Your+Digital+Footprint

=__DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS__ =


 * What is a digital footprint?**

Do you know what your Digital Footprint is? It's the mark you leave on the internet. The stuff you put out there doesn't just go away. Why do you need to be concerned about your digital footprint? What can you do to make sure the mark you leave on the internet is a good one? If you find things on the internet that were posted without your permission, are untrue, or embarrassing, what can you do? Can you fix it? How?

If your not concerned about your digital footprint then you would paste whatever you want and think their is no consequences. Well, you're wrong, there are consequences; whatever you post stays there forever and will never go away. So if you go to apply for a job or something they will look you and find all this stuff about you, even stuff you don't want them to see, well, it never goes away. So everyone can see it. If something is put on the Internet without your permission, talk to them about it and why they did it. You can fix it by thinking about what you put on the Internet before you do it. In 2007, Stacy Snyder went to a party and her friend took a picture of her drinking from a cup with a pirate hat on. Her friend posted it as her MySpace photo. Later when she went to apply for a teaching job at a college, they looked her up and they saw her MySpace page and it had "Drunken Pirate" above it so she was not able get the job because they assumed it was alcohol so she never got the job.

Digital FootPrints are not always a good thing. If you post something on a social website that is inappropriate, you may be denied of jobs, college opportunities, and many other things that could negatively affect the rest of your life.


 * Examples of digital footprints:**

Consider these stories:

Woman claims teaching degree denied because of single MySpace photo

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/9-12-privacy-privatetoday-unintendedconsequences-handout.pdf


 * Ways to prevent your digital footprint from negatively affecting you later:**

-Protect your Facebook. -Be careful what you tweet or protect your account. -Only post videos on YouTube that show how you would like to be seen by others. -Pay attention to privacy settings on all websites. Make sure you check who your information is being broadcasted to. source

"An expression that refers to the way technology now pervades everyone's lives, your "digital footprint" specifically describes the trail you leave in cyberspace and on any form of digital communication."

http://www.netlingo.com/word/digital-footprint.php


 * There are online tools that you can use to calculate your digital footprint. For example**:

http://www.emc.com/digital_universe/downloads/web/personal-ticker.htm

This tool asks for things like how many emails you send, how many pictures and videos you have, etc.

Definition of digital footprint, explains in simpler terms about digital footprints and what they are used for. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/digital_footprint.html

The most important thing to know about your digital footprint is that if you post a stupid picture now or make a rude comment it could come back and hurt you in 10 years when your looking for a job. What you post is public and can never fully be deleted.