Week 3 Lesson 4
CS + ME: Cybersecurity
Today we will learn how our online activity affect the digital footprints of ourselves and others.
27 minutes
1 - UCSD Does (1 min)
2 - Warm Up (5 min)
3 - We Do (2 min)
4 - You Do (10 min)
5 - We Do (2 min)
6 - Reflect & Share (2 min)
7 - We Do (5 min)
The following lesson was originally published by Common Sense Media: Our Online Tracks
UCSD DOES
1
(1 min)
WARM UP
2
(5 min)
What do you notice in this image? What can you infer about the animal that left this?
Remember, an inference is an educated guess you make based on evidence.
Take turns sharing your idea with your partner.
What do you notice in this image? What can you infer about this animal?
Take turns sharing your ideas with your partner. Be ready to share our your responses.
This is a fossil. Fossils are parts of an animal that are saved and preserved in the earth for millions of years.
These images are both examples of how animals leave imprints on their world, even after they're gone. We can learn things about animals based on those imprints. In some cases, like with fossils, those imprints last forever.
What about humans? What imprints do we leave on the world?
WE DO
3
(2 min)
As a class, let's read the vocabulary below.
In addition to the physical footprints we leave on the earth, we also leave a footprint when we're online. And that footprint, just like a fossil, can tell a lot about us and can last for a very long time.
Not everything in our footprint is under our control.
you do
4
(10 min)
Let's read the directions:
Feet spends a lot of time online. For each activity, decide what it might tell you about Feet and whether they are in control of this activity.
Work together in pairs to complete the handout.
Once you are finished, share your ideas with the class.
In the last two examples, Feet has control over whether they plays the video game and hangs out with friends, however, Feet does not have control over whether the top scorers and the photo get posted.
Feet's digital footprint tells us a lot about them, and it involves things that are both in and out of their control. Their footprint is like a fossil in that it will last for a very long time. Even if they try to delete the activity, it will still be stored somewhere and be accessible to someone.
WE DO
5
(2 min)
As a class, let's read the vocabulary below.
Given that our digital footprints last a long time and that we're not always in control of what becomes part of our footprint, there are some responsibilities we have when it comes to being online.
A responsibility is something that we should think about before we act. In this case, we have a responsibility to ourselves and to others before we do something online.
REFLECT & SHARE
6
(2 min)
What do you think some of our responsibilities are for being online? Both to ourselves and to others?
Take turns sharing your ideas with your partner.
WE DO
7
(5 min)
