1.) Putting personal information online is never really a good idea because once it's online it will stay online. Forever.
2.) Letting people you don't know have any of your personal information gives them the opportunity to harass you anonymously from the comfort of their own home. This is called cyber-bullying.
3.) Although some may shrug off cyber-bullying at first, ignoring it will never make it go away. Humans are a social creature and aren't built to withstand being harassed all day every day. The best way to put a stop to being cyber-bullied isn't to ignore it or to attack back, but to alert your friends, parents, or authorities. If you're being attacked or threatened on a social networking sight for instance you'll almost always be able to alert some type of sight admin or moderator that someone is harassing you and get their account DE-activated.
4.) Recognizing when a friend may be being harassed online could be the difference between life and death. If you start seeing abnormal shifts in your friends behavior, never be afraid to ask whats wrong. It's vital that you support your friends when they are being bullied because no one responds to being attacked online the same way. Even well known internet celebrities like TotalBiscuit can feel the force of being attacked by even one person online for no reason. Being cyber-bullied is never something to be looked over, and if you think your friend is being bullied just ask them if their o.k.
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blogging guidelines:
When blogging it's generally understood that you never want to put information that can be used to track you but perhaps the most difficult guideline to remember is to always cite your sources and determining if the sources you use are credible or not.
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Answers to teachers questions:
- What is digital citizenship?
- What are the rights and responsibilities of a digital citizen in today’s world?
2) A digital citizen is responsible for keeping his/her self safe and to not attack others on the internet. A digital citizen has the right to access and use the internet but is liable to persecution if their activities are deemed to be unlawful.
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Thoughts on digital footprint:
The third portion of the assignment my teacher gave me was to Google my own (real) name and see what came up. I typed in my first, middle, and last name but nothing came back. I also Google'd the names of my friends to see if anything would come back but again, nothing came back. I wonder if getting a digital footprint is really as easy to get as it's said to be.
