Digital Identity/Footprint
Digital Citizenship Element: Digital Communication
Grade: 1-2 |
Learning Objective: Students will learn how what they share online shapes their digital identity/footprint
Materials:
- THINK before you post poster (print or have a digital copy for the class to see)
- Digital Footprint - What Digital Footprint Are You Leaving Online? -video (background info for teacher?
Anticipatory Set
- Ask students what a footprint is
- Introduce the concept of a digital footprint (see video above for explanation)
- Ask students what a footprint is
Method
Grade 1/2 class Twitter account https://twitter.com/MsLsClass
Grade 4 class Twitter account https://twitter.com/Millgrove4H
Look at the posts and talk about what kinds of things you know about the class based on their posts.
- Show the students the profiles from other classes that they may be familiar with from you school division. Here are active class Twitter accounts you could use if there are no local accounts you know of:
Grade 1/2 class Twitter account https://twitter.com/MsLsClass
Grade 4 class Twitter account https://twitter.com/Millgrove4H
Look at the posts and talk about what kinds of things you know about the class based on their posts.
- Discuss with the students that as a class they will be creating a class Twitter, Instagram or Facebook account (whichever the teacher is most comfortable with) to share their learning with the world
- Discuss how as a class they will create a positive digital footprint
- Start by discussing what photo, username and info they should share on their class profile. Considering the following questions- What should our name be? Should we use a fake or real name? Should we use our full name? Should we share where we are from? (If yes do we use the name of our small town? What picture do we use? Can we show our faces in our profile picture? How does what we share in our profile affect what people think of us? What kind of image do we want people to have of us?
- With the information the class has brainstormed setup the profile together (minus the password info). If possible make it viewable on a screen so students can watch you. Have the students take the photo or choose the one they want to represent the class. Discuss that because they are under 13 they should not be making their own account as they are too young and they will be doing this only as a group with the teacher.
- Compose your first post together as a class. Talk about criteria they need to consider before they finalize and publish. (THINK POSTER)
- Every few days or once a week take the time to post something to your class account as a whole group.
- Connect with other classes by following them. Ask them questions about what they are tweeting. To find classes to connect with start by following the classes listed above & see who they follow. Start by following other classes in the same grade as your class. Reply to any tweets sent to your class by looking under the notifications tab when signed into your Twitter account.
- Once students have practiced this as a whole group you could give students the opportunity to submit posts on a class device that you have signed in (so no sharing the password with students) when things come up throughout the day. You could have designated class “posters” for the day or if you are more comfortable you could have students submit their posts through a Google form that you would moderate and post for the student or you could have students write tweets on post-its and you could post them for them. It is important to continue posting as a class and discussing what each post portrays to the public about your class image.
Closure
- Review what the digital footprint means
- Review why people should stop and THINK before they post
At Home Extension
References
Common Sense Media (2012). FAMILY TIP SHEET: Common Sense on Privacy and Digital Footprints. Retrieved from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/k-5-familytip-privacyanddigitalfootprints.pdf
Common Sense Media (2013). Digital Footprint - What Digital Footprint Are You Leaving Online? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P_gj3oRn8s
Common Sense Media (2012). FAMILY TIP SHEET: Common Sense on Privacy and Digital Footprints. Retrieved from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/k-5-familytip-privacyanddigitalfootprints.pdf
Common Sense Media (2013). Digital Footprint - What Digital Footprint Are You Leaving Online? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P_gj3oRn8s