Creating a Positive and Safe Digital Footprint
Why is internet safety so important? in todays age, the internet is all around us and that wont change anytime soon. It offers many benefits of course. You can connect with others and create community, gain new knowledge, or just browse when you’re bored. But there are also many negative aspects of being on the internet. Your safety and privacy may be compromised if you’re not careful. For instance, using sketchy websites, clicking spam links, or accidentally downloading malware, are all examples of unsafe web activity. So will all of these risks, how can you stay safe online? For one, use trusted and secure websites. You can also use more complex passwords and boost your network security.
Work cited :
“Internet Safety for Kids: How to Protect Your Child from the Top 7 Dangers They Face Online.” Usa.Kaspersky.Com, 5 July 2022, https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/top-seven-dangers-children-face-online.
Security, Canadian Centre for Cyber. “Digital Footprint (ITSAP.00.133).” Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, 12 Jan. 2022, https://cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/digital-footprint-itsap00133.
Personal/Social Competency Reflection:
1.) I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences, including my old social media activity resurfacing, so I adjust my actions to think twice before i post and acknowledge that even if i delete a post, it isn’t truly gone.
2.) Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include taking breaks from social media, filtering negative content, and respecting others accounts.
3.) My online support network (ex. Teachers’ TEAMS pages, Tech Leadership Edublog, Career Centre web-site, Library web-site, Centennial school web-site, etc) is helpful to me because they keep me informed on new ways to stay safe online as well as the risks of social media.