Tracking your enormous digital footprint. December 1, 2011 Have you ever written an email to a friend about, say, a trip you were planning to Colorado, and then started seeing online advertisements from travel web sites?
Q&A: Have You Checked Your Child's Digital Footprint? Recently, iKeepSafe and Reputation Defenders teamed-up to address the topic of online reputations -- your child's, or your own.
Here a are a few Q&A tips that can be helpful. Q: At what age is it appropriate for a child to have an online profile such as MySpace or Facebook? A: Certainly not younger than 14 for MySpace and 13 for Facebook, as that is the minimum age that those two websites require for admittance. If parents have an 11 year-old or a 12 year-old who purports to have a MySpace or a Facebook account, they have been able to create that account by falsifying their birthday.
In addition, those minimum age requirements should be viewed as guidelines; not every 13 or 14 year-old has the personal responsibility or accountability necessary for safety on the Internet. Tracking your digital footprint. Clean Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Social Network Profile - Socioclean. Protecting Reputations Online. In the past, doing something embarrassing wasn't a big deal.
It happened, and then people moved on. But now that things can be shared on the Web immediately, those embarrassing moments can last forever and impact your reputation and those of your friends. Let's talk about what happens on the Web. Search engines are constantly scanning it. Their goal is to take a snapshot of every word, picture and video on the web and save it for search results.
Digital Reputations - ICT by Teachers. Removing myself from the internet. Is it possible to remove content about myself that I did not post?
What are my options if something cannot be removed? Consider these questions as you review the examples below. Privacy and Youth. Digital reputation - Google+ Help. The Transition Years:Positive Digital Footprints. William M.
Ferriter A few months back, a group of 7th graders who were studying digital footprints with the guidance of teacher George Mayo at Silver Spring International Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland, interviewed me. Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Footprints in the Digital Age. November 2008 | Volume 66 | Number 3 Giving Students Ownership of Learning Pages 16-19 As the geeky father of a 9-year-old son and an 11-year-old daughter, one of my worst fears as they grow older is that they won't be Googled well.
Not that they won't be able to use Google well, mind you, but that when a certain someone (read: admissions officer, employer, potential mate) enters "Tess Richardson" into the search line of the browser, what comes up will be less than impressive. That a quick surf through the top five hits will fail to astound with examples of her creativity, collaborative skills, and change-the-world work. Does It Matter Who Has Your Data? (9-12) EXPLAIN that you are going to discuss the kinds of data companies collect about users, and the benefits and risks of companies having this information.
Optional: SHOW students the video “Does It Matter Who Has Your Data?” Or the video “Husband Sees Wife on Facebook Dating Ad.” Elicit student reactions, and ask how it might relate to the idea of targeting and tracking. EXPLAIN that one of the first companies to track and target users online was Amazon.com. What's The Big Deal About Internet Privacy? (6-8) Warm-up (5 minutes) TELL your class the following story: Our principal has hired a research company to collect information that will help us make the school better for you.
Several observers will watch students and record where each of you goes, how many times you go there, and how long you stay there, including to the water fountain, your locker, the bathroom, the cafeteria, and to visit another student. You will be identified only by a number. At the end of the day, the research company will put all the data together and write a report for the principal. Follow the Digital Trail (2-3) Warm-up (5 minutes) DEFINE the Key Vocabulary term trail.
SHARE with students that you can place information online much like you pin something to a bulletin board. ASK:What kinds of things are on the bulletin board or walls in our classroom? Sample responses: Student workPhotos of studentsBirthday chart. Collusion — mozilla.org. About this Add-on Using interactive visualizations, Lightbeam enables you to see the first and third party sites you interact with on the Web.
As you browse, Lightbeam reveals the full depth of the Web today, including parts that are not transparent to the average user. Using two distinct interactive graphic representations — Graph and List — Lightbeam enables you to examine individual third parties over time and space, identify where they connect to your online activity and provides ways for you to engage with this unique view of the Web. Online Behavioral Tracking. Skip to main content Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world Search form Main menu. Why Educators and Parents Need to Pay Attention to Online Tracking and Privacy.