This infographic shows what a digital footprint is and five different strategies you can use to help create a positive footprint. To create this infographic I used a program called Canva.
Personal/Social Competency Reflection
Some of the ways I work to build and maintain online relationships are I text my friends often and check up on them to see how they are doing. I also keep in contact with family members that don’t live nearby, and old friends that I don’t see anymore.
Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online present include being aware of who can see what I am posting, and I always think about what I am posting before I do. I also try not to share too much information about myself online and I keep all of my social media accounts private.
I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences. Some positive consequences include getting a job, creating and maintaining relationships, or even getting accepted into college. Some negative consequences include not being able to get into college or get a job, because many companies and schools look into your online presence to see if they want to be involved with you. So, I adjust my actions to make sure that there is nothing that can negatively affect my life in the present or future.
This City was designed by Ella, Ashavri, and myself
Nature– living in a city where nature is everywhere would be the best. Having to get out of your house and smell the fresh trees and to breathe the fresh air every day. Wildlife animals wondering around, beautiful scenery and going on a walk through the forest. We showed this is in our, city by placing trees as a forest in the background.
Sense of community/ secure environment – living in a secure environment with a great community would be ideal. Nowhere in this city will there be harm. Leaving your house without fearing anything happening to you. Stress, harm free environment, only happiness in this city.
Relationships– Building a good relationship with the community. The community you live in, is your second family. You rely on one another and support each other which creates a stronger bond and happier environment. We believe that if your relationships within your community will make everything happier. Whether its walking down the street. You can see your neighbours without being complete strangers. In our city, we added some people getting along together.
Adventure– adventure is the one of the many things that can make the world fun.
Happiness– our city everyone is happy and filled with joy. This city represents happiness and all anyone wants to do is just be successful throughout their life. Our city does not give any negative vibes only positive ones.
Kindness– In our city, everyone is there for each other and no one feels left out. Everyone feels safe and not judged for who they are. Our city is a city that anyone would want to live in
Communication Reflection
This project was about working together as a group to come up with a design for our perfect city. Our ideal city would reflect some of our core values which are a sense of community, kindness, relationships, and being surrounded by nature. When we first met as a group, we brainstormed ideas and discussed what values we wanted to showcase in our city. I think we worked pretty well as a group however in the beginning, we had some challenges. We were conflicted as to what program we wanted to use to construct our city, and which values we wanted to incorporate. After a bit of discussion, we chose our values and decided we wanted to design the city using City Creator. My task for this assignment was to digitally create the city keeping in mind my groups values. I found this program pretty easy to use except there was not as many objects to choose from as I would have liked. In the end I was quite satisfied with the final product and I really liked how it turned out. I think if I were to do this assignment again, I would have used a different program. I would have only made this change because there were very limited options, and it did not allow me to make the city as detailed as I would have liked. All things considered I am very proud with how our city turned out and the process that got us there.
Resources available: Water, soil, and good weather
Elements of the town: Lots of open land for farming, fertile soil, and access to water
Population: 700
Explanation / Brief History: 50 years ago John Winston was traveling through the area, and found this big open space. John thought it would be a great place to live, so he began to build a house for him and his family. He thought the area would be a perfect place to start his own farming company. Within a few years the population grew, as more and more people came, the town began to expand. This was when he decided it was time to name the town and he decided to call it Winstonville.
Media Fluency Reflection
A. How was the ease of access in building the town, despite this being a very super basic software? I found this program pretty easy to use. I was able to add in all the buildings I needed to make my town and also the roads to connect everything together.
B. Were you able to apply the skills you learned in the planning stages appropriately to a digital environment? Yes, I was able to apply the things that I learned to help me complete this project.
C. What were the sources you researched that made this an “authentic make-believe” town? I used the information from the book Lyddie as well as things we learned during class to make my town as authentic as possible.
D. Is there other software online that could have done the job better? Explain. I think there are definitely other sites that could have been better to use for this project. I found that this site was easy to use, and it let you do everything else that you needed to do for the project.
