Digital Footprint

Digital Citizen

Overview

A digital footprint is a trail of data you create while using the Internet. In includes the websites you visit, emails you send, and information you submit to online services. Students will be learning what a digital footprint is, how it is created from activity on the web, and ways to be online and create a positive footprint.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Know and understand what is a digital footprint.
Learn what it means to have a digital footprint.
Learn how to create a positive digital footprint.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words:

Digital footprint: Information posted online by yourself or others about things you are interested in, or do online.
Permanent: Permanent is lasting forever, cannot be deleted or erased.
Audience: An audience is people that you may or may not know that can see information by and about you, your photos, comments, and posts.

Pre-planning

To prepare for this lesson the teacher will need to:

Watch this emaze presentation to learn more to decide if it is appropriate for the students to use to create their digital footprint.
Create an account at emaze.
Learn to use FlipGrid to use as an assessment option.
Check to see that you can play the YouTube video from Common Sense Media and Tips for a Good Digital Footprint.
Check for additional resources on the 21 Things 4 Students Thing Digital Footprint.

Accommodations

See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources.

Steps

Directions for this activity:

Use this emaze provided OR
Open a discussion that includes questions such as:

How many of you have an iPad/smartphone?
How many of you text? message?
Do you have an account for Snapchat? Instagram? YouTube? Facebook?

3. Discuss how posting pictures, posts in chatrooms, online in social media leaves a digital footprint.

4. Show this video about digital footprints (Common sense media)

5. Have students brainstorm and call out what a digital footprint is while you write it so they can see it (computer with digital display, whiteboard, poster paper)

6. Ask students to list together what to do to have a "good digital footprint" and show this YouTube video.

Assessment Options

Different options for assessing the students:

Observations
Check for understanding
Play the Kahoot Game
Create a Flip Grid telling one way to keep a positive digital footprint
Copy and use Student Fact Tracking Sheet as assessment

MITECS COMPETENCIES & ISTE STANDARDS

MITECS: Michigan adopted the "ISTE Standards for Students" called MITECS (Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students) in 2018.

Digital Citizen
2a. Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world.
2d. Students manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.