Essential question:
What is a digital footprint, and what does yours convey?

Stand if you have...

Sent a message or posted a comment online.

Created a profile on a social network site.

Used some sort of photo-sharing app?

Googled your own name?
Were there results about you?

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

• Filling out a form
• Sending an e-mail
• Posting a picture
• Visiting a website
• Using a search engine

This allows others to learn about you.

Imagery:
Pictures can be used to represent something else.

EXAMPLE

FOLD YOUR PAPER IN FOUR

• Light house
• Copies and whispering in ear
• Stadium
• Permanent marker

VIDEO

Discuss

Lighthouse

Search engines and social network sites can reveal a lot about a person. It's easy to discover information about people using the internet.

Copies and whispering in ear

Information online can be forwarded to many others, sometimes after having been altered first.

Stadium

Anything can publicly broadcast for all to see

Permanent marker

Once information is online, it is difficult to take down because others can copy and redistribute.

Persistent

Invisible audience

TRILLION DOLLAR FOOTPRINT 15 MIN

• Read choose a host student handout
• Review the two profiles
• Fill out feedback form
• Decide on candidate

Make pitches on who should get the host role

QUESTIONS

• Linda or jason?
• Are they honest?
• Will they work well with others

Neither got the role

Why?
What did you think of the comment under Linda's instapic? Did it change your opinion?

What was you impression of Jason after you found out that he lied about singing in a band, his relationship status, and where he was born?

ANYONE CAN SEE YOUR INFORMATION

Who helped shaped Linda and Jason's digital footprint?

Can you tell what a person is really like offline based on what you find online?

What are some other types of information that make up a digital footprint?