Reflection Activity: (2min)

Use the Zoom Chat function, to answer the following question:

• How should the concepts of digital footprints and internet safety be integrated into your work with students?

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Put into practice with an understanding of their benefits and limitations, blogs are an increasingly accepted instructional technology tool. Blogs can be used for reflection about classes, careers, or current events; they can also capture and disseminate student and faculty-generated content. RSS feeds make blog content accessible through newsreaders, allowing bloggers to increase the sharing of this information among interested individuals.

Blogs offer students, faculty, staff, and others a high level of autonomy while creating a new opportunity for interaction with peers. Blogs provide a forum for discussion that goes beyond coursework to include culture, politics, and other areas of personal exploration. Students often learn as much from each other as from instructors or textbooks, and blogs offer another mechanism for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and acquisition. EDUCAUSE, 2007

Resources:

Blogging case studies

the following four steps should be taken to mitigate any potential privacy concerns:

Tell students at the beginning of the course that they will be required to post public blog entries and allow them a chance to speak with you privately if they have any concerns about their privacy.
Allow students to participate in the blog by using an alias or pseudonym.
Remind students to not post private information like phone numbers, addresses, social security numbers and the like on the site.
Consider providing alternative, private assignments for students who are concerned about their privacy to fulfill the course requirements.

https://resources.depaul.edu/teaching-commons/teaching-guides/technology/other-teaching-tools/Pages/blogs.aspx