Podcast!

This week we are looking at podcasts! This being the first time I have ever done was at first I was a little bit nervous, however while completing the other tasks involved in this course I have realized that there is nothing to be worried about while working online. 

Colleen AF Venable -  https://www.flickr.com/photos/abletoven /322 

Using a podcast contributes to my digital citizenship through forcing me to create the two way street that I have talked about in the past. Before this course, I would constantly take from the internet, I would take from YouTube, I would take from google scholar, Facebook, Instagram, always an uneven one way street where I was taking information, I was not much of a contributor.  Although being a digital citizen is about creating a two way street, being a GOOD or GREAT digital citizen is about much more than that. To be a great digital citizen there are other rules which have been adapted from real life situations, those ideas include, leave everything better than how you found it, and remembering the human, or treat others as you’d like to be treated. Often people feel a disconnect when they are typing away from behind a keyboard, not only does this make you a poor digital citizen, it leaves behind a very negative footprint, that will remain with you forever.

This course has taught me that not only is this digital footprint a direct representation of you it will remain available for anyone to find for the foreseeable future.Hopefully my footprint is on the positive side as I am finally beginning to contribute to the online community rather than constantly taking from it. Hope everyone has enjoyed my podcast, and as this class winds down I would just like to say Thank you to everyone who has been following my blog thus far. 

Kevin