Digital Trails (UK)

What information is OK to have in your digital footprint?

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Does what you do online always stay online? Learners understand that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail". Depending on how they manage it, this trail can be big or small and harmful or helpful.

Learners compare different trails and think critically about what kinds of information they want to leave behind.

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Learning Objectives:

Learn that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail".
Explore what information is OK to be shared online.

Key Vocabulary: digital footprint · private information · permanent · trail Show definitions

digital footprint:

a record of what you do online, including the sites you visit and the things you share

private information:

information about you that can be used to identify who you are

permanent:

something that lasts forever

trail:

a path or track that someone can follow

Classroom resources

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Animal Tracks

Handout

Digital Trail Squares

Handout

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Family Tips

Meet the Digital Citizens!

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Digital Trails (UK)

Lesson Plan

Watch: Follow the Digital Trail

Play: Animal Tracks

Review: OK to Share?

Wrap-Up: Pause & Think Moment

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