Digital Tattoo for Student Teachers 2010 - Take 2

Highly Visible and Hard to Remove EDUC 316 Anne Scholefield Trish Rosseel Cindy Underhill

What is Your Digital Footprint?
Take a moment to think about where you create, contribute to and/or consume online?
Share with the group
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What is a Digital Tattoo?
The vast array of data points that make up “personal information” in the age of online media are nearly impossible to quantify or neatly define. Name, address, and phone number are just the basics in a world where voluntarily posting self-authored content such as text, photos, and video has become a cornerstone of engagement in the era of the participatory Web.
Digital Footprints, Pew Research Center Report
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Putting Yourself Out There
In pairs…
Your e-portfolio, blog…
Benefits?
Drawbacks?
Concerns?
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Examples: 3 Perspectives
#1: Individual
#3: Professional #2: Educator CU

The Person: Stacy Snyder
2006: student teacher called into question. She was denied a teaching degree.
2008: judge rejected her claim that this violated her First Amendment right to free speech.
2010: her photo & story lives on in perpetuity.
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The Broader Context: The Web Means the End of Forgetting
“ societal forgetting” important.
Reputation bankruptcy – new “fresh start”.
Technological solutions: expiration dates for data.
Forgiveness: explore new ways of living in digital world.
cu New York Times: July 21, 2010

Consider: your personal view
In groups of 3, discuss:
What would you do?
How would you defend/discuss/respond to a public view of you that was taken out of context?
How do you reconcile the different facets of your identity – public/private, professional/personal?
Website: http://nyti.ms/dpAcKM
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The Educator: Mr. H
Offers a blog as support hub to grade 8 Math students
Uses a variety of freely available online platforms for students to create and publish.
Class accounts are used and student blogs are private.
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The Broader Context: Teaching Digital Citizenship cu

The Broader Context: Learning to be Digital Citizens cu Learning network! communicate

The Broader Context: Learning Digital Citizenship cu Create, share, be anonymous or not

Consider: your view as an educator
If you could talk to Mr. H, what would you want to ask him?
How might this impact the digital identities of his students ?
If you could talk to Mr. H’s students, what questions would you ask?
cu Website: http://bit.ly/acjJi

The Profession: Teaching
Toronto District School Board developing social media guidelines
Vancouver Board deems “friending” and personal email “unacceptable”.
Blurred boundaries leave students and teachers vulnerable.
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The Broader Context: Policy and Guidelines TR http://socialmediaguidelines.pbworks.com/Faculty-and-Staff-Guidelines The government approach The collective approach the practical approach ?

Consider: your view as part of a larger profession
Are current standards and ethics enough?
Who do you look for in providing guidelines around issues related to personal/professional boundaries?
Do you feel protected/vulnerable?
cu Website: http://bit.ly/bTUAxo

Dynamics that Change Interaction
Persistence: hard to remove
Replicability: copy/paste, @RT, <embed>
Searchability: Google, Pipl, FB, LinkIn
Scalability: potentially vast audience
(De)locatability
Anonymity: the illusion of…
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Resources
Digital Tattoo
Madden, M., Fox, S., Smith, A., & Vitak, J. (2007). Digital Footprints: Online Identity Management and Search in the Age of Transparency . Pew/Internet.
McBride, Melanie (2010) http://melaniemcbride.net/2009/08/27/putting-the-social-justice-in-social-media-pedagogy/
Rego, B. (2009). Teachers Guide to Using Facebook .
Richardson, W. (2008, January). Teaching Civics with Social Web Tools . District Administration , 44 (1), 56-56.
Rosen, Jeffrey (2010) The Web Means the End of Forgetting , New York Times.
Quan, Douglas (2010) Facebook Blurs Line Between Teacher and Friend , Vancouver Sun.
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Resources
Class Blogs
Welcome to Blogging: class intro for elementary students - Sargeant Park Math Zone: http://bit.ly/du9X1k
Create a Class Blog (2010)-Edublogger: http://bit.ly/7s2CZe
Sarah Roy’s Class Blog: http://msroy.wordpress.com/
Review/re-use this presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/digitaltattoo/dt-educ-316-presentation-2010-final
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