your digital footprint

What is a digital footprint?

The mark you leave onlineto be foundabout yourself, your ideas and your behaviour.

What’s included in your digital footprint?

Why is it important?

• It can be challenging to remove.• It can be forever.• It can be lost over time.• It can be looked at by employers.• It can showcase your initiative,

investment and experience.

It supplements your offline persona.

What’s included in your digital footprint?

• Facebook posts, shares & likes• Twitter updates• Uploaded photos & videos• Blog comments• LinkedIn profiles• Documents you’ve uploaded• Interactions with others

Anything you’ve done publicly

Digital footprint DOs and DON’Ts

Ask yourself if you’re OK withan employer seeing it.• Avoid embarrassing commentary.• Think about the platform’s accepted

usage.• Control your privacy settings.

How can I check my digital footprint?

How can I check my digital footprint?

• Tyson Seburn• Joan Bartel• Michael Griffin /

Michael E. Griffin• Cecilia Lemos• Shelly Terrell• Yourself

1. Is it obvious who this person is?2. Is there more than one person?3. Is there much available about

their ELT?4. What type of information is

available?5. What did that person create

themselves?6. What links were created by

someone else?7. What can you learn about that

person?8. What would an employer think?

How can I check my digital footprint?

What is an eportfolio?“Thus, a [teaching] portfolio is a collection of artefactsthrough which teachers present their own professionalpersona.” (Bailey, Curtis & Nunan, 1998)

“In his words, it demonstrated to them my commitment to the profession and my drive to improve as a teacher, as well as giving them something physical to look at when considering my application, compared to the other thirty which were based only on what was said during the interview.” – Alex Walsh, on what his British Council interviewer said to him regarding his online portfolio.

What is an eportfolio?

1. A clear statement about yourself:a. Summary of who you are as a language teacher;b. Your teaching philosophyc. Your main accomplishments

2. Your curriculum vitae (CV) i.e. résumé 3. Samples of what and/or how you teach.4. Demonstration of your commitment to the industry.5. Evidence of your commitment to development.

What is an eportfolio?

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Considerations for eportfolios

Source: http://sophlylaughing.blogspot.ca/p/about-soph.html

Considerations for eportfolios

Considerations for eportfolios

Public vs private ROI

Considerations for both

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Further reading

Why and How to Create an Online ELT Portfolio – Alex Walshhttp://bit.ly/1walsh

On teaching portfolios | 4C in ELT – Tyson Seburnhttp://bit.ly/2seburn

Update Your Digital Footprint #30GoalsEdu | Teacher Reboot Camp – Shelly Terrellhttp://bit.ly/3terrell

Ozge Karaoglu's Blog - eportfoliohttp://bit.ly/4karaoglu