Week 3- Things 5 and 6

I really enjoyed making a Bitmoji, here she is, I sent it to friend via Whatsapp who thought it looked a lot like me!

I think it is very important that it allows people to accurately represent themselves in terms of gender, colour, ethnicity etc. Hopefully people will feel better represented and less marginalised.  It is also great fun picking out outfits etc. to represent your own style and personality!

Inclusion is something I am very passionate about but I had not really considered the accessibility of websites.  I had a look at the Education Scotland website which I thought would be totally accessible but several errors were identified which surprised me.

      Errors (11)

• 1 X Missing alternative text

• 4 X Linked image missing alternative text

• 1 X Document language missing

• 3 X Empty link

• 2 X Broken skip link

Week two- Thing 3 and 4

A little bit later getting these two done but it has been a very busy start to term!!

I watched the video on digital footprints and read the guidelines and case study on E-professionalism.  As I have been a teacher in a High school for the past 11 years I am very conscious of my online footprint and making sure that my personal Facebook page is closed and conscious of who I am friends with.  I have a Twitter account which I use for more professional purposes and networking with other PE staff around Scotland and beyond, as this is more open I am much more careful about what I write on there and keep it very professional and do not share any personal/family information.

I was not surprised that when I Googled my name that nothing cane up that was about me (other than my Ed uni research explorer profile.

When looking at the permissions on my apps I was surprised by the number that had permissions such as
'Take pictures and videos'
'Record audio'
'Control vibration'
'Prevent phone from sleeping'
'Modify your contacts'
'Modify or delete contents of SD card'

Bonus thing A

https://about.me/denisedewar

23thingsEdUni

My name is Denise Dewar and I have recently started at Edinburgh University as a seconded teaching fellow in Physical Education.  I have worked at Peebles High school as a PE teacher for the past 10 years so it is a big change!

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I have never blogged before and so I thought I would try the 23ThingsEdUni program to widen my digital knowledge and skills using the digital tool available.  I hope I might start to blog about other topic that interest me in the future.

I was aware of the University's social media guidelines as coming from the teaching profession, this is obviously something I have to be very aware of.  I think the guidelines are clear and pretty much common sense.  I think it is important to have these clear guidelines in place for both staff and students as then everyone knows what is acceptable use and can feel more confident when using it in appropriate ways.

I am a bit unsure if I have tagged this correctly!  Are labels the same as tags?