Highly Visible and Hard to Remove

EDUC 316Anne Scholefield

Trish RosseelCindy Underhill

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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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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What is Your Digital Footprint?

Find a partner Identify all the places

where you contribute/create content online

Share with the larger group

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Digital Tattoo Tutorial

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Putting Yourself Out There

In pairs… Your e-

portfolio, blog…

Benefits? Drawbacks? Concerns?

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Case Studies

#1: Individual

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#2: Educator

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Consider Your Perspective

Groups of 3 Perspective of

individual OR educator OR professional

What issues does this case study raise?

Most important to you right now?

Case StudiesStudent Denied Degree (NY Times)http://nyti.ms/dpAcKM

Mr. H’s Support Hubhttp://bit.ly/acjJi

Facebook Blurs Lines (Vancouver Sun)http://bit.ly/bTUAxo

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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.

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ResourcesClass 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

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