Positive Digital Footprint
As an educator you strive to show your students the proper way to complete assignments, by modeling what is expected. As an educator this needs to be done when it comes to social media posts, and developing an online identity. We stress to students anything posted on the internet is permanent, and we as teachers need to remember this advice. Below is my 10 Step plan to create a positive online identity.
1. Separate My Professional and Personal Accounts-When I joined social media, especially Twitter almost 10 years ago, it was new. Not knowing much about it, I just signed up to see what all the buzz was about. Through those 10 years of using Twitter morphed into more a connecting with others in both the education world and the football coaching world but one thing I never did was create a separate account for my professional and personal use. I definitely need to separate my personal and professional activities on there.
2. Model the Behavior-I often warn my football players and students that employers, and colleges are putting major research into their online activities and that certain images, likes, etc... on their profiles and can cost them. As a educator, who constantly warns on this type of behavior I need to make sure that I avoid any individual who may post explicit content or be careful not like, repost, or favorite something that can be deemed inappropriate.
3. Think Twice, Post Once- There is an old adage in wood working that you measure twice cut once. This philosophy needs to be used in social media posts as well. Numerous times I had a post ready to send but thought twice about it because I did not want the wrong message to be sent. Also, I had to think did I want to be caught up in this debate. As stated above, everything is permanent on the Internet so you must think before you post.
4. Use Appropriate Language-Many times people can get worked up over a post or incident that have taken place. When interacting with others on social media, you must use professional and courtesy language. Disrespectful or obscene language in not good.
5. Understand the Situation-Another issue with social media and the internet is "fake news" or stories that only present a one side of the story. Prior to commenting, or discussing the event you need to make sure you understand the whole situation. Understand what both sides are saying or what happened. Many times you can lose credibility by posting something that eventually proves to be false.
6. Privacy-One easy feature to protect yourself and your reputation online is the settings you allow your account. A very easy way to this is set the privacy setting so you can control who sees your post.
7. Delete Old Accounts-It's spring cleaning time for your footprint online. If you no longer use the service delete your account. Do not forget about your old accounts, delete it.
8. Using Technology-There are numerous apps or software programs that will not allow your usage to be tracked online. This will allow your footprint to wiped away when you are done searching.
9. Don't Overshare-Be careful what you put out there. Your old posts or information you may share innocently may come back to haunt you. Do not share personal information, or any information you do not want to be out there.
10. Google Yourself-Take time to see what your footprint is. If there is errors out there, fix them. Also learn your behavior from you find out. Finally, if you search yourself and items come up you do not to be there, think to yourself,what if my students see this.
https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/11-tips-for-students-tomanage-their-digital-footprints/
1. Separate My Professional and Personal Accounts-When I joined social media, especially Twitter almost 10 years ago, it was new. Not knowing much about it, I just signed up to see what all the buzz was about. Through those 10 years of using Twitter morphed into more a connecting with others in both the education world and the football coaching world but one thing I never did was create a separate account for my professional and personal use. I definitely need to separate my personal and professional activities on there.
2. Model the Behavior-I often warn my football players and students that employers, and colleges are putting major research into their online activities and that certain images, likes, etc... on their profiles and can cost them. As a educator, who constantly warns on this type of behavior I need to make sure that I avoid any individual who may post explicit content or be careful not like, repost, or favorite something that can be deemed inappropriate.
3. Think Twice, Post Once- There is an old adage in wood working that you measure twice cut once. This philosophy needs to be used in social media posts as well. Numerous times I had a post ready to send but thought twice about it because I did not want the wrong message to be sent. Also, I had to think did I want to be caught up in this debate. As stated above, everything is permanent on the Internet so you must think before you post.
4. Use Appropriate Language-Many times people can get worked up over a post or incident that have taken place. When interacting with others on social media, you must use professional and courtesy language. Disrespectful or obscene language in not good.
5. Understand the Situation-Another issue with social media and the internet is "fake news" or stories that only present a one side of the story. Prior to commenting, or discussing the event you need to make sure you understand the whole situation. Understand what both sides are saying or what happened. Many times you can lose credibility by posting something that eventually proves to be false.
6. Privacy-One easy feature to protect yourself and your reputation online is the settings you allow your account. A very easy way to this is set the privacy setting so you can control who sees your post.
7. Delete Old Accounts-It's spring cleaning time for your footprint online. If you no longer use the service delete your account. Do not forget about your old accounts, delete it.
8. Using Technology-There are numerous apps or software programs that will not allow your usage to be tracked online. This will allow your footprint to wiped away when you are done searching.
9. Don't Overshare-Be careful what you put out there. Your old posts or information you may share innocently may come back to haunt you. Do not share personal information, or any information you do not want to be out there.
10. Google Yourself-Take time to see what your footprint is. If there is errors out there, fix them. Also learn your behavior from you find out. Finally, if you search yourself and items come up you do not to be there, think to yourself,what if my students see this.
https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/11-tips-for-students-tomanage-their-digital-footprints/
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