Reflection: Week 2
What is digital footprint? Is it a gentle, quiet print or one that employers would question and result in reprimands for your actions? And possibly worse, the government looking at you closer for threatening posts to the government and officials.
All digital users should use the “Golden Rule” when posting, blogging and video chatting. Make sure your words and pictures do not shine a bad light on you and your family. Always think before hitting that submit button, will the post hurt someone, their family including yourself. We should all monitor our digital footprints or tattoos, by checking Google and /or other search engines. Watch who and what you are tagged on or like on social media to avoid any embarrassing activity. In the past if uncomfortable photos were taken, the photos and negatives could be destroyed. Today in our digital age, those posted photos are forever out there to resurface.
Google yourself and check your digital footprint, are you surprised at what you find? Is there any photos or words that you find embarrassing or conflicting? Keep your digital footprints clean.
An example of a bad digital footprint is Kathy Griffin posting a beheaded President Trump. Whether you are for or against the current President, this was not acceptable digital social behavior and will forever follow her.
A downside of social media postings can be depressing for many who already feel lost and alone. They start comparing their lives to those who post they are living the great American dream with the illustrious career, home, spouse and kids. Social media can also be used to bully others, used in stalking family, exes and celebrates and predators looking for unknowing users.
Keep your social media posting on your own time, another no-no is to post on your personnel social media during business hours. If it doesn’t pertain to your work, then don’t access the social media while on the company’s time. Keep your digital footprint clean.
We just had cyber-Monday shopping. Customers can do all their holiday shopping online at home, and in their pj’s.Again, keep your digital footprint clean and not shop during work hours.
I am comfortable with my digital footprint; my parents, sister, cousins and husband are friends on my Facebook page.
Cyber-shopping also marks your digital footprint. Whether you pay or search items, the retailers monitor and tracks your searches. Then you will have advertisements when you return to the site and even in your social media feeds. Can they track you on what is only said?
A student and I were only talking about if he plays cribbage, he mentioned he had played years ago, that night his feeds were adding ads for cribbage games on his phone.Very scare, we only talked about it, no digital search was done on his phone or computer.
It was interesting seeing the percentages of activity of smartphones in the Pew Research Center’s survey. My personal percentages would be higher for texting and emails. I check three emails, personal, work and college over talking. I also text my Mom and sister every day, but we only talk 1-2 every couple of months.
What’s your digital footprint? Is it a gentle, quiet print or one that employers would question and result in reprimands for your actions?And possibly worse, the government looking at you closer for threatening posts to the government and officials.
All digital users should use the “Golden Rule” when posting, blogging and video chatting. Make sure your words and pictures do not shine a bad light on you and your family. Always think before hitting that submit button, will the post hurt someone, their family including yourself. We should all monitor our digital footprints or tattoos, by checking Google and /or other search engines. Watch who and what you are tagged on or like on social media to avoid any embarrassing activity. In the past if uncomfortable photos were taken, the photos and negatives could be destroyed. Today in our digital age, those posted photos are forever out there to resurface.
Google yourself and check your digital footprint, are you surprised at what you find? Is there any photos or words that you find embarrassing or conflicting? Keep your digital footprints clean.
An example of a bad digital footprint is Kathy Griffin posting a beheaded President Trump. Whether you are for or against the current President, this was not acceptable digital social behavior and will forever follow her.
A downside of social media postings can be depressing for many who already feel lost and alone. They start comparing their lives to those who post they are living the great American dream with the illustrious career, home, spouse and kids. Social media can also be used to bully others, used in stalking family, exes and celebrates and predators looking for unknowing users.
Keep your social media posting on your own time, another no-no is to post on your personnel social media during business hours. If it doesn’t pertain to your work, then don’t access the social media while on the company’s time. Keep your digital footprint clean.
We just had cyber-Monday shopping. Customers can do all their holiday shopping online at home, and in their pj’s.Again, keep your digital footprint clean and not shop during work hours.
I am comfortable with my digital footprint; my parents, sister, cousins and husband are friends on my Facebook page.
Cyber-shopping also marks your digital footprint. Whether you pay or search items, the retailers monitor and tracks your searches. Then you will have advertisements when you return to the site and even in your social media feeds. Can they track you on what is only said?
A student and I were only talking about if he plays cribbage, he mentioned he had played years ago, that night his feeds were adding ads for cribbage games on his phone. It is very scare, we only talked about it, no digital search was done on his phone or computer.
It was interesting seeing the percentages of activity of smartphones in the Pew Research Center’s survey. My personal percentages would be higher for texting and emails. I check three emails, personal, work and college over talking. I also text my Mom and sister every day, but we only talk 1-2 every couple of months.
Today, multimedia is a desktop or living room experience, because the apparatus is so clunky.
This will change dramatically with small, bright, thin, high-resolution displays.
~ Nicholas Negroponte, 1995
Mr. Negroponte could be called the 20th Century Nostradamus. Predicating the small flat screen devices; TVs, Computers, Smartphones, E-Readers, Tablets and the list goes on. I choose the quote above because it’s amazing how in such a relatively brief time we have smaller and high-resolution devices. Cellphones or mobile phones first came out, they were large, bulky bricks. Now the cellphone is used as a multimedia device and will fit in a back pocket or inside a jacket pocket.
The technology of these flatter smaller devices makes it easier to carry for everyday use at school, work and travel. Last night at dinner the table next to us, were entertaining the kids with movies on their small devices. We have added small screen displays in cars to entertain during long or short trips in the car.
The high-resolution of HD (high definition) TVs, smartphones photos, imaging in entertainment and medical fields, intraocular implants lens, contact lens and HD lens for glasses are all part of our choices today. HDTVs have HDMI (High-definition Multimedia Interface) connects audio/visual signals to the TV from other devices such as a Blu-ray player.
