All three articles addressed social media and the
long term effects it can have on one’s life. I am part of a generation who
thinks it is necessary to share every little detail about their day and share
it with the world. It's common for individuals to type whatever they are
thinking at that specific moment without really thinking of the long term
consequences. After looking myself up online and thinking about my digital
tattoo, I found that I don't really have one. To others, I know this can be
seen as a suspicious, but to me I see it as a good thing. I'd rather have
nothing than a bunch of negative things out there. When it comes to posting
things online, I like to think, "What would grandma or my significant others
mom think if she saw this? Would she be proud or would she be calling you the
second she saw it?" It is important to portray yourself in a positive
light in person and on the internet and to be honest, I wish that I had learned
that lesson a lot earlier in life. One step that I want to take in order to
create a digital tattoo is to start sharing works that I am proud of. I hope
that I can play a key role in working with my students to create their digital
tattoo. I will take my experiences and share them with my future students.
Explain to them the importance of always portraying yourself the right way
wither it be online or in person. I'd like to share my students work with the
world. Obviously, it is crucial to get the proper permission and follow the
appropriate protocol when doing so. I can only imagine what the future has in
store and it will be crucial for my students to be properly educated and make
good decisions when online.
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Like yourself, not much comes up when you search my name on the internet (or at least from what I searched!) and I don’t necessarily think it is a bad thing. Maybe as the technology and the internet continue to grow and play a bigger role in our lives it will one day matter. But as of right now I think that the less information you find the better. In my career now I actually interview and hire people on a monthly basis. If I find the time to actually look them up before hand I am typically more drawn to the person if little to nothing comes up vs. every picture and post from the time they were born. I think it is important for people to be conscious with what they are posting. It creates and image and allows others to judge you from what you do advertise online. As you mentioned, I would also like to create works that I am proud of and teach my students to do the same. It is so important that they understand the importance of what they put out there for the world to see.
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ReplyDeleteI agree completely with how you perceive the lack of an online presence. I discovered that there was an abundance of (accurate) information about me online, and I was a little irritated. I wish I could make that sort of information hidden to strangers perusing the internet. Information like date of birth, family, phone numbers and addresses is private. I would like mine to stay that way. As you point out, the second article we read says that the absence of an online social identity is a bad thing. We also discussed this in class and it was said to be a bad or suspicious thing if you didn't have information online. It's true that it's important to portray oneself positively on the internet. It's also important, I think, to be yourself online. I disagree with this idea that we should hide things about ourselves that supposedly make us look bad. For instance, if there is a picture of me at a concert drinking a beer, I would object to removing this in order to create a more positive/clean (read: white-washed) profile. If I am of age, then I should be able to have a social media presence that includes my interests such as live music and beer for example. I think while being positive, respectful, and conscious of one's digital tattoo is important, students should also be themselves express their individuality.
The funny thing is, while not having a digital tattoo can be a better thing than a lot of negative things...it can also be worse. People can assume you did an identity wipe, meaning you DID have a lot of negative things. Having negative things means you hopefully have some GOOD things as well. Then you have an identity, and removing the negatives is easier than establishing yourself quickly and easier than wiping your whole internet identity. From the websites we used, I really did show up very much. Googling myself yielded more results than the sites we had used in class. And that was easy to clean up the negatives too. :)
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