Digital Communication Scenarios Applying What We Know

After reading the e-book and the tips for effective digital communication, you are going to have an opportunity to apply what you have learned. 

Sharing with friends on social media can be fun, but in order to be safe, you must take some precautions. This is because private information can easily become public, and in a lot of online communities your posts are public by default. In addition to this, most of the information that people post can be searched, viewed by huge invisible audiences, and can be copied, changed, and shared very quickly.

Explore the following scenarios regarding issues with digital communication. 

 The Digital Compass for the 21^st Century

The Digital Compass is a tool which can be used in helping us make choices and may be used in exploring online situations that you may face. Review the Digital Compass framework above.

 Online Activity – Read. Reflect. Respond in  Flipgrid

Read through the 10 scenarios below, and identify the direction that the person is heading with their decision (see the Digital Compass).

• Choose one of the scenarios and explain in Flipgrid (the grid password is faith) how the decision will impact the person’s life in that scenario.
• Then respond to the questions at the bottom of the Digital Communication Scenarios (blue italics).
• Note a new window/tab will open in your Browser, so you can refer back to the scenarios on this page. 
• Consider jot noting reactions paper or on a digital sticky note, so you can refer to them as you post to flipgrid. 
• To download directions and these scenarios, please click here.