Technology in Education: Notes from the Closet

Get on it: Podcasts, Passwords and Online Life One of the university courses I designed and teach is on social media. A topic, you can imagine with many subsets. As an instructor I’m always looking for new content that is relevant not only to my students' role as educators but as adults that use social media in both their personal and professional lives. Throughout my research I’ve come across many valuable resources that can help us stay as safe and informed as we can about our digital existence. After all, if we want our students to follow our lead we need to model that behavior for them. Following are some of my favorites finds. Get Informed (articles that relate to privacy and ad targeting) Pixels and Ad Targeting: https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-facebook-tracks-you-even-when-youre-not-on-facebook/ Facebook Isn’t Recording your Conversations, But It May as Well Be https://lifehacker.com/facebook-isn-t-recording-your-conversations-but-it-may-18201939...

Tattoos Do you have a tattoo?   What’s the story behind it?   What does it say about who you are?   Tattoos have been around for over 5,000 years .   For centuries people have been marking their bodies for a variety of purposes; love, status, tribute, and medical just to name a few.   Today the tattoo industry is busier than ever though an Internet search quickly proves that there are clearly some that regret the decision.   Is social media that much different?   Do we not post statuses that declare our love, tribute, medical dilemmas and more, much like people tattoo their skin?   If that is the case, do we not regret some of our social media posts as well?   The term “digital footprint” is well known and represents what trace of us we leave behind when we are visible and active online.   It is a catchy phrase but in my opinion not completely accurate.   Footprints can be washed away.   They can be covered over so the...