Digital+Footprint

Your digital footprint is the trail of information created by your activity online. The social and collaborative nature of today's Internet has resulted in a plethora of information about ones self, often shared freely and without consideration of the long term consequences it may have.

 In the age of transparency, it is increasingly important that digital citizens (anyone who participates in the digital community) search, monitor and manage their online identity.


 *  Ways to search, monitor & manage your online identity: **
 * Google yourself - Place your name in quotation marks and find out what's on the Internet about you!
 * Setup [|Google Alerts] - with your name in quotes as the alert term. You will be notified via email whenever your name hits the web.
 * Use social networking sites (MySpace, Facebook etc.) responsibly. Keep in touch with friends, make new friends but don't post anything you wouldn't want your mother or your employer to see.
 * Remember that once you put an image on the Internet you can NEVER get it back.
 * Talk to your friends and family about what information they might be posting about you!

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 * Ways to create a positive digital footprint: **
 * Collaborate, communicate & create in meaningful ways!
 * Publish positive images & videos

//**Remember it is extremely important to build a **//

//** positive digital footprint, not just avoid a negative one! **//

Ransom Tech - Digital Footprints Manage your Digital Footprint - Article from the BC Teacher's Federation
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//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">What are you doing to build your respectful, responsible and safe digital footprint? **//

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