General Definition
The necessity of safeguarding your digital identity
- Protecting personal information
- Managing passwords
- Privacy settings
- Location services – GPS
- Being aware of where information is going when sent online
- Parental involvement and approval
- Understand that you cannot always verify the identity of strangers on-line
- Permanency of online content
Examples
- Not posting schedule
- Not posting your personal information: phone, address, school,
- Creating safe passwords and keeping them safe
The Lessons
- Kindergarten-Cycle
- Personal Information (KIndergarten)
- It’s Ok to Tell (Kindergarten)
- Surfing Safety (Cycle 1.1)
- Staying Safe Online (Cycle 1.2)
- Follow the Digital Trail – What Information is OK to have in your Digital Footprint (Cycle 1.2)
- Cycle 2
- Detecting Lies
- Staying Safe
- Introducing the Internet (Lesson Included)
- Internet Safety (Notebook file included)
- Lesson 1: Understanding Digital Footprint – Dusting for Fingerprints (Lesson Included)
- Lesson 2 – Internet Safety (Lesson Included)
- Lesson 3 – Safety Rules for the Internet (Lesson Included)
- Cycle 3 & Secondary Cycle 1
- Henry’s Story – Creating Online Identity
- Trillian Dollar Footprint ( 2 lessons =~ 50 min)
- #Game On (8 activities, each about 45 min)
- Lesson 3 – Digital Citizenship Awareness Poster, Brainstorming sheet & Rubric
- Secondary Cycle 1
- Secondary Cycle 2
- College Bound
- What your Digital Footprint Says About You?
- Stations: Online Safety and Privacy Concerns
- Digital Footprint – Four Corners Debate
- DigitalCitizenship (Complete Lesson Included)
- Phishing(Complete Lesson Included)
- Tracking(Complete Lesson Included)