Today’s class was a big eye opener for myself on social media. I have always been conscious of what I put online because I know what I post will stay out there forever even if I delete it. I like the way Jesse Miller, our guest speaker, explained having a private account as putting up a glass wall. I always thought that if I post something on social media, only the people following me can see it but this is not always the case. This stresses me out because I am very aware of who is following me as I do not accept any requests to people that I do not know. 

I found it interesting how SnapChat keeps all the photos you take even if you do not send the photo. Also, I did not realize that they could use what we were wearing or the logos in the pictures for other companies’ benefits. 

The final topic that stood out to me during the presentation was how people’s screen time should be based on individuals needs, rather than children based on their ages. There are many articles that state how technology is ruining our children and how they should only be allowed a certain amount of time everyday. I strongly agree with Miller today when he said that some children use technology for many different reasons like doing school work or keeping in touch with someone that they do not see very often. These children should not have the same limit as children that use technology only for video games, youtube, TV, etc.

Today we also learned how to create and edit a video on IMovies. Alison and  I created a video together because we both have troubles with technology. Together we figured it out. The video we created was of me swimming at Junior Nationals a few years ago and I was not comfortable with posting this video online.