1. Digital Citizenship Lesson
Digital Footprint
Digital Citizenship Lesson

2. What is a digital footprint?
A digital footprint is all of the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally.
What do you do online?
Look at the web in your folder.
List the sites or platforms that
you visit or have visited.

3. What is a digital footprint?
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Discussion Questions:
What image of yourself are you creating online?
Is there anything online that you would be embarrassed to have your parents or grandparents see?
Is there anything that you would not want a future employer to see?

4. The Trillion Dollar Footprint
Imagine: You are the producer of a hit TV show that travels the country looking for teens to compete in a talent show. Your job is to hire a host for the show. You have two candidates for the job, Linda and Jason. It’s important that the person you hire works well with others and is honest.

5. The Trillion Dollar Footprint
In groups, you will be looking at the profiles of both candidates and evaluating who is the better person for the job.
Each group will need to fill out one copy of the feedback form.
The profiles can be found on Canvas under assignments: Trillion Dollar Footprint.
You may begin.

6. The Trillion Dollar Footprint
Who did your group decide to hire and why?
Do you think the candidate will be honest?
Do you think the candidate will work well with others?

7. Linda’s profile – a closer look
What did you think about
the comment under Linda’s Instapic?
Did it change your opinion of her?

8. Jason’s profile – a closer look
What was your impression of Jason
when you found out that he lied about
singing in a band,
his relationship status, and
where he was born?

9. The Trillion Dollar Footprint
So who got the job? Neither of them as the executive producer had too many concerns about their honesty and their ability to work well together. The producers decided to keep looking for their ideal host.

10. So, what is your digital footprint?
Complete this worksheet independently, reflecting on your own digital footprint.