Trillion Dollar Footprint.
Post date: Oct 28, 2016 7:44:25 PM
Essential Question:
What is a digital footprint, and what does yours convey?
Learning Objectives Students will be able to ...
Learn that they have a digital footprint and that information from it can be searched, copied and passed on, and seen by a large, invisible audience, and that it can be persistent.
Recognize that people’s online information can be helpful or harmful to their reputation and image.
Consider their own digital footprints and what they want those footprints to be like in the future.
How many of you have …
Sent a message or posted a comment online?
Created a profile on a social network site?
Used some sort of photo-sharing app?
Googled your own name?
Were there any results about you?
Did you know: that filling out a form, sending an email to a friend, posting a photo, and pretty much everything one does online – even the simple act of visiting a website or using a search engine – leaves a trail. This trail, called a digital footprint, is made of bits and pieces of information on one’s computer and on other computers and servers around the world, which allow other people to learn about you.
Vocabulary:
Lighthouse: Search engines and social network sites can reveal a lot about people. It’s easy to discover information about people using the Internet.
Copies and Whispering in Ear: Information online can be forwarded to many others, sometimes after having been altered first.
Stadium/Jumbo-tron: Anything can be publicly broadcast online for all to see.
Permanent Marker: Once information is online, it is very difficult to take it down because others can copy and distribute it. DEFINE the Key Vocabulary terms persistent and invisible audience.
Evaluate the two profiles so you can complete the activity.
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