. Thank you!
Q & A
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