In honor of June being Internet Safety Month, have you ever thought about your digital footprint- the path you are leaving in the virtual world?
Did you know that every single thing you do online from posting pictures, creating accounts, Tweets, Facebook wall posts, online purchases, participation in online communities, FourSquare check ins, etc. are part of your digital footprint?
The video below (courtesy of DigitalNatives.org) is about the many elements that are part of our digital footprint and is a must watch because it is eye opening regardless of whether you dabble in social media or are fully immersed in it like me. Each one of us- whether blogger, online shopping addict, or LinkedIn junkie- is creating a unique digital footprint through all of our online activities. These days the first step in the path begins at infancy.
Watch it and please comment with your thoughts. I’m interested in hearing what you think!
No compensation was received for this post. I heard about this video from a high school media specialist friend who used it with her students and staff and wanted to share it with you.
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Original post by Tech Savvy Mama
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Kind of makes you stop and think, doesn’t it? Reminds me a little of George Orwell’s 1984–Big Brother might really be watching us!!
I think we have a whole generation of “tech savvy(!)” kids coming up who are posting any and every thing on social networking sites, including provocative and compromising photos of themselves that could wreak havoc with future employment, education opportunities, and even running for public office. Do they not realize that once that stuff is put out there, it’s there for the world to see–and in some cases used against you in a very humiliating and cruel way.
Always good to see debate on digital footprints.
Like to high-light couple of things, digital footprints are much much more that what you say about yourself
http://blog.mydigitalfootprint.com/whats-your-digital-footprint-mdfp
Second, research shows that the youth like technology because it is a place that they can go where parents don’t have control.
There is a difference between what you think you control (as a parent) and what they do. As a child once, long live the gap
tony