Bchabony's List: Digital Citizenship Assignment

• Social media served as a useful tool for family and friends to keep tabs on each other during the storm, but Hurricane Sandy exposed a dangerous underbelly of social media: False information can go viral.
• She said even though rumors spread on the fire department's social media, it was just as easy to use the site to debunk rumors
• Several photos went viral. The photo of the soldiers at Arlington Cemetery was taken in September, not Monday. Others that showed ominous clouds over the New York City skyline were photoshopped, or were screen grabs from a movie, or were stock photos
• Her Mindset Digital partner, Betsy Hubbard, said the other phenomenon occurring more often after a big event is "newsjacking," when someone or a company try to use an event for their gain.
• "It's not a good idea to try to use these tragic events to your advantage," Hubbard says.

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• one positive impact behind: a new set of online tools and technology geared to mobilize support after disasters strike
• I offered our services to a team of Rockaway natives who began organizing an impressive relief effort starting the day after the storm, well before FEMA and other organizations arrived. A group of BSD digital strategists shared guidance on their website — www.rockawayhelp.com — built and launched quickly by a team of volunteers. We offered the group free access to the BSD Tools, which they’re now using to manage hundreds of volunteers and requests for help

• Members of IMSOCIO at Franklin High School gathered Wednesday night to launch a crowdsourced map that locates open gas stations in the New York-New Jersey area. Stations are identified by green, red or yellow pins -- each representing an open, sold out or charging station
• The map has now identified nearly 100 stations in the area, and has garnered attention from local news stations