A good digital citizen is a person who is wise about what they share online about themselves.

Being a good digital citizen means that you do not share your full name, phone number, address, school, and any other personal information that may not be safe to share on the internet. The reason for this being is that there are bad people out on the internet and we do not want to share information with others that may be harmful. Don’t friend someone on social media if you do not know them in person. You never know who may be trying to trick or harm you online.

I use Pinterest to help find lesson plan ideas and classroom management and organization ideas for my future classroom. I also follow other teachers on Teacher Pay Teachers and gain ideas about lesson plans and have a wishlist of sources I’d like to buy later. I also follow Association for Middle Level website online and check in to see what new articles they have added I plan to implement as many of their ideas in my classroom as I can.

It’s important to have control over your digital footprint because as teachers we are role models to our students and they look up to us. Students and parents are always looking us up on social media. Not to mention nobody will hire you if your social media accounts are inappropriate. It’s better to clean up your digital footprint now than before something is posted online and then you can’t take it back.