Our Online Tracks (4th)

________ is a record of what you do online, including the sites you visit and the things you post; it can also include things that others post that involve you

• digital footprint

• fossil

• inference

________ is an educated guess based on evidence

• digital footprint

• fossil

• inference

Digital footprints are:

• Invisible and can't be tracked.

• Evidence of what you do online, including the things you post.

• Not permanent and go away after you log off the internet.

• Erased if you delete an email, a text, or a post.

Decide which online activities are things about your digital footprint that you CAN control (pick 2)

• you text friend

• your parents post baby pictures of you

• you post a picture

• your friend comments on a video you made

Decide which online activities are things about your digital footprint that you CANNOT control (pick 2)

• you text friend

• your parents post baby pictures of you

• you post a picture

• your friend comments on a video you made

Avi went on a field trip to a museum last week. A few of his classmates have phones and took some pictures. Tal, one of Avi's friends, posted a picture from the field trip that showed Avi making a silly face. Avi didn't like the picture and was upset Tal posted it. What should Tal have done in this situation?

• Not gone on the field trip.

• Not brought his phone on the field trip.

• Asked for permission before posting the picture online.

• Posted the picture anyway since it was from his camera.

In the previous question, why was Tal's decision to post a silly picture of Avi irresponsible?

• His post affects Avi's digital footprint.

• The post did not get many likes.

• Only people who went on the field trip could relate to the picture.

Not everything in our digital footprint is under our control.

• True

• False

A responsibility is something that we should think about before we act. In this case, we have a responsibility to ourselves and to others before we do something online.

• True

• False

A digital footprint is like a fossil in that it will last for a very long time. Even if you try to delete the activity, it will still be stored somewhere and be accessible to someone.

• True

• False