This week, we learned about the importance of respecting intellectual property (which includes how to deal with copyrighted material and maintaining a clear and honest digital footprint). I think this is very important material to learn; academic integrity is stressed and talked about often when writing papers or quoting sources, but people may forget that it extends to online work as well.

It also got me thinking about my own social media presence – as teachers, our social media can be looked at my future employers or even students. Our ‘digital footprint’ never truly goes away. Even if you delete something, people have ways of recovering or saving it. That is why I try to be careful with what I post, and keep my accounts on private . You never know if you’ll regret posting something that can hinder or damage your reputation.