Helping+Students+Create+and+Maintain+a+Positive+Digital+Footprint


 * Just by being online today we have all created a digital footprint that is never going to go away!!
 * How am I creating my digital footprint?
 * Hanzel and Grettel story - your footprint is like your breadcrumb trail
 * passive footprint vs. active footprint
 * passive footprint - cookies, links, data gathering - very little control over this
 * active footprint - sites you visit, purchases you make, content you create,wiki and blogs,social media (facebook, twitter, digo), the pictures that you post (even if name is not on it it can be reposted with your name on it)
 * 15 minutes of fame - Andy Warhol - not true today
 * The Web Never Forgets!!!!!
 * More than 80% of college admission officers consider social media in their acceptance process - Kaplan
 * Pictures have power.
 * Think Before You Post
 * video cyber
 * "Stop It" - consequences for not using common sense
 * Biggest Blunders:
 * references to drug abuse
 * extremist/intolerant views
 * evidence of excessive aalcohol consumption
 * inappropriate pictures
 * foul language
 * lewd jokes
 * links to unsuitabel websites
 * Associate you name with positive thinks online
 * Tag away - positive images
 * presentation hositing sites - sliderocket
 * "Breadcrumbs you leave on the internet can be a positive one"
 * Kids you are a brand now - you have to market yourself, and you must market yourself well.
 * Manage your persona online
 * screen names
 * google yourself
 * status collage