Lesson
Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?
How can information you post online affect your future opportunities?
Grade
11Time
50 mins.
Objectives
- Learn that they have a public presence online called a digital footprint.
- Recognize that any information they post online can help or hurt their future opportunities (college admission, employment, etc.).
- Create a vignette that shows how a positive digital footprint can help someone take advantage of an opportunity.
Vocabulary
digital footprint .
personal branding .
rescinded
digital footprint – all the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally
personal branding – the practice of marketing yourself to the public using social media, a personal website, advertisements, or other non-digital tools
rescinded – to take away or cancel
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.