Weekly Report & Reflection #12

Hey everyone!

So this is going to be my final post for my online class. The time has flown by and I have learned so much about being a digital citizen, and leaving a positive digital footprint.  When it comes to leaving a positive digital footprint behind, I have learned that I need to be mindful of what I am posting, and take a minute before I upload and post if I can stand behind it 100%.  Another way that I can help my digital footprint is by being active online.  By this I mean posting on various web 2.0 platforms such as blogs, and online discussion groups.  Whether my posts are comments or opinions I need to make sure that they are going to be insightful and constructive in a positive way.  Another way to help me keep my footprint positive is by following online laws such as using creative commons properly and being mindful of copyrights and crediting others where credit is due. 

When it comes to promoting online interactions between others it can be a difficult task.  Just because I feel that this is something that needs to be taught to the children of today so that as they grow up they know how to properly behave with others online.  People now days feel as though they can say whatever they want to others online since they will never meet face to face and can remain anonymous behind a screen name.  We need to teach children that even though they are just posting words they can be extremely hurtful to the person reading them. 

I have always gone by the saying “If you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all” I am that way in person and in how I conduct myself online. If I don’t agree with what someone has posting and I can’t find a way to phrase it nicely I just won’t post anything, because I don’t see the need to get into a heated discussion online with someone. 

So all being said and done, I feel that I have learned a lot about how to conduct myself properly online during these past twelve weeks, and have gained a variety of knowledge on the different tools that are available to people to use and grow their digital footprint. 

Well, this brings my last post to an end. I hope that you enjoyed going on this journey with me as much as I did.

Take Care

Aarti 

Weekly Report and Reflection #11

Hey everyone,

Week 11 is over, and one more week to go! This week I got to explore a variety of webcasting tools such as SoundCloud, Screenr and Audacity.  All of these tools are ways of people sharing their opinions and thoughts on topics with the digital world. I had fun playing around with the different resources and landed on doing a podcast. Podcasts have always seemed interesting to me, so with using a combination of two of the resources I created and uploaded my first podcast. These tools help people express their opinions and others gain knowledge. However, they really don’t allow for collaboration between others to come to a common goal.  This is the one thing that I enjoyed about creating a podcast is that it was all my own opinion and I know that there are others who may not agree with me and feel that I am wrong in what I said but that’s the beauty of technology.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and has the right to share it, if you don’t agree that’s fine too. 

Creating a piece of work that is 100% original and mine, has been such an amazing experience, so in order to protect my hard work I added a digital license to my blog. This will help prevent others from taking my work and passing it off as their own, without my permission.  You can visit my Creative Common license by clicking here

Feedly Connection

http://www.theguardian.com/careers/careers-blog/graduate-careers-right-job-for-you

When I came across this article by The Guardian, it hit really close to home for me, given that I only have eight more months of school left and that I need to start thinking about my career. I have been working with the same company for the past eight years and have made my way through various departments and levels of management, it has been a great learning experience for me, but I know that I really want a job in the field that I have spent soo much money and time into obtaining this degree.  After reading that less than one third of students get a career related to their degree shocked me.  I know that the accounting field is highly competitive and I have made goals in accordance to that.  In that I’m okay with not working for a top five firm and going to a small to mid-sized firm so that I can grow and learn.  I’m not surprised that people change jobs many times during their lifetime. I am ready for a change from where I am working now, and am looking forward to what the future holds.

Brock University has wonderful resources for their students to help them have that job lined up come graduation, and I am planning on using them to help me come April 2016. I have already attended a variety of networking events put on by Career Services, to build those connections and have my name recognized when the recruiter is going through a stack of resumes. 

Have a great night!

Aarti 

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Weekly Report & Reflection Post #10

Hey everyone,

Week 10 activities are done. This week I got to explore Copyrights and Creative Commons.  To be a responsible digital citizen I feel that knowing the laws for the online world are important.  I used to think that when things were copyrighted as long as I cited the source of where I got my information, pictures from I would be fine. However, I have come to learn that there is a vast difference between what I was doing and the variety of laws that exist.  I had no clue what creative commons were before this week started.  I have now come to realize that creative commons and copyrights are two very different things.  Creative commons allow the user to take an image, or music and modify it for their own purposes while still giving credit to the person who created it. 

Online presentation Tools

After learning about creative commons and copyrights I got to play around with a variety of online tools where presentations could be made.  I have used Prezi in the past for a group presentation, so I decided to explore a different one this time around.  I explored Animoto, this tool is super interesting in the fact that it has a database of creative common material that can be used in the presentation.  A variety of images, music, and text slides will appear in the set sequence that is decided by the user.  The one thing that I found could not be changed was the length of time that was spent on each image, because certain parts I would have liked to have a longer pause on so the viewer could read what was being presented.

Have a great night!

Aarti