UK Lesson Plan
The Power of Digital Footprints (UK)
How might our digital footprints shape our future?
Age
12–13Time
50 mins.
Objectives
- Define the term "digital footprint" and explain how it can affect their online privacy.
- Analyse how different parts of their digital footprint can lead others to draw conclusions -- both positive and negative -- about who they are.
- Use the "Take a Stand" thinking routine to examine a dilemma about digital footprints.
Vocabulary
digital footprint .
invisible audience .
persistent
digital footprint – 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
invisible audience – unknown or unanticipated people who can see information about you posted online
persistent – lasting a long time
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