Tracing Your Steps Understanding Your Digital Footprint Presented by: Jill Neuhard and Cheryl Capozzoli
Digital Dossier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IYZVYIVLA
Digital Shadow images on a surveillance camera bank records retail and airline purchase records telephone records medical database entries, copies of hospital scans information about your web searches information about credit card purchases, etc.
Who are YOU? More content we contribute, the more we are findable & knowable 9 out of 10 users who locate info about themselves say most of what they find is accurate (up 74% from 6 yrs. ago) Skeletons in Your Internet Closet
Awareness Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint 47% have searched for information about themselves online Google.com, PublicRecords.com, BeenVerified.com, WhitePages.com 3% of self-searchers report that they make a regular habit of it 74% have checked up on their digital footprints only once or twice
In the Work Place...
The Semantic Web http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0QJmm dw3b0&feature=player_embedded&safety_ mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=a ctive
What Category are You In?
For Fun....Digital Footprint Calculator http://www.emc.com/digital_universe/downloads/web/ personal-ticker.htm
What can I do to protect my digital identity? Keep track of sites and profiles created Remove sites and profiles you are no longer using Stay current on Privacy Policies Google Dashboard (google.com/dashboard) Erase Tweets (TwitWipe) RESISTANCE? Electronic Frontier Foundation EXTREME: IE8 InPrivate browsing, Proxy Services (Anonymizer)
What can we do as parents and educators? Teach digital citizenship and responsibility ISTE’s NETS- Promote and Model http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx Expose and educate students, don’t “power down” Beyond “netiquette”- safe authoring, participation and literacy