1. QuestionYour digital footprint is all of the information online about you, either posted by you or others, intentionally or unintentionally.

Have you ever: sent a message or posted a comment

online? created a profile on a social network site? used some sort of photo-sharing app?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you already have left a digital footprint. Click on the image to the right to view a brief introductory video about digital footprints.

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How can I control my digital footprint and reputation based on what I post online?

Digital Footprint and Reputation

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2. Information Sources

As you explore these resources, think about how anything you post online will persist and may be seen by an invisible audience for years to come.

Examine these Resources to complete the Student Activity on Slide 3:

Clean Up Your Digital Footprint Kidsmart.org Digital Footprint Intro Kids and Facebook

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View this video, “What is a Digital Footprint?”If prompted, enter your BCPS One login. Check with your

Library Media Specialist for assistance.

3. Student Activity

Use the resources on Slide 2 to gather more information about your digital footprint and how it affects your reputation.

How does your digital footprint get created?

What can others tell about you from your digital footprint?

How can you control and improve your digital footprint?

How might your digital footprint affect you in the future?

Use this note taking organizer to record information to answer the questions above.

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View this video, “Cleaning Up your Digital Footprint:

If prompted, enter your BCPS One login. Check with your Library Media Specialist for assistance.

4. Assessment Activity

“Trillion Dollar Footprint” is a popular TV show that tours the country looking for teens to compete in a talent show. You are the producer for the show. Your job is to:1. Look over online profiles of two fictional

host applicants, Linda and Jason.2. Decide which applicant should be the host

of the show based on who works better with others and is more honest.

3. Fill out the Feedback Form and explain your choice of who will be hired to host the show.

Your response may be scored using this rubric.

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Linda

Jason

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5. Enrichment Activities

Apply what you have learned by: Participating in the

Choose Your Digital Footprint Adventure

Creating an original comic strip to teach younger students about digital footprints using Make Beliefs Comix.

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6. Teacher Support Materials

Middle School, Grades 6-8, TechnologyMaryland State Curriculum-The Impacts of Technology: Students will develop abilities to assess the impacts of technology. Indicator Statement: Develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology. (ITEA, STL 4) Common Core State Standards Reading: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.Writing: 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.Standards for the 21st Century Learner 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g. textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real-world situations, and further investigations.

ISTE NETS - National Educational Technology Standards for Students3. Research and Information Fluency: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and

use information.b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making: Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.

5. Digital Citizenship : Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. 5a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.

Time Frame: Fill in 1 hour for research 45 minutes to complete assessment (Feedback Form)

Differentiation strategies for this lesson: Direct students to use learning tools included in our

BCPS-licensed databases, such as: audio read-aloud, labeled reading levels/Lexiles, and embedded dictionaries.

Learning Styles addressed in this lesson:

Notes to the teacher:Collaborate with your school library media specialist to implement this lesson.Conduct a Google search of your own name, so you can see your digital footprint in case students conduct a similar search.Teacher Resources: Make Belief Comixs Overview, 11 Tips for Students, What Your Digital Footprint Says About You, Teacher Digital Footprint Quiz, Personal Digital Footprint Calculator, Family Tip Sheet

Last updated: July 2014 Created by Amy L. Samay, Library Media Specialist Intern

BCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2013, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. The models may be used for educational, non-profit school use only. All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on Jamie McKenzie’s Slam Dunk Lesson module.

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