Highly Visible and Hard to Remove

EDUC 316Anne Scholefield

Trish RosseelCindy Underhill

What is Your Digital Footprint?

Take a moment to think about where you create, contribute to and/or consume online?

Share with the group

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What is a Digital Tattoo? The vast array of data points that make up “personal

information” in the age of online media are nearly impossible to quantify or neatly define. Name, address, and phone number are just the basics in a world where voluntarily posting self-authored content such as text, photos, and video has become a cornerstone of engagement in the era of the participatory Web.

Digital Footprints, Pew Research Center Report

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Putting Yourself Out There

In pairs… Your e-

portfolio, blog…

Benefits? Drawbacks? Concerns?

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Examples: 3 Perspectives

#1: Individual

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#2: Educator

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The Person: Stacy Snyder

2006: student teacher called into question. She was denied a teaching degree.

2008: judge rejected her claim that this violated her First Amendment right to free speech.

2010: her photo & story lives on in perpetuity.

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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/college-sued-over-dru

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The Broader Context:The Web Means the End of Forgetting

“societal forgetting” important.

Reputation bankruptcy – new “fresh start”.

Technological solutions: expiration dates for data.

Forgiveness: explore new ways of living in digital world.

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New York Times: July 21, 2010

Consider: your personal view

In groups of 3, discuss: What would you do? How would you defend/discuss/respond to a

public view of you that was taken out of context? How do you reconcile the different facets of your

identity – public/private, professional/personal? Website: http://nyti.ms/dpAcKM

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The Educator: Mr. H

Offers a blog as support hub to grade 8 Math students

Uses a variety of freely available online platforms for students to create and publish.

Class accounts are used and student blogs are private.

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The Broader Context: Teaching Digital Citizenship

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The Broader Context: Learning to be Digital Citizens

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Learning network!

communicate

The Broader Context: Learning Digital Citizenship

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Create, share, be anonymous or not

Consider: your view as an educator

In groups of 3, discuss: If you could talk to Mr. H, what would you

want to ask him? How might this impact the digital identities of

his students ? If you could talk to Mr. H’s students, what

questions would you ask?

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Website: http://bit.ly/acjJi

The Profession: Teaching

Toronto District School Board developing social media guidelines

Vancouver Board deems “friending” and personal email “unacceptable”.

Blurred boundaries leave students and teachers vulnerable.

TRQuan, Douglas (2010) Facebook Blurs Line Between Teacher and Friend, Vancouver Sun.

The Broader Context: Policy and Guidelines

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http://socialmediaguidelines.pbworks.com/Faculty-and-Staff-Guidelines

The government approach

The collective approach

the practical approach

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Consider: your view as part of a larger profession

In groups of 3, discuss: Are current standards and ethics enough? Who do you look for in providing guidelines

around issues related to personal/professional boundaries?

Do you feel protected/vulnerable?

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Website: http://bit.ly/bTUAxo

Dynamics that Change Interaction

Persistence: hard to remove Replicability: copy/paste, @RT, <embed> Searchability: Google, Pipl, FB, LinkIn Scalability: potentially vast audience (De)locatability Anonymity: the illusion of…

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Digital Tattoo Tutorial

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Resources Digital Tattoo Madden, M., Fox, S., Smith, A., & Vitak, J. (2007).

Digital Footprints: Online Identity Management and Search in the Age of Transparency. Pew/Internet.

McBride, Melanie (2010) http://melaniemcbride.net/2009/08/27/putting-the-social-justice-in-social-media-pedagogy/

Rego, B. (2009). Teachers Guide to Using Facebook. Richardson, W. (2008, January). Teaching Civics with Social Web Tools.

District Administration, 44(1), 56-56. Rosen, Jeffrey (2010) The Web Means the End of Forgetting, New York

Times. Quan, Douglas (2010) Facebook Blurs Line Between Teacher and Friend,

Vancouver Sun.

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ResourcesClass Blogs

Welcome to Blogging: class intro for elementary students - Sargeant Park Math Zone: http://bit.ly/du9X1k

Create a Class Blog (2010)-Edublogger: http://bit.ly/7s2CZe Sarah Roy’s Class Blog: http://msroy.wordpress.com/

Review/re-use this presentation:

http://www.slideshare.net/digitaltattoo/dt-educ-316-presentation-2010-final

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