Digital+Footprint

What do you want you future employer or your future in-laws to see? Would you happy for your parents to see your facebook page, or your aunts, uncles and grandparents? Once you post it is nearly immpossible to get it back - think before you post. What does brand "You" look like?
 * Think before you post!**

[|Seriously, It’s Time To Manage Your Online Reputation [Infographic]]
This is part of Edudemic’s [|Staying Safe Online] series. They periodically publish guides and helpful bits of information to keep you thinking about how to stay safe among all those bits and bytes

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How would you define your digital life? Are you out there, sharing everything with the world? Or do you set rules for yourself about the type of information you make public? How careful are you in choosing who you speak to online? Remembering these key tips will help you keep control online, both now and into the future.
 * Keep your personal details private. Don’t post information about yourself that strangers might read, and don’t share your password with anyone at all.
 * Think twice about what you say and post. Don’t post anything you don’t want others to see or know about.
 * Remember – it’s forever. Posts on the internet can remain there for a long time and might be read by future employers, partners and even your own children!
 * Respect your friends. Be a good friend, and treat them as you would like to be treated.

[|Forget Facebook privacy, your digital life is on the net]

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Check your footprint and promote a positive image:

 * Do a Google search on your name to check what is people can already see.
 * Use pipl to find photos of yourself on the internet.
 * remove any pictures, content and links that give a poor impression. Your friends can post pictures or information about you. Ask them to remove it if it shows you in an unflattering way.
 * make sure you put positive accomplishments on your profile.
 * set your blog/social networking site settings to private. Only accept people as "friends" you actually know.

===[|Take Care of Your Digital Self]:=== Some instruction on protecting your digital self

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Digital footprints - your first impression
Lesson Plans and Student Activity Sheets from CyberSmart Interesting and creative digital citizenship lessons aligned with the ISTE Standards (2007) for Digital Citizenship and the nine elements of digital citizenship described in Digital Citizenship in Schools by Gerald Bailey and Mike Ribble (2007). Grades 1-12