I decided to cybersleuth my roommate, Tat. She did also give me permission to post this. At first I googled her first name and last name, Tat Vickaryous. It should be noted that her full name is Tatiana Vickaryous, she just prefers to go by Tat. 

With my first search I came across all of her synchronized swimming posts. I went through a couple articles and found a couple awards that she had won throughout her years competing. I also found a small interview she did with the Saskatchewan Games Council. 

I also found her moms Pinterest account oddly enough. When I went to the images section on google, I found a couple obituaries which showed that she has one brother, and told me both of her parents names. This also fact checked the Pinterest account for me. 

Then I looked up her full name and the city she is from; Tatiana Vickaryous Moose Jaw. I still got the same results I did the last google search which was her synchronized swimming articles. 

I dug a little deeper and found her elementary track and field scores as well as her entire address. Which is actually crazy because I did not even have to look that far for it. 

I also found her Instagram account but it was private as well as her Facebook account which was also private. 

I could not find anything about what she does/where she works. There was no information on relationships or activities she likes to do besides synchronized swimming. Based on what I found I would say she is definitely aware of her presence and what she posts on the web.

It is almost impossible to tell any beliefs she has. Her public online presence is so minimal that there really is nothing to go off of. 

I am not really concerned with her digital footprint. Of course we are going into a new age where a digital presence is actually important but there is nothing that I am concerned about. The only thing I would recommend to her is to make an Edusite, or some sort of website, because she is also in education so this would help her in the future. 

Digital citizenship is something that should be talked about in all classrooms. I plan to teach it in my future classroom as well because it fits in perfectly with health education and health is my minor. 

I want to be open and honest with students about the digital world. Any and all questions will be answered. I want students to know that the internet does not need to be a scary place all the time. I also liked how we talked about digital citizenship in lecture. I want to be able to have open conversations with my future students about digital citizenship and I think one way to do that is to talk about how it used to be taught. I think this would give students an opportunity to ask questions and really think about why digital citizenship is important. 

I think I would also introduce digital citizenship at the beginning of the semester. Why? Because I want to be able to guide it through every lesson that I might teach throughout the semester. This way students will become more and more familiar with it. This would also be a great way to talk about the nine themes of digital citizenship in the classroom. This way I can talk about all of them throughout the year. 

Jason Ohler’s short article talks about two perspectives; one called one life and another called two lives. The two lives perspective basically says that students should use technology at home and not at school. The one life perspective basically says that educators should help students live with technology. I agree with the one life perspective over the two lives perspective simply because as educators, we are trying to set each student up for success. As time progresses, technology and social media are beginning to be a larger part of everyone’s lives so we should be teaching students how to work with technology rather than staying away from it. 

The new digital world is making so many new opportunities for not only people but also students. Participating in social media, Youtube, and gaming softwares allow people to connect. As with anything else, you learn new things by using these apps that you have never learned before. 

When taking my future classroom in consideration here, I think about all the opportunities students can have with technology and their learning process. Students can make Youtube videos or Tik Toks to show what they have learned or what they are learning. I also think that this will raise students’ participation in class. The majority of students now use Youtube or Tik Tok regularly in their free time. So what better way to get students to want to participate in class than using something they enjoy doing and using. 

This can create a community for students in schools. I know there are school type social media platforms that you could share videos or posts on. I remember when I was in grade 6-8 we used this type of app in my band class. We could post videos, share songs we learned and things like that. Our teacher could see every post but you could watch other peoples videos and comment on them. I believe the app was called Seesaw but I am not 100% sure because it was so long ago.