Class discussion
Create
a Google account (choose a login and password that is different from
your university ones, and send your gmail address to hrdswon@gmail.com).
The topic of online right and safety is thorny. Issues can result in grave consequences for any individual or workplace, and you will see
many powerful arguments for using web 2.0 tools as well
as against it.
I believe, debates on whether the Web is safe for school kids/youth, or whether one should participate in Facebook or not, or whether companies must ban or monitor social media will completely miss the point. Web and social media are drivers of social and market changes, and balance is most important - simple that is. Any workplace and individuals must proactively plan, manage, evaluate, and improve online rights and safety, if they plan to leverage web and social media.
I encourage you to explore URLs here. If about an hour, watch first two videos. Then, check further resources #1, 2, 3, and 6, which talk about how to measure your online presence (Klout), how to build up your reputation (by utilizing popular services, such as facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc), and how to address/protect privacy. Others are related to policy and resource examples to address these issues through instruction or laws/regulations. Your comment for this posting is optional, but don't forget to complete respond to the next post, which asks you to summarize your understanding of the first three weeks contents.
I believe, debates on whether the Web is safe for school kids/youth, or whether one should participate in Facebook or not, or whether companies must ban or monitor social media will completely miss the point. Web and social media are drivers of social and market changes, and balance is most important - simple that is. Any workplace and individuals must proactively plan, manage, evaluate, and improve online rights and safety, if they plan to leverage web and social media.
I encourage you to explore URLs here. If about an hour, watch first two videos. Then, check further resources #1, 2, 3, and 6, which talk about how to measure your online presence (Klout), how to build up your reputation (by utilizing popular services, such as facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc), and how to address/protect privacy. Others are related to policy and resource examples to address these issues through instruction or laws/regulations. Your comment for this posting is optional, but don't forget to complete respond to the next post, which asks you to summarize your understanding of the first three weeks contents.
- Be aware online filter bubbles (Eli Pariser, TED 9 min)
- Google Profiles, Online Reputation Management, and Digital Footprints by Wesley Fryer (the second video: digital dossier inside the link, 4 min is strongly recommended)
- The Online Amplification Effect by Margaret Soltan (many examples that show how stories can spread rapidly and affect individuals and workplaces)
- Your phone company is watching (by Malte Spitz, 9 min)
- Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!) for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc. by joycevalenza - as an IDT major, if you want to share your work more with others or like to use their work properly, you must read this and also check the video on the top (3 min video)
- Your online life, permanent as a tattoo (Juan Enriquez's TED talk video, 5 min)
- Recut, Reframe,Recycle by the Center for Social Media at American University - Did you ever wonder about whether you can use commercial work in your video or school project? Check the short video on fair use (about 4-5 min)
Further resources
- KLOUT - Online influence score by klout.com (check your score if you use multiple social media. Site requires facebook or twitter account)
- How to manage your online identity by Psychologytoday.com
- How Europe backs Web privacy fights by New York Times
- Real name policy - appropriate or abusing? by Danah Boyd at Microsoft
- How to protect your privacy and identity by Internet Society
- The complete guide to building a digital footprint by David Truss
- Unmasking the Digital Truth, a wiki by Wesley Fryer (exemplary laws/rules that administrators must know)
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (Resources for how to defend your rights in the digital world)
- Firesheep should get your ATTENTION: Open Public Wifi Dangers are REAL by Wesley Fryer (includes laws and rules more than CIPA mentioned by Richardson)
- Universal design in instruction by Nicole McClure and Joe Madaus
- Admissions of Guilt by Terry Calhoun
1 comment:
When it comes to online rights and safety, it is important to educate individuals on the subjects. Since social media has increased an immense amount over the past several years, people have become consumed with posting almost anything and everything about themselves or others. But what some individuals don't understand is that what you post on the internet, never goes away. In the video "Your online life, permanent as a tattoo" Juan Enriquez discusses 'electronic tattoos'. Tattoos, are permanent images/designs/ or text that people get on their bodies. The key word here is permanent, and like I stated before, anything you put on the internet never goes away, hence Juans words Electronic Tattoo. One comment that stuck with me that Juan made was "Electronic tattoos will live longer than our bodies ever will." This shows the importance of what one should share over the web; you wouldn't want something bad about you to remain on the internet forever, would you? This is what people need to learn about, that things they post on the internet can have consequences . For example, employers these days can access information about you at the click of a button, if they were to find information about you or something you put up that they view as dissatisfying, it is unlikely that they are going to hire you. Another example is what Margaret Soltan said in her post about 'The Online Amplification Effect'. She discusses about how things that get posted can spread quickly and have negative effects and reactions, just like the Universities she talked about who did not remove negative information quickly. Whats sad about the internet now of days that it isn't just adults accessing it, but young children as well, who don't fully understand the weight of their decisions with their posting/internet use.
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