Works cited
Encouraging Positive Digital Footprints: Strategies for Teens – internet4KIDS. 5 July 2023, https://internet4kids.info/encouraging-positive-digital-footprints-strategies-for-teens/.
Negative Effects of Technology: Psychological, Social, and Health. 25 Feb. 2020, https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/negative-effects-of-technology.
Understanding Teens and Technology: Safety, Privacy, and Empowerment. https://techsafety.ca/resources/toolkits/understanding-teens-and-technology-safety-privacy-and-empowerment. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.
Personal/social competency reflection
My online support network is helpful to me because they can guide me in my projects or home work.. For example I used the website my teams ADL told me to use which showed my works cited and helped me to avoid plagiarism. Some of the ways I work to build and maintain online relationships are saying only positive things online. I have demonstrated this through my assignment by using positive websites online. I make digital ethical choices such as considering commenting of others post in order to maintain a positive digital foot-print. I have demonstrated this in my assignment by learning to consider commenting on others posts by looking at an educational website.
Digital Footprint Image & Paragraph
It is important to maintain a positive digital foot-print and here are some reasons why. One way a teenager can maintain a positive digital foot-print is they can share their experiences, challenges, and concerns about their digital foot-print. It is important to maintain a positive digital foot-print as some of things you do online can affect your educational prospects such as getting into colleges and university’s. Although social media and technology can be good thing there are some harmful aspects of it. Some examples I have researched is that social media can cause anxiety, isolation and depression. To prevent this you can set a time limit on the social media apps you use daily such as Tik Tok, Instagram, Snapchat excerpta. Because of the many cons of technology in a teenagers i will explain a few ways teenagers can use technology safely and positively. One way to use technology safely is to view appropriate and educational sites online and on social media. One way teenagers can use technology positively is to talk to their friends online when unable to see each other in person. In conclusion it is important to keep a positive digital foot-print as it can affect yourself and others.