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My Digital Footprint: Keeping Myself Safe

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Creating a positive and safe digital footprint

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Internet safety is important because everything you do can be tracked for good and for bad. If you leak too much of your personal life, it may become dangerous for you and possibly the people around you. This does not mean you shouldn’t use these social media platforms, this just means being aware of what you put out onto the internet, because once it’s out there it becomes difficult to undo. It is also important to be aware of your screen time because you may use screens to long and much which may lead to addictions. Things you share online can be found as well any comments or posts can all be viewed by the general public. What you post can be screenshot or downloaded. It would really get out of hand if you have something that you didn’t wanted to be shared go to the public. It could become very dangerous, not just for you, but for the people around you as well.

Some things you can do to stay safe is by setting strong passwords, being aware of what you’re putting out onto the internet, managing screen time, and don’t leave personal information such as location accessible to the public. Some of these things can lead to you getting scam calls, getting hacked, or even letting people know where you live. You can set a strong password by making sure it isn’t easily guessable or too obvious. Try to make it so your password is decently long, has numbers, symbols, and capital letters in it as well. Another way to stay safe online could be getting antivirus software. You can make sure the website you’re visiting is secure and has the security needed with the C.R.A.A.P test, which stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. I do recommend this method if you like to check if the website you’re using is safe. You also need to be aware of any ways people can use to get any personal information. It could dangerous because nowadays there are many ways to do this, such as your Wifi connection, a link, or anything that requires your personal data to use. You can prevent these things by using less internet, not entering information to websites that seem sketchy, or backing up your data in case anything happens.

work cited

“Why Is Safety on Social Media Important?” Converge International, 9 Feb. 2022, https://convergeinternational.com.au/resources/why-is-safety-on-social-media-important/.

Bank, Security National. Internet Safety Tips For Everyone Who Spends Time Online. https://www.snbsd.com/about/online-safety-guide. Accessed 13 Jan. 2023

Personal/Social Competency Reflection

I can form new ideas to create new things. I can also build on the ideas of others

I can research ideas online and find what others do to keep themselves safe and I can also add on what my peers and I have discussed and put them together with my own prior knowledge on online safety to create a better way in keeping myself and others safe online and in person.

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include…

My strategies for collecting relevant information for specific tasks include doing research about the topic online and gather information I need, talking to my peers and teachers around me, and using what i have learnt in the past to help build on my current idea. I can ask more specific questions to draw out the information I need.

R1 Independent Children

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I began chores as soon as I could walk, communicate and understand my parents. I started with simple tasks such as taking things to people and help get things that adults don’t want to make the trip for. Such as getting the remote. Japanese parents may have put a little too much trust in the children. I don’t think four year old’s don’t have the ability to navigate out of certain situations yet. Such as getting hit by a car, kidnapping, or maybe falling into ditches. I personally feel like a six or seven year old is probably a more suitable age for going on errands. I’m sure I have taken transit myself besides times with my friends, but I may fly alone back to Taiwan during winter break.

CORE COMPENTENCY GOALS

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When I need to work collaborativly with people I don’t know well…

It always feels very awkward working in groups with different and new people. I always find myself not speaking as much or too quietly. To improve on this I will spend more time with new people and do as much group work as possible until I’m used to it. It really seems for a problem such as this one the only way I can solve it is by being uncomfortable until I’m completely comfortable with meeting and talking to new people. From what I’ve observed from others that have the ability to speak so freely with new people, is that they either learn from experience or they grew up this outgoing.

One strategy or activity that stimulates my imagination is…

I like when teachers gives us a project that seems interesting to me and gives me some wiggle room to add my own twist to the project. I also like when the teacher gives a challenging question or a riddle. This helps me get my brain ready for the upcoming challenges. Or when the teacher gives us the base of something and we build off of that topic.

I make ethical choices such as…in order to…

I make ethical choices such as writing a calender or a to-do-list in order to achieve my goals and help organize my time. Since I never had a good time management. Writing down the things I need to do can show me what I need to do. This can help remind me to do it.

Why Japanese

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What inspired you to do Japanese?

I chose Japanese because when I first saw Japanese characters it looked a lot like Chinese characters, so I wanted to learn something close to a language I already know. Another reason is because my mom knows some Japanese, it seemed like fun so I wanted to try it out and prove I can learn it. And for the last and final reason, I really love Japanese music, culture and anime. I hope this class can bring me a step closer for not just speech and understanding, but also the culture.

What do you hope to do with your new language skills?

I would really like to visit Japan on day, and learning Japanese would be really useful for that. I would love to be able to read signs and hopefully speak to some of the people from Japan, since I have heard some amazing stories online about Japan. I hope to be able to read and write the Hiragana alphabet and hopefully be able to study some Kanji.

How will you keep yourself motivated throughout this course? What will you do if you are struggling?

I will keep myself motivated throughout this course by reminding myself what I hope to accomplish and how great it would be if I were able to read, write, speak and understand Japanese. If I ever find myself struggling, I will definitely be asking my peers and my teacher for the support I need. I could use google translate and maybe even ask some family members who took Japanese in high-school to help me.