5. Digital Footprint

Introduction

Each time you log on to the Internet, use your cell phone, or do anything digitally, you leave a digital trail. In this Thing, you will complete five Quests to learn about digital footprints, your footprints online, how to create your digital presence online, how social media can impact your footprint, and then learn the good and bad sides of digital media and how to create a digital media balance.

Learning Objectives

1. Know the concepts and actions that create a digital footprint [Digital Citizen].
2. Understand that your own digital footprint has an impact on your life [Digital Citizen, Empowered Learner].
3. Understand the importance of empathy and social responsibility as part of your digital footprint [Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen].    
4. Be able to create a positive and safe online web presence [Innovative Designer, Digital Citizen].
5. Understand how digital media can have positive and negative effects [Digital Citizen.