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Importance of digital footprint that i learn in module three

Every module in the digital and citizenship course is effective for students to enhance their knowledge on how to use technology in a more efficient way. .Students are very passionate by showing their full potential in each and every task. Today I would like to share with you an important lesson from module three that will help you secure your online identity. It will highlight the importance of digital footprint in your daily life. It will also indicate on how to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe. At the end of my notes I will highlight on what I learn from this lesson and how to educate others about the impact of digital footprint.

A person’s digital footprint can have a serious impact on his or her present. When a student applies to university or college, these schools usually check the applicant’s online presence before they accept him. These colleges monitor even the slightest details such as screen name or a small post on social media that could imply bad behavior. This act of cautiousness is not limited to students who apply to university or colleges. Everyone should be careful, for example a person who applies for a job. According to career builders 63% of hiring managers decide not to hire an applicant because of something they found questionable on a social networking site. This includes posts implying drinking or using drugs, poor communication skills, previous criminal behavior or even immaturity due to an unprofessional screen name.

After we learn how digital footprint can damage our real life reputation therefore I come up with a few tips on how to avoid online mistakes. If a person wants to use social media, he or she needs to be thinking twice before the post. It means you should know that your post doesn’t hurt anyone, it is not racist to a specific group of people or not offensive to a specific religion group. In addition, Clean up your past social media for example a joke that you have posted a few years ago might have a more sensitive reaction in the present. Therefore wipe out your old stories now and reduce the risk of someone finding it and using it against you in the future. Furthermore, use your privacy setting on social media. Facebook, Twitter and many other well-known social media apps have privacy settings to delete your old post or sharing your current posts within a specific group of friends. This is a useful tip to reduce the level of risk on your presence and the rest of your life.

I understood that my online life and my reality is one and the same, therefore I need to think, act and post accordingly. Now when I know how serious a digital footprint is, I would suggest my reflection notes to all those school students who applied or will be applying to universities or colleges to privatize all their online accounts from the general public. People nowadays are far too comfortable with posting anything and everything on social media including location, personal information, but they do not think these things can affect them on their careers, relationships and everyday life. In fact, they have to be worried about what they post online.

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Reflection of social media map assignment

Digital and citizenship courses are designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to bring digital citizenship into their daily practice in a meaningful way. Students will explore new and emerging topics related to digital citizenship and technology. For example social map assignment in module three, where i used mindomo to design five social media platforms and explain the purpose of each platform, who created, who owns it and benefits of using that platform.

First of all, I selected one application that I was not very familiar with, therefore I chose whatsApp as my first branch of the map. Whatsapp was created by Jan Koum and Brain Acton on May 3, 2009. This application was later owned by Facebook on February 19, 2014 for 19 billion dollars. WhatsApp is a free app for iPhones, Android smartphones, Windows Phone and Mac laptops and Windows PC. It makes communication easier with people from all around the world. It allows people to send messages, pictures, videos and even voice recordings, also it allows you to make voice and video calls over the internet for free, rather than using your mobile network which will cost you money.

Secondly, I pick twitter to be my second branch of social media map. Twitter is often used by people, this is the reason why I didn't know alot about it. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. Jack Patrick Dorsey is American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur and he is the co-founder and CEO of Twitter. Twitter is a social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. You may already know how popular Twitter is among celebrities and athletes, but Twitter can also be used as a powerful tool for companies and brands to stay connected with their customers, employees, and business partners---if it’s used properly.

Thirdly, I want to talk about Instagram, which is a very useful application that connects people from all around the world. Instagram is a social networking app where you can share photos and videos from a smartphone. It allows people to share their everyday moments in the form of story, send text messages, and call your friends. It is also a good source to promote your product for business. This app was designed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in February 2004. Furthermore this application was sold to Facebook for $1 billion on April 9, 2012.

After that I introduced Facebook which is a famous social app that helps people by calling or texting your family members anywhere in the world. You can share your post and you also see post, and pictures of your friends on Facebook. The main purpose of Facebook is to make the world more open and connected. It was produced by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004 and is the owner of Facebook until today.

Another application that I chose was Snapchat. Snapchat was created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie. Snapchat officially started to work on July 8, 2011 and it is owned by Snapchat inc. The purpose of snapchat is to connect people around the globe by sharing their everyday moments while simultaneously making them look awesome. It's advertised as a "new type of camera" because the essential function is to take a picture or video, add filters, lenses or other effects and share them with friends. Snapchat is a popular messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (called snaps) that are meant to disappear after they're viewed.

In conclusion, social maps will help people find more information in a short time. It is a simple platform to understand by readers, it includes arrows from which you can easily connect one point to another. As you can see it took me three pages to write about five social media applications but if i use social map application it would take me write one page in a very neat and understandable way.