Net neutrality: What will the FCC do to Internet Freedom?
According to some, net neutrality will hamper education in rural and low to middle income internet users. Losing open Internet rules will change how ISP (Internet Service Providers) price package broadband services. This will limit services to those who can’t pay the ISP prices for those services. While areas of higher income and resources will have the opportunity to increase their broadband services and sources to search.
A child living in the rural communities or in the country already have difficult with access to internet due to no cable/telephone/internet lines. The options for current internet access is using a slow-speed provider or hot spot from the cellphone.
The ISP will also control which sites will be seen by their customers. This is limiting sources, information and research for truth and knowledge.
Big companies have more of a monopoly of all digital multimedia services, such as cable TV, Internet, and phone.
As companies buy and sell between each other these choices will be changed without the user’s consent.
How will net neutrality affect healthcare, electronic health records and HIPPA guidelines?The American Academy of Family Physicians wrote Mr. Pai, “It is paramount for the health and well-being of U.S. citizens that no barriers be placed hindering the free and open appropriate exchange of health information." (Cohen 2017)
Other’s feel it will bring down price due to competition for services. Companies will be able to bundle services providing better pricing and distribution.
Teaching Sites for Digital Health & Wellness
Educational Sites: Net neutrality
References:
Golden Rule Definition Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20rule
Long, C. (2015). What net neutrality means for students and Educators. Retrieved from http://neatoday.org/2015/03/11/net-neutrality-means-students-educators/
Madden, M., & Raine, L. (2015). Americans' attitudes about privacy, security and surveillance. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/05/20/americans-attitudes-about-privacy-security-and-surveillance/
Ohler, J. (2011). Character education for the digital age. Educational Leadership, 68(5), 187-205. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb11/vol68/num05/Character-Education-for-the-Digital-Age.aspx
Reflection: Week 1
If you look at Webster definition of citizenship is being a good steward in the community. At one time that community may have been a smaller number of individuals. Now with our digital age of internet, world-wide web, computers, tablets, iPad and smartphones, the community has become global in a relevant brief period. We as educators need to expand our learning and teaching to meet this great need of expanding the knowledge of digital access, rules, netiquette, health and safety issues. The need for this important education starts with our toddlers all the way to our seniors.
Definition of citizenship
1 : the status of being a citizen
He was granted U.S. citizenship.
2. a : membership in a community (such as a college). b : the quality of an individual's response to membership in a community
The students are learning the value of good citizenship.”
I am from an age where citizenship was taught in grade school in social studies along with the pledge allegiance to the flag, a minute of prayer and singing the National anthem. It was learning to respect those who fought for our freedoms, local, state and national leaders but also respect our classmates and ourselves. To use our voice and the right to vote for our local, state and national leaders and referendums.
I was taught at home, school and church that I had the right to have my own beliefs and thoughts about religion and politics but that my views may not always agree with others. To be open minded and resolve your differences politely with a respectfully disagree in friendly debate. I had a brain and heart to choose my own path.
We've always had fake news, yellow journalism. It's just now more accessible with our digital age and thus easier to get caught in the mistruth. I think we are slowly becoming a society that will call people out when it’s discovered they are a fake. Some recent examples that come to mind are: musical entertainers lip-syncing, newscasters misquoting, or saying they were in forefront of a battle when safely in a bunker, sexting scandals and unsecure emails.
Somewhere along the way, we have lost the teaching respect for others and citizenship (civil and social). Diversity training is now mandated in colleges and universities for faculty.
Digital literacy, fourth Riddle element (Riddle 2015) is to keep up with digital changes. Reading articles on new terminology for digital use. My interest was piqued by a friend talking about her child online dating in college. The terminology used in online dating regarding rejection such as ghosting, zombie and benching. Pay attention to our personal community who are using online dating sites and understand how this new way of dating can be just as emotional for an individual as the face/face dating.
Safety issues to take in to account for digital users are watching for scams and phishing emails requesting personal information. Sex predators using sites to flush out children who are looking to find themselves. Some positive safety issues are the faster accessibility for help when lost or car broke-down, Amber and Silver alerts.
Health issues involved in overuse of digital tools. Being in the ophthalmology field, I am concerned with digital eyestrain issues such as dry eyes from staring at screens, blue light concerns with the retina and sleep rhythm. Along with other medical issues involving head and neck strain from looking down at devices and hearing loss from earplugs.
The medical field is high in digital use with electronic medical records, imaging, patient education, electronic prescriptions, billing, insurance claims and appointment scheduling. With the digital users not only the medical staff and providers, but patients as well.
Digital citizenship is adding the modern technology to a previous noun. Now everything is out there instantly and in some cases, Live. Whereas in the past it may be a day or week before the local paper was at your doorstep. Sooner if it made the 10:00 pm news broadcast.
Today, we need to teach not just or children but our seniors the scams on the Internet, email, and on social media. These scams are types of bullying; sexual and financial hunters, at least that’s my opinion.
Our digital technology is wonderful tool in our everyday life. As digital citizens, we need to become good stewards, understand and respect how this tool can harm us and others as well as assist and protect.
“If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong.” ― Germany Kent
Teaching Sites for Digital Citizenship
References
Blue Light and Digital eyestrain issues Retrieved from https://www.preventblindness.org/blue-light-and-your-eyes
Chen, J. (2016). "Benching" is the new ghosting. Retrieved from: http://nymag.com/betamale/2016/06/benching-ghosting.html
Ohler, J. (2010). Digital community: Digital Citizen. Thousand Oaks, CA: Cowin.
Riddle, M. (2015). Digital citizenship in schools. Nine elements all should know (3rd ed.). Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.