#TechTipTuesday – Online Presence
On Tuesdays, I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. January is recognized as Clean Up Your Computer Month and all of this month’s tips have been dedicated to this topic, with today being our last.
While the posts shared earlier this month covered how to clean, organize, and maintain your physical computer, the personal/professional network you create online, also called your digital footprint, extends well beyond these elements.
Chances are that you have dozens, if not more, of online services where you have created accounts/profiles. These include social media accounts, educational software, digital tools, and more. Chances are that you also don’t use some of these anymore. I find that this is especially true for educators because we will create accounts to access and trial a variety of resources (and we don’t actually use a lot of them). It is important to take some time to find and delete any obsolete accounts/profiles that you do not wish to keep for archive purposes.
I also recommend that, as you compile your database of online services, that you also update your passwords across all systems. Each online login should have a unique password to help ensure that your information is secure. For further information on this area, I recommend you check out the following posts:
To review all of the posts shared this year for Clean Up Your Computer Month please check out: