1.++Intro

=Teaching Online Identity= Group C - IC2 - Spring 2, 2010

 Overview (see Lesson Plan for details of lesson):

This lesson will involve putting a student (or a group of students) in the position of an employer reviewing three potential employees to hire for an open position in a music recording company.

Each employee will have three artifacts associated with them:  The make up of the the potential employees are as follows:
 * 1) a digital resume
 * 2) a transcribed interview
 * 3) a social profile discovered by the employer through a web search

Candidate #1 (Fred Fisher)  Candidate #2 (Wanda Moody)  Candidate #3 (John McNaughton)  Students will:
 * average resume
 * average interview
 * boring or potentially neglected social profile
 * excellent resume
 * excellent interview
 * social profile that portrays the individual poorly by showing them participating in socially unacceptable or even criminal behavior (e.g. his profile portrays him as illegally sharing music)
 * poor resume (he is qualified but nothing more).
 * an average interview.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">an social profile that highlights skills and personal traits potentially favorable for the company (e.g. shows him improving his craft by mixing music).
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">review artifacts for the three potential employees.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">answer questions regarding how the artifacts influenced their opinion of the three individuals.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">choose an employee to hire and justify their decision.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">answer questions regarding their own online behavior and identity, and whether or not this activity has changed how they will portray and protect their identity online as well as explaining what steps they plan to take in order to do this.