After doing a Google search on myself, and only coming up with my Facebook page and information from others' various pages, I decided that I need to make a concerted effort to have more of a presence online. The search results made me feel slightly invisible with us living in the technological era. Fortunately, this problem is something that can be corrected and is certainly better than seeing many negative posts, comments, and pages attached to my name and image. I've always kept my image on Facebook positive because my children are old enough to have their own pages and I force them to be my friends so I can monitor what they are doing online. Being a mother has made me very aware of the negative, and even dangerous, things that can come as a result of using the Internet and social sites, so I've always been very careful to project an image that I can be proud of. That awareness has also led me to the problem of not having enough of an existence online. Thankfully I'm taking this class which has shown be the flaw in my careful Internet behavior!
Don't worry Britt... you're not invisible to me. : ) That's good about having your kids friend you on facebook, I'll have to remember that when my little man gets older. I know up until recently I didn't even have a facebook and was probably really lacking on an online identity also. Thank god for Dr. Hamon, gmail, and google drive though right?!...
ReplyDeleteI really like your approach to an online identity: rather than trying to avoid an online identity, you are proactively creating a good, professional image. Well done. Your children have a fine example to follow.
ReplyDeleteThank you Professor Hamon!! That always makes me feel good to hear. With your class, I have already begun to be far more proactive and aware of what the Internet says about me.
DeleteI totally agree with you! But when i search up my name on the internet, i do not find anything what so ever /.\ . And at the same I'm glad I don't but being in class is making me realize that I need to make my online image pop and out there but in a postive way.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. I'm seeing the benefit of awareness of our online identities as well!
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ReplyDeleteThat is awesome and glad you doing all of that. You're doing a great job MOM keep it up :-)!.
ReplyDeleteWell thank you Mr. Peterson! Always appreciated.
ReplyDeletei agree it is important to represent yourself in a postive professional manner especially on social network sites like facebook because they are higly visible.
ReplyDeleteI never realized how important online image is and as a young father I think your absolutely right about monitoring your kids on their social media sites and I will certainly be doing the same in the near future.
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