Vanity Search

This Vanity Search assignment was very eye opening.  To be honest, I actually google myself and others all the time. However, I’ve never dissected all the various areas of my personal digital footprint.  I’m always excited to see where name and info pops up.  I was able to search my name pretty easily because my name, especially my last name, is very uncommon. 

Googling my name popped up several webpages that I’m associated with.  The social accounts were reflected in my search which were LinkedIn and Twitter.  A number of the webpages resulting from the search of my name were associated with my position in my school districts webpages, such as our CTE department webpage and documents.  I also had results from previous blogs I’ve created from other courses.  I was surprise to find out I was associated to articles and events from my professional relationships and involvement with our Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce and our city council.  I did click on the images tab on Google and found many photos from the various webpages including work, social, blogs, etc. 

I’m still amazed and a little nervous that the web holds a lot of information about our careers and personal information.  From my search I feel I’m represented in a good light with my involvement in my school district’s role and in the community. 

I believe this is a great assignment for adults and students, especially secondary students to see the importance of their digital footprint.  I hope to expand more positive information about myself through this course and play with other technologies that will assist in this expansion.