What is a digital footprint A Digital footprint

What is a digital footprint? A Digital footprint is a collection of activities and behaviours recorded when an entity (such as a person) interacts in a digital environment. It may include the recording of activities such as system login and logouts, visits to a web-page, accessed or created files, or emails and chat messages. The digital footprint allows interested parties to access this data; possibly for data mining, or profiling purposes.

Google Yourself

Search your name on these sites: www. google. com www. bing. com www. ask. com www. pipl. com Try variations of your name also: John Doe John R. Doe John Doe, Vero Beach John Doe, Gifford Middle School

What did you find? -Your name? -Your Facebook page? -Your My. Space? -Awards you have won? -Your address? ? ? -A picture of you?

Digital Footprint Calculator

-Go to www. yahoo. com -Search “Digital Footprint Calculator” -Click on the link from www. readwriteweb. com -Scan through the article and see their definitions for “digital footprint” and “digital shadow” -Download the Digital Footprint Calculator and answer the questions. How big is your digital footprint?

How to make yourself safe

Safety Video • http: //www. cliffparkjunior. norfolk. sch. uk/page _viewer. asp? page=internet+safety&pid=104

Top Tips SOCIAL NETWORKING • Always explore the privacy settings of your SNS to protect your privacy and to protect yourself from strangers. • Get your friends and family to have a look at your SNS to check that you aren’t giving out too much personal information or posting inappropriate photos/films because they might see something you’ve missed. • Keep your passwords to yourself. • Respect yourself and others online. • If you are unlucky enough to have a bad experience online report it to the service provider and tell an adult. • Cyberbullying is NEVER acceptable. If you or someone you know is targeted by bullies online tell them 1) to report the bully to the website/service operator 2) keep evidence of the bullying behavior 3) to resist the temptation to reply to nasty messages 4) To tell an adult.

Go to: • http: //www. kidsmart. org. uk/ • Explore the content but be sure to look at Digital Footprints and Social Media