FORUM 10

Media literacy is often defined as "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms."

For the forum this week, describe a time when your media literacy skills were useful in some way. Did you recognize a scam before you got involved? Were you able to help a family member with technology or with navigating our media-saturated world? Your initial post should be a paragraph or more in length. Then, comment on at least two (2) of your classmates’ posts to receive full credit for this forum.


DIGITAL IDENTITY INVENTORY

The Digital Identity Inventory is an opportunity to research and evaluate your online presence as you take control of your digital narrative.

To succeed in the modern world, you need to take control of the narrative that your online presence communicates to the public. Taking a Digital Identity Inventory is a great way to start that process.

This assignment requires you to research and evaluate your digital identity and then set specific action steps to influence that identity. Begin by performing a web search of your name and list the first page of results. You may want to perform this search using more than one search engine and/or browser. Evaluate your results. Do they refer to you or someone else with your same name? Do they portray in a positive, negative, or neutral light? What are some specific steps you could take to improve the story that these search results tell about who you are? To receive full credit for this assignment: 1) research internet search results for your name and list them, 2) evaluate the results for relevance and content, 3) list specific action steps that you can take to influence the narrative of these results, and 4) respond with a meaningful comment on at least two (2) of your classmates’ posts by the deadline.

This assignment will be submitted in Desire2Learn in a format similar to the weekly Discussion Forums.