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How does our online activity affect the digital footprints of ourselves and others?

Your digital footprint can affect your online reputation for a long time. But kids don't always realize that digital footprints aren't just a personal matter. Show your students how they can contribute to a positive digital reputation, both for themselves and for others.

Objectives:

• Define the term "digital footprint" and identify the online activities that contribute to it.
• Identify ways they are -- and are not -- in control of their digital footprint.
• Understand what responsibilities they have for the digital footprints of themselves and others.

Vocabulary 

• responsibility 
• digital footprint 
• fossil 
• inference

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