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Your Online Reputation
Your Online Reputation
Have you heard of the term "sharenting"? What do you think it means?
Have you heard of the term "sharenting"? What do you think it means?
Sharenting:
Sharenting:
Sharenting is when parents or caregivers post excessive or sensitive details about children's lives online, usually through photos and comments on social media.
Posting online about your children is something many parents do, and has a lot of benefits. However, there is some debate about the potential consequences it can have.
What are the upsides and downsides to sharing posts, photos, and videos of children online?
What are the upsides and downsides to sharing posts, photos, and videos of children online?
Examples of upsides and downsides to sharing posts, photos, and videos of children online...
Examples of upsides and downsides to sharing posts, photos, and videos of children online...
Upsides:
Some kids like having their pictures on the internet; it makes them feel famous.
It can be a creative outlet for parents or caregivers and preserve important memories.
It allows important moments in a child's life to be shared with family and friends.
Downsides:
Children may not like or may feel embarrassed or scared about what's been shared when they get older.
It starts a permanent digital footprint that can reflect negatively on them later.
It enables advertisers to start building profiles for targeted advertising.
This debate does not just apply to parents and caregivers. It applies to everyone, because anytime you post a photo that includes someone else, or you tag someone in a post, you're adding to that person's digital footprint.
This debate does not just apply to parents and caregivers. It applies to everyone, because anytime you post a photo that includes someone else, or you tag someone in a post, you're adding to that person's digital footprint.
Digital Footprint
Digital Footprint
Digital footprint is all the information online about a person, either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally.
Digital Reputation
Digital Reputation
Digital reputation is what people think about you based on what they see online (social media, public information, photos, etc.).
This can be difficult to manage, because it is not totally in your control. Even things that you delete or remove can still have been captured in a screenshot, downloaded, or saved by others. It also includes things that others may have posted about you, or that you're tagged in.
Task:
Task:
On a blank sheet of paper draw a diagram like this one.
What kinds of things might be good for your reputation in the future if they are posted online now?
What kinds of things might be not so good?
Examples...
Examples...
Good for Digital Reputation:
Photos and videos of you doing activities for school and community
Positive comments about you from others
Cool things you created for school or for fun
Sports and hobbies that show your talents
Not so Good for Digital Reputation:
Embarrassing or humiliating comments or photos
Hints of drug or alcohol use
References to illegal or bad behavior
Personal information that you shared in confidence with someone
Photos that were taken without your consent
Activity
Activity
Perspectives on Posting
Perspectives on Posting
Complete the worksheet with a friend or family member following the directions below (Make a copy of google doc to fill in sections)
What did you decide was the best way forward? Why?
What did you decide was the best way forward? Why?
So we see that there can be consequences when you post pictures or information about others online. And those consequences can be long-term. That's why all of us have a responsibility to make sure that we think about other people's privacy and reputations before we post.
So we see that there can be consequences when you post pictures or information about others online. And those consequences can be long-term. That's why all of us have a responsibility to make sure that we think about other people's privacy and reputations before we post.
How can we make sure that we take this responsibility seriously?
What questions can we ask ourselves before posting something, to protect the reputations of others?
What questions can we ask ourselves before posting something, to protect the reputations of others?
Questions to ask ourselves...
What am I posting, and where am I posting it?
Who might see what I post?
Might it be harmful, harmless, or something in between to the person?
Did I ask permission from this person to post it?
Did I ask permission to tag people?
Even if I don't think something is harmful, is it possible that my friend will?
Do I know my friend's feelings about what he (or she) would want posted?
Would I feel comfortable if someone posted this about me?
What are the possible consequences of sharing this information about that person?
How might the information affect the person's digital reputation?
Could the information be offensive to some members of the online community?
Choose one question that you will commit to asking before you post.
Choose one question that you will commit to asking before you post.
Lesson Quiz
Lesson Quiz
Family Tips
Family Tips
Digital Citizenship Family Activity:
Digital Citizenship Family Activity:
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