Using Feedly to Connect with Brock

I have mentioned this multiple times already, but one if the reasons I love Feedly so much is because it allows me to stay connected to Brock while I am living at home in Toronto on my co-op work term. I subscribed to Brock News on Feedly and now I find myself checking it almost everyday to see what is new at Brock. The most recent article I found is about an overnight event happening at Brock this Friday called One Brave Night for Mental Health (click here to read the article). Brock University's Students' Union has teamed up with the Center for Addiction and Mental Health to host this event and raise money and awareness about mental health and the resources available.

One of the best things about being an active digital citizen is that no matter where I go I can always remain in touch with school, work, friends and family. This course has provided me with multiple digital tools such as Feedly and Twitter (I also follow Brock News on Twitter) that help me keep in the loop with current events that I might have otherwise missed out on.

Cheers!
Rebecca

Report & Reflection (Week 8)

This week's hands on activities revolved around using Wikis. I have to say that I much preferred using Google Docs last week as a collaborative tool and probably won't use Wiki going forward. I was always told not to use Wikipedia in school and have since tried to avoid it. The ability for anybody to alter the information on a Wikipedia page can make it unreliable and so I rarely use Wikipedia during my studies.

This week I also spent time researching digital rights and responsibilities. I have identified my top three rights and responsibilities as being:

1. The right to privacy
2. The responsibility to report inappropriate use
3. The responsibility to cite works used

Also, check out this map I made using Popplet, another one of my favourite digital tools (click on the image to enlarge).

Scarpelli, R. (CC) 2016.

Although I have identified my top three digital rights and responsibilities, I do have a favourite digital responsibility that I would like to talk more about. In my opinion, the responsibility to report inappropriate use of digital tools is the most important responsibility we have as being digital citizens. I think it acts as an umbrella for all other digital rights and responsibilities and is therefore the most important. For example, if we witness somebody's right to privacy being taken away from them through hacking we have a responsibility to report this. As good digital citizens we are expected to act ethically which also means standing up for others who are being treated in unethical ways.

Until next time,
Rebecca :)