Digital Footprints: Grade 4

Digital footprints are:

• Invisible and can't be tracked.

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

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

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

Can you control the following:

A friend posting a picture of you on social media.

• Yes

• No

Can you control the following:

Commenting on a video.

• Yes

• No

Can you control the following:

Your friend commenting on a video you posted.

• Yes

• No

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?

• Asked for permission before posting the picture online.

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

• Not gone on the field trip.

• Not brought his phone on the field trip.

Will this lesson make you think twice before posting something online?

• Yes

• No