Week 3 Lesson 4
OUR ONLINE TRACKS
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How does our online activity affect the digital footprints of ourselves and others?
49 minutes
49 minutes
Video Lesson Overview (4 min)
1 - You Do (15 min)
2 - You Do (15 min)
Wrap Up & Evaluate (15 min)
Warm Up: Follow the Track! (15 min.)
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Project image 1. Ask: What do you notice in this image? What can you infer about the animal that left this? (If necessary, clarify that an inference is an educated guess you make based on evidence.)
Project image 2. Ask: What do you notice in this image? What can you infer about this animal?
Say: 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?
Vocabulary: Digital Footprint
Say: 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. This is called a digital footprint, and it is a record of what we do online, including the sites we visit and the things we post. It can also include things that others post, like pictures of us or comments about us. Not everything in our footprint is under our control.
Analyze: Feet's Footprint (15 min.)
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Distribute the Feet's Footprint Student Handout. Call on a student to read the directions and instruct pairs to work together to complete the handout. Allow students 10 minutes to work. (Slide 7)
Call on groups to share out their answers from the handout. For the last two, clarify that although Feet has control over whether they plays the video game and hangs out with friends, Feet does not have control over whether the top scorers and the photo get posted.
Say: Feet's digital footprint tells us a lot about them, and it involves things that are both in and out of their control. Feet's footprint is like a fossil because 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.
Vocabulary: Responsibility
Wrap Up & Evaluate: On Your Honor (15 min.)
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Say: 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. (Slide 8)
Ask: 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. (Slide 9)
Call on students to share their answers and capture them in the chart. (Slide 10)
VOCABULARY: Digital footprint
VOCABULARY: Digital footprint
Your digital footprint stays with you for your entire life.
Definition: A record of what you do online, including the sites you visit and the things you post. It can also include things that others post that involve you, such as pictures or comments.
Definition: A record of what you do online, including the sites you visit and the things you post. It can also include things that others post that involve you, such as pictures or comments.
In a sentence: I used to make YouTube videos of my cat, and now they are part of my digital footprint on the internet.
In a sentence: I used to make YouTube videos of my cat, and now they are part of my digital footprint on the internet.
VOCABULARY: responsibility
VOCABULARY: responsibility
Being responsible means doing things for yourself and for others.
Definition: a duty you have to yourself or others.
Definition: a duty you have to yourself or others.
In a sentence: We all have a responsibility to keep the school clean.
In a sentence: We all have a responsibility to keep the school clean.
Lesson Planning: Our Online Tracks (commonsense education website)
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