A digital footprint is the trail of data left behind by a person's online activities. It includes information generated from interactions with technology like social media posts, photos, web searches, purchases, and location data. Managing one's digital footprint is important because information online can affect relationships and opportunities. Teachers should educate students about digital footprints and citizenship to help them understand how to positively use technology and avoid oversharing private details that could pose risks.

1. Dr. Michael England
Southwestern Adventist University

2. A digital footprint is the data trace or
trail left by someone's activity in a
digital environment. Digital footprints
are the capture in an electronic fashion
of memories and moments and are built
from the interaction with TV, mobile
phone, world wide web, internet, mobile
web and other digital equipment.
What does digital footprint - mean?

3. Unlike footprints are left in the sand at the beach.
And as more internet users have become comfortable
with the idea of authoring and posting content online,
they have also become more aware of the information
that remains connected to their name online.

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udrvJNTEww
Common Sense Media- Digital Footprint

5. Your Digital Footprint includes things like:
Images of you
on a
surveillance
camera
Your bank
records
Your retail
and airline
purchase records
Your telephone
records
Your medical
database
entries
Copies of
hospital scans
Information
about your
web searches
General
backup
data
Information about
credit Card
purchases, etc.

6. Example:
When you make visible your location settings in
Google and start texting or tweeting to Twitter or
Facebook, many people would have access to where
you are through google maps, where you are
walking as they know your address and write you a
text on behalf of your brother as they know your
family members. A lone girl walking home from
shopping might not even know that while she
thinks she's simply recapping what she bought,
she might be inviting potential rapists with her
information which gives them her complete profile
and agenda.

7. Your Digital Footprint May Be Unflattering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8C1a2z_cuQ

8. Whether or not we do anything
about it, the webbed world is full
of information about us that is
provided by other people, including
their opinions about us—the fact
of life we know as . . .
Reputation

9. While reputation management remains
challenging for adults, imagine how
difficult it is for a child to understand
how the digital decisions they make
today will stay with them, and the
rest of cyberspace, forever.

10. Share with your students these tips on how
to protect their online identities and build
a positive digital footprint.
Do not post
anything you would
not be able to say
in front of your
parents, teachers,
or friends.
Be careful with the
pictures you post on
your public profiles.
Remember others will
see them and judge you
based on their content.
Change the privacy settings on your
social networking sites so that only
your Friends can see your information

11. Always pause before posting
online and read it back to
yourself. Edit, revise, and
change until it’s really good,
original, with no errors. Be
clever with your words. This is
how you build credibility.
Do not disclose your personal address, phone number,
passwords. Bank card numbers...etc even in private
messages. There is always the possibility of somebody
hacking into your account and finding them.

12. On the other hand, do use
your real name when joining
or participating in social
media. Your name will help
build your profile online.
Do not post things to
bully, hurt, blackmail,
insult, or afflict any
kind of harm on others.
Always keep in mind that once
information has been posted
online, it can be almost
impossible to remove because of
archiving and file sharing. Even
though you deactivate your
accounts, the information may
still be retrieved by others.

13. Online adults can be divided into four categories based on their
level of concern about their online information and whether or
not they take steps to limit their online footprint:
Confident Creatives are the smallest of the four groups, comprising 17% of online
adults. They say they do not worry about the availability of their online data, and
actively upload content, but still take steps to limit their personal information.
The Concerned and Careful fret about the personal information available about
them online and take steps to proactively limit their own online data. One in five online
adults (21%) fall into this category.
Despite being anxious about how much information is available about them, members
of the Worried by the Wayside group do not actively limit their online information.
This group contains 18% of online adults.
The Unfazed and Inactive group is the largest of the four groups—43% of online
adults fall into this category. They neither worry about their personal information nor
take steps to limit the amount of information that can be found out about them online.

14. What Are You Leaving Behind
In Your Digital Footprint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYzVaX2NoN0

15. What is an active footprint?
An active digital footprint is
deliberately created to share
information about yourself.
It can create an image or “brand” of
what you have to contribute to a
prospective college or employer.
It is intentional – you are controlling
the content – and it should be
positive by showing-off your
accomplishments and contributions
to an area, subject, or cause.

16. Build a Positive Online Presence
• Produce positive content:
– Wikis
– Online Portfolios
– Twitter
– FaceBook
– Google+
– Blogs
– LinkedIn
Create a good digital branding-
personally and professionally

17. A GREAT RESOURCE!
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/les
son/trillion-dollar-footprint-6-8

19. Sites for Searchingfor Yourself:
Klout: http://klout.com/
Pipl: https://pipl.com/
Personas: http://personas.media.mit.edu/
Google – MeOnTheWeb: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1181793?hl=en
InPrivate: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/inprivate-faq#1TC=windows-7
WayBackMachine: https://archive.org/web/
Instant Checkmate: http://www.instantcheckmate.com

20. Anyone who is in front of or educating
children today should know what a digital
footprint is, should be able to teach
students about their own actions and how
they impact that student’s digital
footprint, and should point students to
resources about digital citizenship.

21. As teachers and educators, we need to
be a role model for our students and
show them how they can interact with
the virtual world and what they should
do to keep themselves safe.

22. We cannot take this for granted –
it is not a passing fad – it is here
to stay – FOREVER!