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As teachers in 2018, it is more important than ever to understand and model effective digital citizenship and digital footprints not only for students, but as leaders in our profession, through an authentic online persona. Three questions spring to mind: 
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Stalkscan is the creepy name of a website that lets people enter the URL of a Facebook profile and view all of the public information for that profile. The site is a good reminder to check your Facebook privacy settings regularly.
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Employers now routinely “screen” applicants’ online profiles before deciding to hire candidates. So for young people, who have grown up with social media and a “life online”, this can mean their childhood activity could influence a future employer’s recruitment decision. Via Nik Peachey
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When was the last time you googled yourself? Some may ask why on earth would I want to do that? Well it is an effective way of finding out what others can learn about you from the Internet. What information is actually public?
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A couple of months ago my son, who is six years old, performed a solo routine at his school talent competition. I couldn’t attend but my wife filmed it on her mobile phone so I could watch it later...
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Your next job application could require a social media background check. Odds are, you have no clue what that means. Nobody does. It's new and scary and probably scours the Web for pictures of you puking on the beach.
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While places like New Jersey, who the New York Daily News recently reported, have passed a bill requiring schools to teach acceptable use of social media, cyber safety, cyber security, ethics, and cyberbullying, the NYC Department of Education goes...
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Kaplan study highlights the risks of uncensored use of social media.
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iKeepSafe and Google have teamed up to create new and improved curricula about being a responsible digital citizen.
Our hope is for technology to dramatically improve the lives of students and educators. Working together, we are committed to supporting education, as well as keeping students and teachers safe online.
Each of the three classes is interactive, discussion filled, and allows students to learn through hands-on and scenario activities: Class 1: Become an Online Sleuth Class 2: Manage your Digital Footprint Class 3: Identify Tricks and Scams Online Emily Ensign
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It’s your profile, you can include what you want to include—right? Before you post, think. Are you prepared to have those words and images represent you for months, and even years to come? Your postings on profiles and to chats and blogs may have cyberlives much longer than what you might have imagined or intended, and may reach a much wider audience than you could have anticipated.
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Some might say that the Internet was built on anonymity, paving the way for a place where free speech reigns supreme.
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Do your kids know that every time they go online they leave a trail, like cookie crumbs leading from the kitchen to their bedroom? The only difference: these trails of crumbs will never be erased and could either hurt or help them later in life.
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This video is one of three videos showcased in the TELUS WISE footprint challenge to teach teens and tweens good digital literacy habits.
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8 Steps for Students to Remove Thier Digital Footprints ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
One of the essential parts of the digital citizenship I have been long talking about in this blog is about digital footprints. Students need to know that whatever they do or create online leaves behind a trail or digital breadcrumbs that others can trace.
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News and research about digital citizenship, digital literacy, cyberbullying, online privacy, reputation, digital tools in schools, and much more!
Since it's smart to be CyberWise, we constantly research and deliver the latest and most relevant news about digital media and learning for you. Information on this page is updated every other week.
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5 Reasons You Should Be Teaching Digital Citizenship
Students buzzed about the latest uproar on Instagram. Anonymous sources had posted a “questionable”–and NSFW–list for multiple public schools in our city on Instagram, leading to distraught girls, viral Twitter reactions, and an investigation [http://insiderlouisville.com/news/2014/01/16/jcps-officials-investigating-posting-inappropriate-photos-students-instagram/ ]. This type of cyberbullying and reckless use of digital communication is rampant among teens, but this recent episode was only unusually due to its elevated publicity.
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I have been researching my digital footprint and if I'm honest, the sheer amount of information there is about me is vast. Whilst humans forget, the internet doesn't.
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How do we best educate children to be thoughtful about their online security in these rapidly changing times? The challenge of staying up-to-date, when technological innovation gallops at breakneck...
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