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Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities (UK)

How does using social media affect our digital footprints?

Social media can be a place to connect, learn and, most of all, share. But how much do children and young people know about what they're sharing -- and not just about themselves, but each other? Help learners think critically about their digital footprints on social media.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Identify reasons for using social media and the challenges that often come along with it.

  • Reflect on the responsibilities they have that are related to digital footprints -- both their own and others' -- when they're using social media.

  • Identify ways to make the most of social media while still caring for the digital footprints of themselves and others.

Key Vocabulary: digital footprint   ·   oversharing  
digital footprint:
all of the information online about a person, either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally
oversharing:
sharing personal feelings, information, or experiences that later make someone feel uncomfortable or regretful

Lesson Plan

55 mins.

What You'll Need

Classroom resources

Take-home resources

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Lesson last updated: August 2022
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