Digital Footprint Section2.

How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities? Give at least two examples.

• It can impact me negatively. People can easily find personal information about me through searching internet. Even if I didn’t post any, someone can tag me easily. Therefore, it can affect my future opportunities. If I have any negative comments, the company will reconsider.

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

1. If I found any negative comments about me: Emailing blog- To let them know about that you are willing to do legal actions if they don’t delete inappropriate comments about me.
2. Do not post any personal information on the internet.
3. Only accept people as friends when you really know them in person.

Proper tips for googling/online searching section

1. Watch the following videos on various tips and tricks to use for Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0DQfwc72PM

2. Describe in detail two possible search tools to narrow the focus of your searches.

1. Add quotation mark if you want to specify the search to find exact full sentences.
2. Use – (dash) to omit words

3. Perform a search on a topic of your choice

I searched: To be or not to be from Shakespeare’s Hamlet

4. Perform it in an incorrect manner and then use one of the techniques to narrow your search – talk

about the number of search results for each search and how this would help in your research – provide

screen shots for evidence

5. Pick one of the sites that came up in your search and create a proper citation for that site.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56965/speech-to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question

Reliability of information Section

1. Watch the following video on finding reliable information on-line:
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h7BLuH6fHs
3. Explain how you know a site is providing reliable information – what clues do you look for?

You can use these 5 skills to prove if it is reliable information!

1. C- Currency: When was it updated? Is the information current? Do all of the links work?
2. R-Relevance: Does the information meet your needs? Is it really about your topic or does it just sound cool?
3. A-Authority: Who is the author? Is the information biased? What does the URL tell you?
4.  A-Accuracy: Are they trying to sell you something or convince you to believe their side? Does the information match your other sources?
5. P-Purpose: Why did the author create the page?

***READING A URL***

.org=organization

.gov=government

.k12= elem/mid/high school

.com= commercial

.edu=college or university

NO WIKIS/BLOGS/ANSWERS/WEBSITES

 

Personal Learning Network Section
1. What is a personal learning network – watch the following video and describe in your own words what a PLN is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLLpWqp-owo

It allows people to connect with other educators and professionals in a various field.

2. Watch the following video – complete either 2A. or 2B as a response on your infographic -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XfGnpf9qzs

• 2A. What does your personal learning network look like? Describe services/apps/or people(networks) that you currently use to learn

My Personal Learning Network is very private. I only connect with people that I know in a real life. I am quite scared to share my life with other people whom I haven’t met. Therefore, my instagram is a personal account. I only accept my friends. I learn their idea, thoughts, and experiences via pictures and posts.