Techie in Primary

" It's a digital TATTOO. "  by  ditchthattextbook  is marked with  CC BY-NC 2.0 . A few years ago I did a data mine on myself to determine the extent of my digital tattoo. You can check out the details of that search in this blog post. If you're not familiar with the term digital tattoo, (sometimes referred to as a digital footprint - see Ditch That Textbook 's image above), it refers to the information about you that exists online. As an educator it's important to me that my digital tattoo does not hurt my reputation or my image as a professional. It's also important to teach our students about digital tattoos and how their content online can stay around forever. When I did the data mine on myself over two years ago, I was nervous about what I was going to find but the search brought back pretty basic results. Coming back to this topic two years later, I didn't expect to find much difference in my search results, but I was wrong.  First of all, if yo...

" data privacy "  by  stockcatalog  is marked with  CC BY 2.0 . This week I've been exploring the topic of privacy. I don't know anyone who is not online in some way. For most of us, the online world is an integral part of our every day lives, whether we are using Google Maps to safely arrive at a destination, checking in with loved ones on a messenger app, or receiving an email from work. Whether you grew up on the internet or not we all need to be aware of what happens when we step foot online and give away information about ourselves. As an educator of young children I feel it is my responsibility to teach my students digital citizen skills, which includes navigating online spaces safely. These will be lifelong skills for this generation. It is also my responsibility to keep my students' data safe while they use school devices. This year we actually came across a problem with a popular literacy app called EPIC! not following Illinois'  Student Online Person...