Are You Googleable?

Some of the heaviest users of online tools and social media are our younger students. More and more young people are growing up as visual learners and sometimes visual attention seekers. As a teacher in the age of social media, it is important for me to teach my students that what they share what is shared about them over the internet can have a huge impact on their real life and virtual life. I need to know what a digital footprint is so that I can teach my students about the effects of their internet usage is.

                To teach my students about digital footprints, I will ask them if they believe they are “Googleable”. I do not want my students to fear social media. Instead, I want them to be aware that what they share on the internet is permanent even if they hit the “delete” button. No matter what they do, they will have a digital footprint. It is up to them to keep it positive or negative.     

SOURCES: 

http://www.teachhub.com/10-things-your-students-should-know-about-their-digital-footprints http://digitalfootprintimu.weebly.com/follow-your-footprint.html

http://www.sanjuan.edu/Page/24650

http://sybasigns.com.au/digital-resources/web-2-0/digital-resource-managing-your-digital-footprint