EDU221YourDigitalPresenceAndSecurity

=Digital Footprint, Online Identity, Online Reputation=

=A= Have you ever had someone post something embarassing on your FB timeline when you left your FB account open? Protect yourself. Have you ever thought about who else can see your FB page and what that means is their impression of you? Though some of these stories are "old news" now, stories just like them are happening every day. The moral of the story is... be careful.
 * http://mashable.com/2011/06/16/weinergate-social-media-job-loss/
 * http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-firing-teacher-loses-job-commenting-students-parents/story?id=11437248

=**B**= Check yourself out at these people information sites. How much info about you is out there? Is it true? Can someone still find your old Myspace account?
 * [|Spokeo.com (note: you have to pay to get access to most of the information)]
 * [|how to get your information off of spokeo]
 * [|Peoplesmart.com]
 * [|Pipl.com]

=C= Who is Eli Pariser? Be aware of your own [|Internet bubbles], especially when it comes to looking yourself up. Google yourself. Now have a friend Google you and compare. Try different search engines and see what comes up.
 * [|search engines]
 * [|meta search engines]
 * [|dogpile]
 * [|monstercrawler]

=D= Remember your future principal can do the same thing to check you out. . . and so can parents of your students and so can students. In fact, research now shows [|how valuable a predictor a Facebook profile is to a prospective boss] in checking out job candidates.
 * have someone who is not your FB friend do a search for you on FB and see what comes up

PROACTIVE: Protect yourself personally, but you also have to protect yourself professionally. [|Here are some tips specifically for educators on avoiding "social media gaffes."]What will be your social networking policy? How does it align with your district's social media policy?



=E= REACTIVE: What if the new school year brings a student to your class whose parent is a Facebook friend of yours?

=F= You can also be proactive and create a positive online identity that says to the world, "I am a professional who is tech-savvy and utilizes today's technology to its full advantage." Check out: []

=G= Are you aware that apps on your smartphone may be collecting data about you, even when your app isn't running? [|Is your smartphone a civil right's issue?] https://www.buzzfeed.com/hamzashaban/after-trumps-win-secure-messaging-app-signals-downloads-incr

Try [|duck duck go]for a search engine, which doesn't track your history.