How much information should we put out 'there' about ourselves? How much information about us already exists about there? How do we manage our digital footprint? What strategies do you use to teach your students to manage their own digital footprints?
I saw Jesse Miller a couple of years ago - his presentation on Social Media and managing our digital footprint to our staff and later to our students scared the heck out of me. It's just frightening to see how much information can be found about ourselves out in cyberspace. We have no idea. It's good to be aware of our vulnerability when online.
We had a recent episode take place recently. A student sent an inappropriate email to another student. It ended up being a good, important, valuable and likely unforgettable experience. I think now the student who sent the inappropriate email will never do something like that again. Unfortunately it hurt someone along the way. Last year, the grade 8s had the good fortune of having Jesse Miller come to their class to talk about social media and sensible online behaviour. I hope to book Jesse Miller for my class this year.
I found some terrific tools online:
1) A tale of two footprints video:
http://myfootprintsd.com/intromovie.html (from this site originally http://myfootprintsd.com/index.html)
2) Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English:
http://www.commoncraft.com/video/protecting-reputations-online Saskatoon Public Schools
3) Digital Citizenship
http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/curriculum/techyteacher/tag/digital-citizenship/
I would show the two videos to my students and I would share #3 with them. I might also show my staff at a staff meeting or the parents at a PAC meeting. Somewhere in my readings, it was suggested that social media awareness should be part of the curriculum - that perhaps there should be a course designed for social media/social networking/digital footprints, etc. Not a bad idea - I would support it.
Someone sent this link to me not too long ago - takethislollipop.com A tool for showing the dangers of social media. I'm scared to actually try it - I sent it to Aaron and he tried it. Here is part of his reply to me:
"Very powerful too, but definitely too spooky for anyone under gr.11-12 I would think. It was a graphic, scary high definition movie".
Still haven't tried it! Ignorance is bliss?
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