Hubbard2019DataAnalysisDay2

Reflection for the first article:

Basically, this article is suggesting that you can not trust every profile on social media because you can’t trust who the profile actually is because you can use stock images. This is related to me because I use social media myself and it shows me that I can not trust people I don’t know on social media. This also shows me that I can’t trust people who are giving their political ideas because those people can lie about who they are and what they actually think to influence us in some way or another. Stock photos are a common way that people hid their identity behind someone else’s because they use a stock photo and not their actual image. This is also concerning for me because if someone that I don’t know tries to influence my decision on something, I have to be cautious about if I listen to them or not.

Reflection for the second article:

This article has shown me how people will try to scam you by using public tragedies to their advantage. People can do this by saying that they lost a kid in a public event and they need help trying to find them. Some of these are real but you can’t trust them all as some people are horrible and will use these scenarios to make money and gain people’s sympathy. An example of this is people that say “Help me find my kid that I lost in the Manchester shooting, please donate to our Go-fund-me page to help out”. This can be real but it is most likely fake because they are trying to get your sympathy to give them money for no reason. People like this on social media are horrible people and in my opinion, this should be considered a crime. This has made me learn to be more cautious of what I believe on social media and to also help out with fixing this problem.

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May 30

Hubbard2019DataAnalysisThoughts

Before reading the article:

Statistics are a big part of our society today. They are often used to trick or manipulate the audience into thinking that something is true by just agreeing with them without having the necessary information to fully understand a scenario. Statistics are something that everyone believes because they think that they are factual but in reality, the statistics can be manipulated however someone wants them to be.

After reading the article:

I felt like I learned a lot after reading this article about statistics. Although statistics are something that we use a lot of in our lives to make educated decisions. They are not always accurate. Basically, you can never trust exactly what statistics are telling you because they can be made to sound exactly how you want them to sound. There is a lot of different ways that they can still be accurate but very deceiving. For example, if you asked 4 people if they like pizza and 3 people say no, then you have a statistic that only 25% of people like pizza. But in reality, if you ask 100 people if they like pizza, you are most likely going to get 80% of people who like pizza. This is because the less amount of people are in your survey, the less accurate it will be. Then people can also use this in a bad way, an example would be “only 25% of people like Joe’s pizza” because that is technically what they found if they only asked 4 people, but it is really deceiving and the statistic used for a bad purpose. Another way that statistics can be rigged is if the question is biased in one way towards an idea instead of being neutral, an example of this is “Do you like how Joe’s makes its pizza with frozen premade pizza crust?” almost everyone will yes that they don’t like it because of the way that the question is worded. There is no way that we can trust all statistics, so basically, we just need to make our own interpretations if the statistic is correct by looking if it was a fair question and seeing if the results could have been modified in a specific way. We need to use our common sense even if it is really hard.

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November 5

Everything I know about exponents

This is everything I know about exponents. I divided it into 4 parts, I highly suggest that yo play it at 1.5 or 2 times speed because it is very long so it goes faster. I hope you enjoy my project and you learn something new.

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I hope you enjoyed my project on exponents.

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September 17

Digital footprint

Question 1: How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities?

Your digital footprint has a big effect of your opportunities in the future. When you apply to a job, they will obviously google your name and if there is something negative related to your name, you will automatically have a disadvantage over the other people applying for the job. Also depending on how well you have protected your social media accounts, they might find something that you posted or commented on that they find offensive and the same result will happen, you will have a disadvantage to the job. Your digital footprint is also a way that people can stalk you. you can find a lot of information about someone of just what you find online. Just by searching up my mothers name, which I am not going to say, I found a lot of videos on YouTube of me and my family and a lot of information about us on my mothers Facebook. This shows that you never know what is out there of you. For example someone might have been recording while you swore and you never knew they were recording. You would not know that it would make a difference by swearing but if your employer sees it, there is a chance of getting fired.

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Question 2: Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

One strategy to stay safe is to put all of your social media accounts on private so no one can see your pictures. If your account is on public, a lot of random people can follow you and learn information about you that they shouldn’t know about you. You can also keep your digital footprint safe by not commenting on videos and on personal stuff. If you comment on a YouTube video under your name, that is there forever under your name. If you comment personal stuff on your friends pictures, that is there forever as well. Try to make your comments and posts very generic to keep your digital footprint safe. Another way to stay safe is to not always use your real name. If you use your don’t use your real name, then people can’t track you to that website because they don’t know which one is you. However, they can tell where you are in the world because of your IP address, so you can buy a program that reroutes it to somewhere else in the world to ensure that you are safe.

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

I would tell students that your digital footprint is something that you can’t erase, so stay responsible with what you post or comment on because you can’t erase it. I would also tell them that people can track you and stalk you with what is online, so make sure your social media accounts are on private and that you don’t put anything to personal online.

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