2-1 Reflection

Digital Footprint
I find my digital footprint to be a very interesting idea and different than my students. Nowadays students have a digital footprint before they have the ability to decide if they want one or what to share. However, when I was growing up we did not have internet until middle school. The early years of my childhood were not documented on the internet like today's students. I started building my digital footprint around the age of 13. Truthfully, I feel like I have two footprints. I have my professional one developed around college and tied into one username. However, before that I had developed a username early on that I have stuck with throughout my personal life. To examine my whole digital footprint you would need to research both names and their usages, which are vastly different. My personal username ties into games, chat rooms, message boards, Twitter, Facebook, and my life outside of school. If examined it would show growth of a person over time from a young teen to an adult.

Digital Citizenship
I was not even aware of the idea of digital citizenship in the beginning of my internet usage career. The idea that the internet is forever was not on my radar. Students need to be taught early how to monitor their usage and how to be safe on the internet. They need to be taught what information is safe to be shared and how just a little can be traced back. They also need to be made aware that although the internet feels anonymous there is a person on the other end of that message or voice or comment that has feelings too, and bullying is still not okay. I think students should be learning this from a very young age.