Monday, January 26, 2009
First Night of Class
A few things that my group discussed while looking at the Pew Internet and American Life Project Libraries Reports were privacy issues and how technology has effected instant gratification within the classroom. The ideas didn't technically go hand in hand but they were ideas that we were thinking about after looking at a PowerPoint. How can we help students understand that once they have an internet presence it doesn't go away? I think about this issue a lot when I see students posting pictures/information about themselves. How can we be more effective in explaining how important it is to be responsible with their identities?
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The issue you raise is so important. Young people, who are often said to feel immortal, ironically don't get that even if they aren't, that untoward picture of you from your senior prom might very well live online forever. This is an issue we will discuss in class, and here in our class blogosphere, too.
ReplyDeleteA Republican college student at the University of Washington ran for a state house seat in Seattle... the local alt weekly was able to access his facebook profile, complete with pictures of him vomiting, shotgunning beers, etc, etc. Did this kid have a chance of winning? Probably not, no matter what; however, I think it's interesting that as this generation that has grown up sharing their lives on the internet becomes of age to find jobs/run for office, what effects their past lives that continue to live on in the internet will have.
ReplyDeleteYou can read a tongue-in-cheek feature about him here: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=87882
Also see:
ReplyDeletehttp://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4791295