Tech Task #5 Digital Footprint

The other day in class we were discussing what your personal digital footprint is? For myself when I Google my own name my website about me page is the first thing that appears among other things such as awards from my high school graduation, and my experience at the Girls Baseball Nationals in which we played against Ontario and I was put in as a relief pitcher and somehow managed to pull out a win! My digital footprint is something that I view as very important and want it to be something that others see as a leader or a good influence. In order to protect my personal digital footprint I believe that you have to monitor what you place online as well as what others put online about you. Your actions in any situation, if they are negative, can affect your digital footprint because things such as newspaper articles and such would than be the first thing that pops up about you. I do believe however though that digital dualism should be the same in both worlds. You should not pretend to be someone you are not online and act totally different there than you would in person, and vise versa. I believe that teaching your students that digital footprints are important and the appropriate ways that they should act online is very important. If you as the teacher are not teaching them this, most likely no one else is, so how else are they going to learn what is appropriate to place online. It is up to you if this is a positive digital footprint or negative!
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