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Social media

Social media is an ever growing part of most of our lives, both our personal and professional lives. I work for my local council in child care and there is  guidance and policy in place for safe and reasonable use of social media, including blogs ,message boards and facebook etc .To avoid major mistakes it is important to manage potential risks through a common sense approach. Professionals should do a self assessment of their on line behaviour before posting on social media sites, and also take into account the wider audience each post can reach. When using social media in a professional capacity it is essential to post only the desired content.To understand each individual is responsible for the content they publish, and we should identify ourselves in each post. We need to be aware that when we associate ourselves with our employers we are professional and we are aware of our language and conduct The guide lines are there to protect ourselves and our service users. I therefor thi

Digital footprint

Well what can I say. This really is scary stuff. When I googled myself my recent blogs relating to 23things digitsl came up third in the search results. A link to all my blogs were there for the world to see. Further down the search was an article relating to my social media (Facebook page) . Luckily the majority of my posts are 'private' so only family and friends can see them. I was extremely surprised that all my internet actions leave some form of footprint eg,  online shopping , even using Google for research . This I found quite disturbing. When i download a file, watch a videa, visit a website, use everyday apps on my phone,even being tagged in someone elses posts. My life is not my own..I am glad there are certain thing I can do to help manage this like being more aware, making posts private, keeping my devices updated,making strong passwords etc. Having a good understanding of digital footprints help us all in our personal and work life, by keeping all our online act

Why digital

Digital technology is widely becoming more and more a part of everyone's life. This affects both our personal and working lives. More and more people access social media to keep in touch with family and friends  And most homes will have at least 1 mobile device. In our working capacity it is important that we all try to develop our skills for communication , assessment, recording and our own personal learning. I feel my own capability and confidence would rate at around 2 on the why digital self assessment and my own relevance would be a 3. I feel more opportunities for learning would resolve the two tier  workforce and enable a more confident capable environment foe our service users. The infographic produced by skills for care in some part represents my experience as a member of social services workforce . I agree with the statistics shown in the perception of skills and that the majority my colleagues will use technology at least once a day. I believe technology is used wide

My open badges

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Today I recieved an email telling me I had been awarded my first two open badges......so pleased with them and to be  able to part of this 

Open badges

An Open Badge is a way of celebrating my learning ,skills and reflection as no one institute can give me all the knowledge and understanding in certain areas of my career. This helps me update and keep a track of my lifelong learning, in a variety of different ways. E.g. an online course, a mentoring session ,watching a video ECT. The way I reflect on my learning through experiance, knowledge,the skills I learn and my thoughts on my subject, and the way I apply my knowledge and understanding. An open badge is a digital way of recognising and recording my achievements that i can share with others through social media or a blog. They are linked to my evidence provided to earn the badge for both formal and informal learning. An open badge is a way of keeping a record of my knowledge ,skills and achievements.

Life as a nursery nurse

Hi, my name is Margaret and I'm new to all this. I have been a nursery nurse for 20+ years, and each day my life is full of little people. In the beginning most folk said I went to work to play. (Well I suppose they were right). Over the years I have been a surrogate Mother, granny teacher best friend confident and comforter. And although the ever changing environment has taken its toll of the life and ethos of my role . I spend my day with all my little people and over the years that may total up and beyond a 1000.but every passing day I know if I can make a child smile , be happy and feel safe I have indeed succeeded