Positive Social Media Posts
Reflection
There are many ways that having a public digital footprint can benefit you. For example, you are able to promote yourself and potentially become well-known for a good cause. You can gain supporters and if you are successful enough, and people like you, you might be able to start a career with your social media account. Then if you become famous, you will receive brand deals and be asked to promote other peoples’ brands too. You may also get a chance to collaborate with someone else on that social media platform you are active on, and gain more and more supporters while you are building your account and career.
Those are some benefits, but there are also some risks to having a public social media account. An example would be if you were to accidentally post something, or post something and it was unintentionally offensive, there is nothing you can do from stopping people from hating on you. When you are on social media, you have to be extra careful what you post and do your research always. Because one little mistake can lead to the downfall of your career.
A benefit to a private social media account is that you don’t ever have to worry about accidentally posting something offensive and getting hate for it. Having a private social media is just to make you happy and it shouldn’t matter what you post because nobody that you don’t want seeing will see it. You don’t have to worry about losing your career because your co-workers and employers won’t be able to see what you post either. You wont have to worry about your reputation being stained.
Core Competency Reflection
- I can ask and respond to questions to be an active, supportive listener. At first I had no idea what the “artefact” I was supposed to use was. I emailed my teacher and she gave me an in-class explanation which helped me a lot.
- I can work to inform myself about issues surrounding me. Right now, this assignment is teaching me about the issues about having a public digital footprint. I am learning how to protect my online image and it has been very useful. I am using the knowledge about online safety I learned about in class and applying it into my everyday life.
- I can be kind to others, and support others when they need it. While working on this in class, one of my classmates had asked me a question on how to do something on this assignment. I knew how to help so I answered that classmate’s question and she was able to get an answer and move on with her work.
- I can reflect on my thinking. While doing my paragraph I did a lot of reflecting on my thinking. I was analyzing and reading over my paragraph and fixing it to make sure I was really writing what I thought. I was using my personal opinion to explain what I thought was risky and beneficial to having a public or personal digital footprint.
My Goal For The Future
“I can demonstrate respectful, inclusive behaviour.” Although this assignment was an individual kind of assignment, I know in the the future I may be part of a group assignment. Usually I struggle with including and talking to people I am unfamiliar with or just am not close to. I instead just sit and stay quiet. I do think it could be a bit rude to the other person, but really I don’t intend to make it seem that way. Next time, when I am part of a group assignment, I am going to take the initiative to talk to my partner(s) first. That is my goal. I’ll start with introducing myself if we don’t know each other’s name to make it a bit easier.