This is now the third post in the series about eating healthy foods. This blog started as a way to introduce the epidemic that is American obesity. If you would like to read my introductory, “Our Kids Are The Future and The Future Isn’t Bright“, post that discusses the rates of obesity among American children and the rates at which the consume fruits and vegetables.
In this post we will be discussing internet safety and tying it to out last post called, “The Internet is Lying to YOU!,” where we discussed which sources to trust on the internet and which ones to avoid. In that post I referenced MyPlate, which is a program run by the USDA.
Here you can see the format for the MyPlate program but I have replaced the types of food that are recommended with the different types of ways that we can use the Internet without harming ourselves or others.
Above we can see an example of what is known in the legal world as ” fair use.” The above diagram from MyPlate is copyright and technically I wouldn’t be able to use it without permission from the owner of the diagram but I have altered the image for a teaching method and am not using it to make a profit so therefore I can use it without asking permission.
However, if I were to use a copyrighted image I would first need to contact the company who owns the image and then cite that they are the owners of the image so it doesn’t look like I have stolen it. If you wan’t to make sure that you are using free photos for your project go to Creative Commons for all free use content. Since we’ve touched on it a little in the last couple sentences remember to cite any work that isn’t directly your original ideas and work.
Also, it is imperative that we stay safe on the internet. And we can do this by making sure we change our passwords from website to website and by making sure that they are contain a plethora of different characters and symbols.
Finally, we need to talk about social media. Social media can be a very dangerous but also a very useful tool. For example, I can use social media to reach more people to introduce them to my blog and my cause. A good way to think social media is how Juan Enriquez put it in his TED talk titled “Your Online life, permanent as a tattoo.” Juan mentions that our social media accounts and what we say on them are like tattoos and often represent how others view us so to make sure we state our real opinions on the internet in ways that we would be okay with them being tattooed on our body.
Now for my own self promotion
If you would like to know more about my campaign you can check our my Vimeo account where I post food and diet related videos.
Good Eats While Eating Good 