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Digital Footprints

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 Explore DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS with your Digital Generals:

  • Daysha Correa
  • Zane Shuman 

 

 

 

 

Facts:

  • Everytime you go online, what you type in or post can be tracked back to you.
  • Whenever you go online, your computer is given a special number to identify it.
  • Everytime you go online, you leave a trail.
  • New search technologies allow internet users to uncover information about you that you never planned on sharing with everyone.
  • Colleges and employers may deny your application based on what you've posted online, if you did not present yourself in a positive way. 
  • When people behave badly on a website, the police can use an IP adress to identify the computer that has sent the information. 

 

 Key Terms:

  • digital footprints - A digital footprint is the data trace or trail left by someone's activity in a digital environment, like the Internet.
  • digital permanence - All webpages may be archived, which means a copy of the webpage is saved and others can find it and see it, even after you have changed it or taken it down. This means that anything you do online can affect your reputation, not only now but in the future
    • The Wayback Machine is one site where people can search for archived webpages. Colleges and employers use these  Internet Archive services to look at applicants' old social networking pages.

 

Tips for Students:

  • Be careful what you post online.
  • Remember that all of the websites you go on make a note of you being there 
  • Remember to log out on the websites you are on.  
  • Don't share your password with anyone.

 

 

Videos:

 

 

 

Games & Interactives:

These days, what goes up online, often stays online. It may not be where it was initially posted, or in the same format, or it may disappear and resurface somewhere else – even though it’s digital, it can still be permanent. Ensure that what you post won’t get you in trouble or affect the online impression you make.

Digital Permanence

The following links are for school use:
School Use Classroom Version
For Teacher Teacher Guide (.pdf)

The following links are for home use:
Home Use Home Version
For Parents Parent Guide (.pdf)
For Parents Guía para padres y madres en español (.pdf)

 

Information Sources: 

 

General Resources on Digital Citizenship 

 

 

 

Cyber Vocabulary

 

 

Parent/Family Resources:

 

Classroom Activities/Teacher Resources:

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Comments (1)

Ms. Culler said

at 1:00 pm on Mar 16, 2011

Great start!
Some suggestions:
Add more information to your facts. Do you know any statistics about digital footprints or how people are affected by them?
Are there any additional tips for students? Maybe give some specific examples of what not to do on social networking websites.
Or explain how schools and colleges can access information personal information when looking at students.
I just think you could add more information to the overall page.

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