Written in Ink: Considerations for Students When It Comes To Their Digital Selves
May 9, 2013
The story titled Understanding Your Digital Footprint on the Digital Literacy blog highlights the dangers and consequences of using social media. Sherry Turkle, the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, is shown giving a Ted Talk on the addiction to technology that our society has collectively embraced. At one point she explains the reliance on social media with these words, “I share, therefore I am.” The article considers a potential roadmap for students to use to think about their social media use,
“There is a line in the Aaron Sorkin film, The Social Network, that highlights the importance of what we post digitally. “The internet is not written in pencil, Mark, it’s written in ink.” Objective: Create an image or images that represent your digital identity. Tell your digital story. Guiding questions: Consider your engagement with social media. How would you define your digital self? What characterizes you online? How would Employers or College Admissions officers define your digital self?”
Perhaps seriously considering that others may see everything and anything you share will help stymie some less classy posts. Another video on the blog acts as a fable of the possible consequences of sharing. A young man takes a video of himself, forgets it, and realizes years later that it has been seen by over a million people, and defines his digital presence. At ArnoldIT the traces of one’s digital footprint is of the utmost concern, especially since so many of us are unaware of the risks.
Chelsea Kerwin, May 09, 2013
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