Digital Footprint

1) How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities?  Give atleast two examples.

There are many things that your digital footprint could affect. One big thing it could affect, especially right now, is your ability to get into certain colleges/universities. The admission officers may go through your digital footprint and look for you online, and they may find something that concerns them and makes them reject your application. Or, another example would be trying to get a job. Again, this is something big that your digital portfolio could affect, especially now, because many people at this school are legible to apply to jobs and may want to do so the first chance they get. This could also overall just affect your life at school or in public, if people recognize you from an internet post that maybe wasn’t appropriate or was not safe people may judge you. Or, if you post something not appropriate, someone may take that and bother you about it resulting in bullying or harrassment. Lastly, if you post something innappropriate, a threat of some sort, something that is harassing someone else, or cyberbullying, you could get a record with the police which could affect your future because now you have a record with the police and when employers and admission officers notice that then you have a much higher chance of being rejected from college/jobs.

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2) Describe atleast three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

The first strategy that I’d say is probably the easiest to maintain it to simply think before you post, and know what you’re putting out there and just realize how important that is. If you can just manage your identity by just knowing what you’re putting out there and having a thought about what you’re posting then it’s pretty easy to keep things safe and appropriate. Well, when it comes to keeping it appropriate, then just post appropriate things, not too hard. The second strategy I would say is helpful is to use privacy settings. Make your content and posts private so that only a select amount of people can see it and comment on it. This can also block out any dangerous people and/or stalkers or possibly people who may take your content and do something bad with it. My third strategy would to use your social media and internet appropriately. Don’t use social media to post things that may get you into trouble. Also, don’t use it to cyberbully other because that isn’t quite smart either. First of all, thats simply unkind and you shouldn’t take time out of your day to make other people’s lives miserable. Secondly, someone may get mad at you for it or maybe screenshot it and use it against you one day. So always be careful with what you post because things could even be manipulated into something you totally didn’t mean and it could be used negatively against you. My last strategy that I think is significant is generally just being smart with how you use the internet and how you form your digital footprint. Don’t post mean/stupid things, don’t let random creepy people friend you on social media, don’t start messaging people you don’t know. There are so many ways to prevent these dangerous things, you just have to know how what those ways are.

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3) What information did you learn that you would pass on to other students? How would you go about telling them?

I learned something really interesting about our cellphones. If you go to Settings>Privacy>Location Services>System Services>Significant Locations, you will find everywhere you have been to for the last month or so and it will tell you how long you were there for. If I were to tell my friends it would most likely be brought up in conversation when either talking about our phones, or this course and maybe discussing an assignment and that would remind me of what I learned. Something else interesting that I learned about is datamining. That is where ad makers find information about you and send specific ads to your phone that they think you’d be most interested in because of who you, how old you are, your gender, etc. My mom gets specific ads all the time but it’ll be things she is discussing in person then she will get an ad for it within a few minutes! Creepy!

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Sources:

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4 thoughts on “Digital Footprint

  1. Hi Kenya, I was really interested and inspired about what you had to say upon the topic of our digital footprints and how dangerous yet helpful they can be at the same time. I had no idea how significant our digital footprints could be, and how impactful they can be on our future. I will definitely be more aware and cautious of what I am putting online under my name. Your post was very beneficial and eye opening. – Julia Shaw

  2. Thank you for sharing your commentary on how to monitor your online use and how to maintain a credible digital footprint. Below are some observations about your post:

    – Details or explanations are extremely effective in answering the three questions regarding responsible online use
    – Photos and or media is exemplary
    – Post is completed and is well done!

    Thank you,

    Mr. Barazzuol
    COL Teacher for ADL10
    Riverside Secondary School

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