Digital Citizenship and Poster

Today, I feel like Superman, having finished my poster on 'Online Presence and Awareness'. I was procrastinating too much about how to start the poster, about what to write about, what to put in, what images to select and where to start etc. Luckily I remembered that some phrases that were once said, "Just Do It" is exactly what you need to hear when you're in a moment of doubt..." and "Less thinking and more doing." These phrases gave me some motivation, along with some rewards in mind if I completed the task.

Online presence and awareness is all about being conscious of one's digital footprint. Like the carbon footprint with the effects of CO2 atmosphere, our digital footprint is about the effects of our virtual interactions on others; all in hopes to reduce our negative impact. My poster will assist teenagers in developing an awareness about some possible consequences of some actions, and some ways to reduce the effects. 

When I first thought I about the poster, I was baffled and clueless about how to start. However, it was a good thing I attended the lecture where Jenni Parker suggested that some topics that we could do our poster on: 

• online presence
• social networking
• cyber-bullying
• self-harassment
• sexting
• trolling
• grooming
• netiquette
• flaming
• exclusion, etc.

Once I had some ideas and motivation, application became easier. I also decided to use Piktochart simply because it sounds easy to use, from the advice my friends gave me and from the website caption, "Piktochart: Infographic and Graphic Design for Non-Designers". How could anyone resist using something that is dummy-proof. 

When using Piktochart, I found it hard to wrap my head around it, due to the fact I had no prior experience or idea about creating posters electronically. However it all came together after a couple hours of sitting at the computer and just playing with the tools. 

Once I knew what some more of the tools did, I just fiddled around completing a single section at a time: the header, some subsections, facebook, instagram, tips and images. Did a final touch up and then published.

Thats all for today.