This week the main idea of the tasks was discussing about what our digital footprint looks like. After googling myself, I found nothing that would not put off a good impression to a principal or future employer. I am thankful that everything was clear and I believe that this is important and that everyone should try and do this before they apply for a job. It is important that social media should be clean and professional as many employers will take this into consideration before hiring. After watching the video segments that were posted, I learned many helpful tips on cleaning up what might be on the internet about us. The biggest thing I took away would have to be how much professionalism on social media impacts the impression of others towards us. Be careful what is in the background of your pictures and even to the extent of who is in them. It is important that if teaching one day that you keep the kids names confidential on the internet to try and prohibit them from being exposed. Another big thing to remember is to make sure you have their parents approval if you are going to take pictures of them in class before posting on the internet. If these precautions are taken into consideration, the children should be kept safe.
The school platform sites that we were told to visit were somewhat difficult to work. I think that I am so use to canvas and blackboard that it made it hard for me to adapt. If I had to choose one that I liked out of the two, it would be Edmodo. I was not a fan of Kornukopia. Edmodo reminded me a lot like a Facebook group page with how you comment and voice your opinion.
There are so many new technologies that are out now, but the two that I choose to share to the class this week were the Id scanners for attendance and the use of Ipads in the school system and how these two are beneficial. I talked about the Id scanners for the task under school platforms and how these I think would keep schools safer in knowing where and who was at school. I choose to share the information about the Ipads for my group 2 assignment on the same padlet for the rest of the class to share their input and to see if anyone’s school used these very often. I put both of these on the same padlet because there was not a separate padlet to share the separate group assignment in case you have trouble locating. Overall, this week was a lot of tasks, but I learned some helpful to tips that will help me in the future with my digital footprint.
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