Digital Footprints and Students
Kurtis Hewson, University of Lethbridge
Where are we going?
• Examining the evolution
• Your professional digital footprint
• Digital footprints for students
http://education.alberta.ca/media/4970645/literacyfirst.pdf
Examining the Evolution
Footprint 1.0 – What is a digital
footprint?
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What I do can be accessed and followed?
Our online record
(photos, comments, posts, websites)

Footprint 2.0 – Don’t want a digital
footprint
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Never use your real name (pseudonym, online
“mask”)
Erase your online presence

Footprint 3.0 – Manage a digital
footprint
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Adding positive online content – taking control!
Establishing and contributing to a PLN
Cleaning Up Your Footprint
• Google yourself
• Regularly check yourself on Google – be aware of what’s there
• Check on a computer other than yours
• Investigate Google Alerts – lets you know hen your name appears

• Check Privacy Settings
• Investigate privacy settings on Facebook, Twitter, other social
media

• Remove undesirable content
• Untag yourself from photos
• Delete questionable comments and posts
• Utilize the “Grandma rule”
Your Professional Digital
Footprint
Establishing your Professional Footprint
• Establish professional accounts
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Set up a professional Twitter, Google +/YouTube, LinkedIn

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“Like” professional pages, follow ed hashtags, favorite
teacher videos

• Begin social bookmarking
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Diigo, Delicious and others – begin bookmarking valuable
sites

• Comment
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Share your supportive thoughts on blogs, videos, tweets

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Share links and resources

• Blog
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Essentially becomes your online home

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Share thoughts, activities, learning, artifacts
Next step for your professional
footprint
Posted by Denise Borck - http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.ca/2013/11/digital-citizenship.html
http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2012/08/the-golden-rules-ofdigital-citizenship.html
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/digitalfootprints/
http://thetidyteacher.blogspot.ca/2012/11/digital-citizenship.html?m=1
http://kathycassidy.com/2013/11/19/using-blogs-and-twitter-withyoung-students-this-is-what-it-looks-like/
Interesting…
I’m already doing…
Kurtis Hewson
University of Lethbridge
Email – hewskp@uleth.ca
Twitter - @hewsonk27
http://kurtishewson.wordpress.c
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Digital Footprints and Students Presentation