Digital Footprint KS4/5

• Secondary Education

What does your digital record say about you?

Learning Objectives

• To understand the concept of digital footprint 
• To evaluate its impact on your online identity.

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What is a digital footprint?

A digital footprint is the trail of data left behind by online activities. It includes social media posts, search history, and online purchases.

A digital footprint is a permanent record of our online activity.

Digital footprints can be managed effectively.

Digital footprints can have long-term consequences.

Digital footprints are a violation of privacy.

They are not real

Digital footprints are private

explores the concept of digital footprint and its significance in today's digital age.

01:21

Give details to the person next to you about the last post you did and where.

03:34

From 1 to 10, how often do you check your privacy settings? 1=never, 10 =always

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07:15

What does your digital print say about you?

If someone searches for you, would they find

Only good images and posts

Mainly good photos but ...

Some negative comments

Some negative photos

Mainly photos and comments that are not appropiate

what you can do! 

• choosing your online contacts carefully

• checking your privacy settings and enabling two factor authentication

• being considerate about what you post about yourself and others

• posting positive images or examples of your work

• setting strong passwords and keeping passwords and passcodes secret

• reading and understanding what information you are agreeing to share via the terms and conditions

• untagging yourself in photos and messages that don’t reflect your values.

Spring clean!

Take a few minutes to go through your social media apps. 

• Check the privacy settings 
• Check your list of friends
• Delete as many embarrassing photos as you can (including the ones didn't take)
• Delete as many "offensive/funny" comments you have (including the ones you didn't write)

Managing Your Digital Footprint

Learn strategies for managing and controlling your digital footprint to maintain a positive online identity.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement but also gives them more ownership.