Digital Footprint

A digital footprint...

• is a trail of info that you leave behind when you are online.

• can be permanent.

• can hurt your reputation.

• All of these.

"Cookies" on websites...

• Come in chocolate chip and sugar flavors.

• Collect info to help advertisers target you.

• Can make the cookie monster come to your house

• Are not real.

Social media posts, photos, tweets, snapchats, videos, etc posted by you or posted about you are called your ______ digital footprint.

• Social

• Passive

• Active

• Main

How can you keep your digital footprint positive?

• Google yourself.

• Delete photos that may hurt your reputation.

• Untag yourself from posts that may hurt your reputation.

• Report harmful content to a site and ask to have it removed.

How could your digital profile harm you?

• Employers can use it when making hiring decisions.

• Colleges and Universities can use it when making a decision to accept you.

• Information can be used against you if you run for office.

• Your posts on social media could get you fired from a job.

In the article that you read, what did the school administrator get fired for tweeting to a student?

• An inappropriate picture.

• Racist comments.

• How to spell "tomorrow."

• A dirty joke.

In the article that you read, what did students do that resulted in colleges rescinding (cancelling) their admission to college?

• Posted photos of drinking.

• Posted photos of drug use.

• Posted racist content on social media.

• Posted political information about the election.

According to the video you watched, what percentage of employers will look at online information before hiring you?

• 48%

• 100%

• 10%

• none

The digital footprint that you create in middle school is erased when you turn 18.

• True

• False

When posting online comments, photos, and videos, etc, you should only post if the content is...

• kind and not hurtful to someone

• something that will not give you a bad reputation

• something your parents and teachers would approve of

• all of these