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Digital footprint: On the Internet, a digital footprint is the word used to describe the trail, traces or footprints that people leave online. So that means anytime you do or write something online, there will remain a trace even if you delete it.

Media Usage: Media usage is the sum of information and entertainment on the Internet taken in by an individual or group.

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Algorithms: An algorithm is a detailed step-by-step instruction set or formula for solving a problem, or completing a task such as recipe or programming a robot.

Digital footprint: On the Internet a digital footprint is the word used to describe the trail, traces or footprints that people leave online. So that means anytime you do or write something online, there will remain a trace even if you delete it.

Convey: To convey is to communicate a message or information.

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Web presence: Once you have posted on the web, you now have a web presence. This cannot be deleted as there will always be a digital trace that can be found by various searching techniques.

Design process: The design process is a systematic problem-solving strategy that designers follow to come up with a solution to a problem.

Empathy: Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Choice Board: A choice board is a graphic organizer or table that allows students to choose different ways about a particular concept.

Social Responsibility: Social responsibility is the way in which individuals are accountable for online actions that are ethically sensitive toward social, economic and environmental issues.

• Philanthropy is providing goodwill to fellow members of the human race, especially active effort to promote human welfare

• Environmental acting in the best interests of their environment and society as a whole.

• Economical is engaging in charitable giving

• Political is a responsibility to step in and provide leadership on important social issues.

Social Media: Social Media is the form of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) where users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.

Meme: A meme is an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online, especially through social media.

Cyberbullying: Cyberbullying is the verbal bullying of someone (as a classmate) through the use of often anonymous electronic communication (as online posts or text messages).

Chat: To chat is to take part in an online discussion in a chat room.

Culture: Culture is the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.

Forum: A forum is a medium (such as a newspaper or online service) of open discussion or expression of ideas.

Discussion Board: A discussion board is a place online that is used for public discussion of a specific topic and on which users can submit or read messages.