Week 1 - Introduction

Introduction

Hello!
My name is Jacqueline Addo. I am currently in my second year of post-secondary education and so far, I am loving it! On my spare time, which is hardly ever ;), I enjoy watching my recent favorite t.v. show called “Power” and I also like to try new cooking recipes. This is my first online digital learning course, therefore, I hope to broaden my technological skills. As a digital citizen, I am ready to learn all I need to know about digital contexts. I am very excited to have created this blog and hope to not only share my thoughts on specific topics but to also inspire my readers that visit my page to think about certain issues/ topics differently. 

The main purpose of this blog is to have a number of reader’s engaging in my content; to me, if I can get a number of readers engaged it gives me the opportunity to satisfy other objectives due to the attention being given. Additionally, I would like for my blogs to be of useful information for readers and to bring in more readers and even other bloggers (in this class), and finally for them to revisit my page. Through blogging, I hope to connect with each reader on various topics, giving information, as previously stated, and share tips.

Reflection

So it's 11:11 p.m. meaning that the day's pretty much done and I've just about completed all assignments that I have due for next week. At first the week started off pretty slow but after Wednesday it came to an end so quickly. I've learned a lot this week, but the one thing that really struck me was the video of the "Digital Dossier.” To begin with, I had no clue of what it was but after watching the video, I not only gained knowledge on something important, but I now have it in the back of my mind whenever I’m using technology. To resume, the video explains how our digital dossier is the accumulation of our digital tracks we leave behind. I was surprised to learn that it stems from the time we are in our mother’s womb and continues as we enter certain stages of life. This video had me thinking of the amount of “tracks” I’ve used and not even being made aware of them. What is even more incredible is that even when we die our digital dossier is still alive and ongoing do to the interactions family members have with the internet. When children, friends, parents, extended family members, etc. share photos online, it is this activity that keeps the digital dossier alive. This was a very eye-opening topic. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IYZVYIVLA

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Furthermore, our digital footprint was also looked at this week. A digital footprint is the trail, traces or “footprint” people leave online. It is the transmission of emails, videos, photos, attachments, etc. all of which are traces of personal information of ourselves we make available to others. In my opinion, we all need a digital footprint, it is the picture that paints who we are. Of course there are precautions we must make in order to be safe and avoid unfortunate events such as the use of others information. One way I try to avoid such problems is by limiting my use of online activity in regards to social media as it relates to my privacy and safety. I find this to be one of the strongest ways to manage my digital footprint while being able to have fun and feel safe online.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_LlRg8rGg