Personal/Social competency reflection

I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences, including…so I adjust

my actions to…

I am aware of what a digital footprint is and the different types of digital footprint. I limit the amount of information I’m sharing on Instagram and other social media plaforms by making my accounts private and only letting my friends, family, and other people I personally know, have access to my posts. I make sure what I’m posting doesn’t have anything that will lead to my address or any other personal information. The one social media app that I have on public is my Tiktok account. This is because I enjoy posting videos of my pets and other things for people to see and enjoy. Because this account is public I am very careful not to share my full name, my city, school, or even face.

Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include…

I like to try to limit my screen time and make sure I am not on my phone before I intend to sleep. Like every other teenager I like to go on social media and talk to friends and watch silly videos. Yes this is not the best way to spend my time but it is something that I enjoy. I just make sure I am not spending more than a couple of hours on my phone doing useless things.

I think my experiences as a digital citizen, such as…. influenced my choice of course/hobbies/ teams

because…

I think being on social media has definetly influenced many things about my life. It has introduced me to many things I love like my favourite movies and tv shows because I had seen a video of someone talking about it or an edit of the film. I also have become very passionate about music which has definetly been influenced by social media. I don’t think I would have ever picked up playing the bass guitar, the guitar, alto sax, and piano, if I did not have social media. Finding musical artists like Fiona Apple, the Cure, Mitski, Lamp, Slowdive, Radiohead, etc, through social media has honestly changed many aspects of my life.

Citations

Security, Canadian Centre for Cyber. “Digital Footprint (ITSAP.00.133).” Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, 12 Jan. 2022, https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/digital-footprint-itsap00133.

“Myfuture – Australia’s National Career Information Service.” Myfuture, https://myfuture.edu.au/career-articles/details/building-a-positive-digital-footprint. Accessed 27 Sept. 2023.