LESSON
Life in Public
How can we balance staying true to ourselves while also sharing online?
Delete post? Edit again? Keep private? Every day, students make choices about their online presence with unknown future audiences in mind. This lesson explores the tension between authentic self-expression and curating a digital footprint, helping students develop strategies to navigate life in public.
Objectives
- Understand how invisible audiences influence what we do online
- Identify strategies for maintaining authenticity while building an intentional digital footprint
Vocabulary
Digital Footprint ·
Invisible Audience ·
Authentic
Digital Footprint – all of the information online about a person, either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally
Invisible Audience – unknown or unanticipated people who might see information about you online, now or in the future
Authentic – being true to who you really are, instead of showing only what others want to see
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Time
20 mins.
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