I agree that it is a little unnerving to see what there is out there about me. Without really having to do much "data mining", all I did was Google my full name and most of my personal info was available - current and previous addresses, previous phone numbers, relatives. After I searched for some of my current and previous user names I found a lot of things that even though I hadn't looked at in awhile were still out there, like some old blog posts and references to old email addresses.
I'm lucky there isn't anything out there to be perceived as negative about me either, but I attribute that to not having much of a "personal" web presence. Most of my postings and social media dealings online are professional in nature, and I try my best to keep it that way. You're right, though, we need a little bit of luck when trying to manage our personal web presence if we don't want to make the wrong impression.
Loved your meme! I also choose a meme for our blog post this week. I felt similar to you in the idea that I didn't find anything embarrassing or incriminating. I think this is probably because we grew up in a time where the Internet was around and we were constantly warned of the downsides to posting anything and everything to a computer. Although we weren't 100% in a digital age our entire lives, we are comfortable with is and used it being part of daily life. Hopefully we continue to leave a good digital tattoo for years to come!
Hi James! Great meme! I agree that it is interesting to think about what we have posted back in the day. I am a young teacher and thankfully have watched what I have posted online. But, my high school self did not do this as much. I obviously have nothing crazy out there, but there are little things that have popped up over the years. For instance, my Myspace photo. I have tried to delete that profile, but have been unsuccessful. Who uses Myspace anymore!?!?! I love the Tyrone Biggums reference! Many people regret what they post online, some even lose their jobs.
It's those unexpected things that make doing a data mine so important. If we as educators get in the habit of doing this it becomes much easier to teach our students to do it.
Hello James, Thanks for sharing. I also found it interesting that there was a lot of information out there that wasn't expected. It's amazing the stuff that comes up on the internet. I was disappointed with the lack of old embarrassing posts from Myspace and other outdated social media platforms. Oh well, maybe I can find old archives if I search hard enough. Love the meme and thanks for sharing!
Hi James. Gotta love Tyrone Biggums! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is a little unnerving to see what there is out there about me. Without really having to do much "data mining", all I did was Google my full name and most of my personal info was available - current and previous addresses, previous phone numbers, relatives. After I searched for some of my current and previous user names I found a lot of things that even though I hadn't looked at in awhile were still out there, like some old blog posts and references to old email addresses.
I'm lucky there isn't anything out there to be perceived as negative about me either, but I attribute that to not having much of a "personal" web presence. Most of my postings and social media dealings online are professional in nature, and I try my best to keep it that way. You're right, though, we need a little bit of luck when trying to manage our personal web presence if we don't want to make the wrong impression.
Hi James,
ReplyDeleteLoved your meme! I also choose a meme for our blog post this week. I felt similar to you in the idea that I didn't find anything embarrassing or incriminating. I think this is probably because we grew up in a time where the Internet was around and we were constantly warned of the downsides to posting anything and everything to a computer. Although we weren't 100% in a digital age our entire lives, we are comfortable with is and used it being part of daily life. Hopefully we continue to leave a good digital tattoo for years to come!
Hi James! Great meme! I agree that it is interesting to think about what we have posted back in the day. I am a young teacher and thankfully have watched what I have posted online. But, my high school self did not do this as much. I obviously have nothing crazy out there, but there are little things that have popped up over the years. For instance, my Myspace photo. I have tried to delete that profile, but have been unsuccessful. Who uses Myspace anymore!?!?!
ReplyDeleteI love the Tyrone Biggums reference!
Many people regret what they post online, some even lose their jobs.
It's those unexpected things that make doing a data mine so important. If we as educators get in the habit of doing this it becomes much easier to teach our students to do it.
ReplyDeleteHello James,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I also found it interesting that there was a lot of information out there that wasn't expected. It's amazing the stuff that comes up on the internet. I was disappointed with the lack of old embarrassing posts from Myspace and other outdated social media platforms. Oh well, maybe I can find old archives if I search hard enough. Love the meme and thanks for sharing!