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Digital Tattoos = Digital Reputations

I choose to take an adventure into a self guided exploration about Digital Tattoos!

    A digital tattoo generates a positive and/or even a negative digital reputation. A digital reputation evolves from any information about yourself online that is either posted by yourself or others, intentionally or unintentionally. When using any online type of search engine like; blogging, people and sites you follow,  updating your status, checking into a location, messaging a friend, like, sharing, or commenting on a post, posting a photo, visiting a website, … everything you do online leaves a trail. This trail contributes to your digital tattoo and digital reputation- REMEMBER THAT!

    Although this may appear difficult for our students to understand, students have the opportunity to leave impressive trails of their digital reputation if we take the opportunity to teach them how  it is done.  We can inform them of the many ways to stay up to date on the pros and cons of technology's capabilities, build awareness instead of fear, and inform them of the ways they can protect their digital reputation.

"Your digital reputation can affect your friendships, relationships and even your job prospects for the rest of your life, so it's very important that you are careful about the picture you paint of yourself online." Digital Reputation

*Remember your online information could be there forever and may end up being seen by people you don't know, including potential employers.

Let's take the opportunity to teach our students proper netiquette (the do's and don'ts of online communication). Why do etiquette rules differ when communicating online vs. in person.  Do students naturally know how to communicate online? No, of course not, no one really does because our online communication can easily be misunderstood and misinterpreted.  Please see the fundamental netiquette rules network below. I read one of the blogs from the site  digitaltattoo.ubc.ca, The blog was titled, Guest Post: Tips for Students in Online Discussion Boards (students-in-online-discussion-boards), by Rachael Bradshaw, R; January 26, 2021.


                                                   Fundamental Netiquette Rules

I completed the self assessment quiz Privacy and Surveillance privacy-and-surveillance-quiz, and I received informative feedback in regards to my results.  The feedback alerted me in the area that requires more attention-- managing my digital/online identity.  

From what I learned in exploring this content, I will manage my online identity as inform my students and others on ways they can manage their online identities.

     Manage your Reputation


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  1. Madelin DortaApril 8, 2021 at 11:07 AM

    I like how you mention that we should teach our students to be aware of their social media reputations, not to fear it! That's a great perspective and it's so important that our students learn this. Their whole lives grew up in social media, so its understandable that they haven't learned the consequences yet of having a bad reputation on social media. I teach high school, so my kids are at the age where they work part time jobs and going to college. They're preparing for their futures and having certain posts can truly affect their future!

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  2. NMZumpanoApril 8, 2021 at 1:37 PM

    Just imagine the amazing digital citizens we would have if we started teaching about this in kindergarten and made it a regular part of their entire schooling! Many children have access to technology even before they enter formal schooling so there is no reason we can't start teaching them when they are young.

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  3. Srta. MontalvoApril 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM

    Teaching students the proper netiquette can also help during remote teaching. While my classroom can be formal and informal, depending on the day, there are times where my students type in the chat and I can't understand them at all. Students are constantly creating new acronyms and using them as if I knew what it means. I don't mind learning the new acronyms but with proper netiquette, students will know how to communicate with their teachers in a professional way.

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