Week three in class was so relevant to my current life experience, I used it as a wake up call. Leaving your digital "footprint" or "citizenship" on the internet is something many people overlook when posting personal media and opinions. Your footprint consists of information you post on the internet, such as social networks. Most people think that once media is deleted by the poster, the information is deleted from existence. This isn't the case. Employers sometimes hire third party organizations who are dedicated to seeing the ins and outs of a candidate. I have always posted rarely on social media because of the trouble I've seen classmates and loved one's get into, as a result of unfiltered posting. Aside from professionals being able to scavenger up your personal internet information, most people have access to a lot of it, but don't realize it.
Geo-tagging your pictures while posting pictures on social networks can give the public a view of your common patterns and lifestyle. I took this week as another wake up call to not only refine my public filter, but maybe consider posting on behalf of my professional endeavors. The video Professor Calderwood showed us in our class was related to an interview gone wrong. The applicant was lying through his teeth, while the employer saw obnoxious photos of him on networking sites. I had an interview the same day, and my heart skipped a beat. I was hired, so I guess my cautious posting has paid off.
On Thursday, we got in groups and discussed the pros and cons of being integrated through various social networks. Matt Waldron, Emile Dellane, and myself received Twitter as our social network. Summarized, the pros we listed were instant collaboration via hash-tags, ability to receive relevant news pertaining to your profession, potential employment opportunities, simplified user interface, and serves as a place to discuss current work related issues with individuals in your field. The cons, being limiting character constraints, not being a professionally dedicated network, not being privacy oriented, limited personal messaging, and the possibility of it being a distraction in the workplace.
As homework, we were to read chapter one of "Untangling the Web", titled "Curation Tools." This chapter first went into a quick history crash course of curation tools , how they developed from physical files to digital, and how it has changed how information is exchanged. There are different curation sites appealing to certain groups of people and their general interests. Symbaloo, diigo, and educlipper are all curation tools discussed within the chapter. It seems that symbaloo is a tool that isn't entirely focused on educators and can be utilized within a workplace. Having a"webmix" allows you to have a simplistic visual user interface. It comes with many features many people can find beneficial, such as the ability to embed a news feed, radio station, or other media such as YouTube videos. Diigo seemed to be focused more on just bookmarking and research, while educlipper being K-12 education oriented.
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