W9.0 Digital Footprint: Ethics, Social Media, and Big Data
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Digital Footprint: Ethics, Social Media, and Big Data
April 22-28, 2013 |
Intro to Digital Footprint |
Task List
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9.1 More Social Media Platforms
- Learn the basics about Google+ and why you should (maybe) pay attention to it.
- Learn the basics about Pinterest and why people (mostly women) use it.
- If you have questions about using Google+, ask them on Discussions: Google+ Questions
- If you have questions about using Pineterest, ask them on Discussions: Pinterest Questions
9.2 Leaving a Digital Trail
- Watch the two videos about The Personal Implications of Big Data (2 hours total) and read about how Facebook data is being used.
- Read the articles about Personal Security (financial, identity, and physical).
- Watch the video and read the articles about Digital Life After Death.
9.3 Just Because You Can, Should You?
- Participate in the Discussion: Social Media and Hiring
- Read the articles about the social media habits of parents as they interact with their children on the page Parents and Children.
- Read the articles about the strange social media rules surrounding Students, Teachers, and Coaches.
Supplemental Books
- Wide Open Privacy: Strategies for the Digital Life, by J.R. Smith and Siobhan MacDermott [under $15]
- I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy
, by Lori Andrews [under $10]
Learning Objectives
- Explain who uses Google+ and Pinterest and why.
- Explain the implications of the digital trail we leave in terms of big data usage.
- Outline good practices to maintain security and ethical behavior for social media in your own life.