While at taking part in the Google for Educators NECC Remote session See earlier post), an interesting question came up in my mind: How concerned are instructors with their "Digital Footprint" (a digital footprint consists of the accumulating body of work that a user leaves behind while online, such as Facebook entries/comments, Twitter posts, blogs, wikis, YouTube/TeacherTube, etc.)?
I advanced-searched for images on Google that were tagged with variations of my name, then my family, then some of the presenters at TIE, and NECC. Some personalities had images attached to their full name online, which was disconcerting to me since identity theft continues to grow exponentially each year. Aren't these people positioning themselves to be targeted with so much identifiable information online?
Next thought: If students begin using online tools in elementary school, it would seem to me that teachers need to be even more aware of what content/quality of content is going out to the world so that their future is not accidentally affected. Tech-savy businesses are already scrutinizing an individual's online presence as part of their hiring procedures, so something not published as carefully as it could've been during class could make a difference in the long run.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Plinky Prompts
Social networks like Facebook, and MySpace demand ever-changing, entertaining content and earlier this year I stumbled across a website that can help beginning Bloggers like myself stay motivated to post content online.
Plinky is a free site that you can join to have thought-provoking, idea-inspiring writing prompts sent directly to your e-mail address. These ideas can then be either answered via Plinky for other users to read, or posted on your particular website for your readers to enjoy.
Themes to respond to range from ecological issues to what-if situations and are displayed in a list format. The list can then be sorted by either newest posted prompt or oldest.
I suppose that Plinky could also be used as a polling question engine (with some tweaking) for those of us who use Poll Everywhere on our wiki/blog locations or use the polling tool offered with Cover It Live during live blog sessions.
I personally would rather read a response to "There's never enough time, is there? What would you do with an extra three hours today?," compared to a one-lined "we're out of cereal again; headed to the store. AARRRGGG" update.
Plinky is a free site that you can join to have thought-provoking, idea-inspiring writing prompts sent directly to your e-mail address. These ideas can then be either answered via Plinky for other users to read, or posted on your particular website for your readers to enjoy.
Themes to respond to range from ecological issues to what-if situations and are displayed in a list format. The list can then be sorted by either newest posted prompt or oldest.
I suppose that Plinky could also be used as a polling question engine (with some tweaking) for those of us who use Poll Everywhere on our wiki/blog locations or use the polling tool offered with Cover It Live during live blog sessions.
I personally would rather read a response to "There's never enough time, is there? What would you do with an extra three hours today?," compared to a one-lined "we're out of cereal again; headed to the store. AARRRGGG" update.
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