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What is a Digital Footprint?
What is a Digital Footprint?
A digital footprint or digital shadow refers to one's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications manifested on the Internet or on digital devices.
A digital footprint or digital shadow refers to one's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications manifested on the Internet or on digital devices.
Why teach my student about the importance of Digital Literacy?
Why teach my student about the importance of Digital Literacy?
It will help your students …
- become aware of the “digital footprint” they leave online and reflect on the kind of personal information to share about themselves, depending on the content, context, and audience.
- celebrate a “culture of sharing” through digital media while considering some possible harmful effects of over-sharing and Internet privacy.
- learn to respect the privacy of others online when tagging, posting, or copying other’ personal information.
By guiding your students to self-reflect before they self-reveal, you can help them learn to consciously manage their own privacy online, as well as respect the privacy of others. If students aren’t careful about what, how, and to whom they disclose information online, it may be used or interpreted in ways they never intended. Help them understand the public and permanent nature of the Internet so they can begin to build a positive digital presence.
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