Goal 6: Set A Google Alert
Part of the 30 Goals Challenge Series

You’ve created a digital footprint, but how do you keep track of it? My friend, Karenne Sylvester,
shared a nice trick in her Kalinago English blog to set a Google Alert for your name and your blog url.
For example, I have Google Alerts set for Shelly Terrell, shellterrell (my Twiter name), and
htp://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org.
Setng alerts only takes a few minutes to do and you can determine if you want them sent to your
email as they happen, daily, or weekly. Watch this video to see how easy it is to set an alert! You can
even set an alert for your favorite subjects. I used to set an alert for educaton technology, ICT, and
elearning. This led me to incredible content that I began subscribing to in my Google reader. Recently,
I narrowed down my alerts, because I was inundated with too much in my inbox. One of my long-term
goals is keeping track of my digital footprint efectvely, but limitng distractons. Afer all, tme is
valuable!
Challenge:
Set a Google Alert of yourself!
Don’t forget to leave a comment that you accomplished this goal using the hashtag #30Goals!
Did you find anything interesting through your Google Alerts?
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