Generation Zeitgeist Resources

Generation Zeitgeist: From User to Creator

Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

From User to Creator Topics
How the Internet Works
Your Digital Footprint
Your Digital Identity
Lifestreaming: Teen/Influencer Culture
Surveillance/Big Brother
Digital Harm & Your Devices
Connection on the Web
Situational Awareness
Anonymity, Identity, Authenticity
Check Your Sources
Measuring Success on the Web
A Culture of Digital Safety

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed with the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives.

Introducing Team TrollBusters

Dr. Michelle Ferrier, curriculum developer/instructional designer is the founder of TrollBusters and a professor of journalism and digital media. She is an award-winning educator, journalist, and technologist, with research into online communities, digital marketing and online education. She has created digital resilience and safety curricula for journalists and students. She holds a Ph.D. in Texts and Technology from the University of Central Florida. She works with a gifted team with big hearts digitally distributed around the world, including Ruby Winter, research associate with TrollBusters and Barton James Christner, director of online education for TrollBusters.

Introducing Carlotta Cataldi,
Graphic Recorder

“I am so pleased to have found Carlotta Cataldi as the graphic recorder for our Generation Zeitgeist project. I was seeking someone who was able to take big, abstract concepts and present them in an accessible and fun format for our young audience. Carlotta’s work brought each lesson to light with relatable characters and a graphic style that is eye-catching and informative.”
–Dr. Michelle Ferrier, Founder, TrollBusters; Executive Director, Media Innovation Collaboratory

“Few individuals can interpret curriculum content, while providing the illustrative graphic genius to successfully educate AND entertain. Carlotta Cataldi combines this unique expertise. Her visual product inspired an often difficult-to-reach teen demographic. So much so, that in a field trial, one student literally declared, “Finally, lessons that look kinda exciting, like something we’d actually WANT to read.””
–Barton James Christner, Director Online Education, TrollBusters

From Carlotta: My passion for agile and transparent communication, team work, together with my ability for deep listening and fast visualization skills, brought me to work with several experienced teams of facilitators and organizations all over the world, as a knowledge worker, a graphic facilitator, and a group facilitator. Learn more about my work at carlottacat.com.


Gen Z [1]: How the Internet Works

60-SECOND VIDEO LARGE-SCALE POSTER FORMAT (48″ X 64″).
The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [2]: Your Digital Footprint

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [3]: Your Digital Identity

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [4]: Your Digital Identity

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [5]: Surveillance/Big Brother

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [6]: Digital Harm & Your Devices

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [7]: Connection on the Web

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [8]: Situational Awareness

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [9]: Anonymity, Identity, Authenticity

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [10]: Check Your Sources

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [11]: Measuring Success on the Web

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

Gen Z [12]: A Culture of Digital Safety

The Generation Zeitgeist program was developed by TrollBusters for the Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project for young creators and digital natives. Our curriculum moves teens from users to creators, defining the digital landscape and its uses and harms. Through 12 educational posters and short video explainers, we empower young people to engage in digital spaces on their terms.

TIKTOK VIDEO EXPLAINERS (60 SECONDS)

Each video explainer breaks down each poster theme into animated movies.
VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/showcase/9360131

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