Eminent Commenting Reflection

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Eminent Commenting Reflection

Julianne

Oct. 24th, 2021

I enjoyed learning about other eminent people that I have never heard of before. The experience was educational and interesting to comment on other people’s pages. From looking at others’ blog posts, I have learned many different writing strategies to help improve a blog post. One includes labelling the pictures you post. This way, the reader can understand what is happening in the picture and visualize the moment the picture was taken. Secondly, a strategy I saw was writing the post in a timeline format. I think this is a strong strategy as it helped me to understand the different steps and important highlights of the eminent person’s life. Not only have I learned about different writing strategies, but I have also learned about connections people have to their eminent person that I hadn’t known before. So, from reading about others’ chosen eminent people, I have learned more about my classmates and their passions. Moving forward, I will remember the strategies I have learned through this process and take into consideration the advice and feedback I have gotten on my eminent introduction. It is also important that I look at the positive points in the feedback I am given, and I will continue to consider positives in my future writing. I hope to improve my writing throughout this project and learn even more so from others. 

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Eminent Person Introduction

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Christine Sinclair

By Julianne

“When I was growing up, you didn’t know there was a women’s national team. Now girls grow up dreaming of playing for Canada.” -Christine Sinclair.

Christine Sinclair is a professional soccer player and a champion that speaks out for women’s rights. I am inspired and drawn to her because of what she stands for and how she has changed the sports world to benefit young girls. We share many qualities, passions and similarities including being born in Burnaby, supporting equal opportunities for girls and youth, valuing family, and we both have a passion for soccer. Christine Sinclair is always setting new goals, whether they are towards her soccer career, or our society in equalizing rights between all genders. As a result, she has contributed so much to her career in soccer and continues to create better opportunities for young girls. Furthermore, as a TALONS student and a soccer player, I expect great results from my goals and work hard for them, so I believe I relate to her in this way. As the quote says, when she was young, no one had heard about the women’s national soccer team. Only the men’s team was invested in and watched. Christine grew up watching men’s soccer as women’s soccer wasn’t acknowledged in the same way. The Canadian national women’s team wasn’t created until 1986, 3 years after Sinclair was born. But Christine was one that changed women’s soccer and fought to bring more attention to it. I think Christine Sinclair will be remembered for more than 20 years in Canada because she has changed women’s soccer, and sport in general, for the better. She will be remembered for the impact she has made on young girls especially. Her work on creating a better future and greater deal of respect towards women has been inspiring and uplifting. What she really wants in the world is for equally achievable opportunities for all genders and encouraging young girls to play in sport. Christine is worth remembering because she is Canada’s greatest female soccer player ever. She has won several awards, including Canada’s greatest female soccer player of the year ten times in a row, was named Canada’s greatest female soccer player of the decade in 2019, and holds the most international goals scored in the world. To add, she is not only a role model for her soccer achievements but believes that we can achieve equal authority between all genders. The main takeaway I would like people to remember, is the type of person she is as a leader. She doesn’t just hope for things to change but she has the determination and bravery to create change herself. She has done this through her soccer career and speaking out in general. She should be remembered for years for what she has contributed to her field, and I will always be thankful for what she has done to better my opportunities, and those of others, in the future.

 

A goal I have to further my research on Christine Sinclair’s, would be to learn more about her personality and personal life. I feel like I know a lot about how the world knows and views her, but it would help me to go more in depth with my research to look into her personal life.

Digital Footprint Assignment

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1. How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities? Give at least two examples.

An important future opportunity that could be affected by your digital footprint could include getting or keeping a job. Many companies will search your name to find any past information about you that would prevent them from hiring you. If they find any negative information, you will be unable to get a job and provide for yourself or family. Another opportunity that could be taken away from poor information in someone’s digital footprint is building meaningful relationships with others. People are not going to be open to friendships with those that have made poor decisions in the past that leave a negative digital footprint. To summarize, any poor or negative information about you online will follow you and affect many opportunities throughout the rest of your life. Digital footprints could also help you to get jobs. If someone looks up your name and you have a positive digital footprint,

2. Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

A good strategy for keeping an appropriate digital footprint would be to make sure you are not posting any personal information on online platforms. This includes your school address, email, passwords, and more. This way no one can access your information and use it inappropriately. Another good strategy could be making your accounts on public platforms private so you can maintain control of who sees your content. To add, it is also extremely important that social media is not being used for bullying, hurting, or insulting anyone, as this is not kind, and can get you in a lot of trouble later. It is important to know thta once something is put on the internet, it stays on the internet and there is simply no way deleting it permanately.

3. If you could go back in time, is there anything that you would do differently online? Think of what advice you would pass on to your younger self or other students.

I think I have been responsible online. I don’t feel that as my younger self I was irresponsible with technology, but I do feel like I was very unaware of the dangers of the internet and how much of your information can be taken and used inappropriately. I can’t think of a time where I posted or shared something negative or dangerous to myself or others but the advice I would give to younger me would involve educating myself so I am able to be more aware of what could happen if I’m not careful. I would explain that even if information is spread through direct messaging or private social media accounts, it can sometimes still be hacked and accessed. I would also share how many opportunities would be taken away if I were to say something negative or inappropriate online. I am glad that nothing comes up about me when I search my name, but I would have liked to be more aware about my digital footprint when I was younger.

Training Post

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You are now going to create your very first post. In a separate tab or browser window, go to your Dashboard on the left and go to  Posts -> Add New.

1) Title – Create a title for your blog post. Your title will be: Digital Footprint Assignment

2) Body – This is where you place your content of the post – text, videos, pictures, etc. Follow the instructions on the Digital Footprint Assignment page to see what questions you need to answer here.

3) Tool Bar – In your toolbar you can “Add Media” and “Add Documents” into your posts, this is the best way to create visual representations. You can also change fonts, hyperlink, etc.

4) Publish – Here is where you control what items are public and private. You can also control when they are published to your website.

5) Categories – Here is where you choose where you want your post to go. This is your digital binder with all of your subjects. Make sure to categorize each post with the relevant subject. E.g. Categories -> English

6) Tags –  Here is where you tag posts with one or two of the most readily applicable Core Competencies. These tags can help you find things quicker on your blog and help you stay organised. E.g. Tag -> creativethinking

7) Publish – When you are done, simply “Publish” it. If it has been edited, press “Republish” to update with the latest version of the content.