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Grade 8

Social Media and Digital Footprints: Our Responsibilities

How does using social media affect our digital footprints?

Social media can be a place to connect, learn, and, most of all, share. But how much do kids know about what they're sharing -- and not just about themselves but each other? Help students think critically about their digital footprints on social media.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Identify reasons for using social media and the challenges that often come along with it.

  • Reflect on the responsibilities they have that are related to digital footprints -- both their own and others' -- when they're using social media.

  • Identify ways to make the most of social media while still caring for the digital footprints of themselves and others.

Key Vocabulary: digital footprint   ·   oversharing  
digital footprint:
all of the information online about a person, either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally
oversharing:
sharing personal feelings, information, or experiences that later make someone feel uncomfortable or regretful
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Lesson last updated: February 2023