I was able to demonstrate my positive personal and cultural identity skills by being able to work hard and identifying my strengths. At the start of this project, I had no idea what to do because I hadn’t done anything like it before, so my first step was to create a suitable plan and work hard to follow it. Creating well thought out plans, is something that is very valuable to me because it helps me divide my time and figure out how to do and make everything without getting overwhelmed. As I started the project, I also identified my strengths and figured out ways that they could help me a lot while assembling this project; my strengths had also allowed me to see what I was good at while also giving me the ability to look back and realize what I still needed to improve on. This project also helped me identify my potential for what I could accomplish in the time we were given. Overall, this project allowed me to figure out how much I could learn and do within six weeks, and the overall result allowed me to feel a sense of accomplishment.
I created an infographic using Canva.com to show my knowledge. The infographic shows my learning of what a digital footprint is and ways to have a positive one. It also effectively shows what I have learned in a simple yet still unique and impactful way.
I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences. My digital footprint can limit future jobs, prevent university application, and overall affecting future connections with others. I adjust my actions to keep a positive digital footprint by double-checking everything I like, share, post, or comment on social media; As I do this, I am making sure that what I am doing online represents me as a person. I also always post and share issues I find important to me on my story, which causes others to be aware of it and share it.
I make digital ethical choices like not over-sharing. By not oversharing about where I live, who my friends are, who my family is, and overall, personal information about me. I am keeping a safe and secure online environment by not over-sharing the environment causes me to be comfortable being me without the fear of creeps on social media knowing personal information about me, which could lead to peer pressure. I am always careful while sharing personal information online with strangers and or websites because I can prevent many negative consequences from occurring if I think before I share.
I have many preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy and balanced online presence. A method I use is only allowing people I know or people my close friends are friends with follow me; As I do this, I get an account where I can be comfortable being me and feel safe at the same time. I also like having my account private; As I do this, I can keep my information protected and not allow random people who could be dangerous view my social media accounts.
