Last week we discussed privacy and using the Internet carefully as educators. We discussed FIPPA, which can be found on the BC government’s website here. The storage of Internet content was something I had not considered.
This week in class we were asked to Google ourselves to see what we have on the Internet. I am not a huge Internet poster, even with my existing social media accounts, but I was curious as to what I would find.
The first Helena Wahl is not me. Even the second link to Facebook is not me. The third, however, was a link to an old WordPress Blog that I had nearly 12 years ago called “Hows Helena.” I would hyperlink it here, but I have since deleted it entirely.
Our discussion in class helped me to become conscious and intentional about what I will post, and have posted, on the Internet. When you Google my name and click ‘Photos’ the first three are of me. Two were from the website I have recently taken down, but the third belongs to a domain that I have no control over.
I am not longer affiliated with the organization and hope they will take it down. It is not an inappropriate photo by any means, I actually look great in the picture, but I have become aware of the impact and influence educators have. Certain associations and affirmations a teacher presents online can have a severe impact.
I hope to continue to reflect on and be cognizant of these facts.
Photo by Nathana Rebouças on Unsplash
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