UK Lesson Plan
Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint? (UK)
How can information you post online affect your future opportunities?
Age
16–17Time
50 mins.
Objectives
- Learn that they have a public presence online called a "digital footprint".
- Recognise that any information they post online can help or hurt their future opportunities (university 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
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
personal branding – the practice of marketing yourself to the public using social media, a personal website, advertisements, or other non-digital tools
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