1. Digital Footprint and Reputation
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Digital Footprint and Reputation 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Question
Your digital footprint is all of the information online about you, posted by you or others, either intentionally or unintentionally (on purpose or without realizing it).
Have you ever:
sent a message or posted a comment online?
created a profile on a social network site?
used some sort of photo-sharing app?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you have already left a digital footprint. And your digital footprint can have either a positive or a negative impact on your reputation, both online and offline.
In this SlamDunk lesson you will do some brief, focused research to help you answer the inquiry question:
Digital Footprint
Select the image above to learn about your Digital Footprint by viewing a video from Common Sense Media
How can I control my digital footprint and its effects on my reputation?

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2. Information Sources 1 2 3 4 5 6
Use these Information Sources to complete the Student Activity on Slide 3.
As you explore these resources, think about how anything you and others post online can persist (never go away, even after it’s “deleted”) and may be seen by an invisible audience for years to come.
What is a Digital Footprint?
Follow Your Digital Footprint
Digital Footprint Intro (video)
Clean Up Your Digital Footprint
Essential Questions: Digital Footprint
Kidsmart.org.uk
Kids and Facebook
Select the image above to view the video What is a Digital Footprint?, from Discovery Education.
If prompted enter your BCPS One username and password

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3. Student Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6
Use the resources on Slide 2 to gain information about your digital footprint and how could affect your reputation. Use these focus questions to guide your research.
How does your digital footprint get created?
What can others tell about you from your digital footprint?
How can you control and improve your digital footprint?
How might your digital footprint affect you in the future?
Use this NOTES ORGANIZER to gather information from the resources that helps you to answer the focus questions.
Select the image above to view the video Cleaning Up your Digital Footprint, from Discovery Education
If prompted enter your BCPS One username and password

4. 4. Assessment Activity Next 1 2 3 4 5 6
Use your new knowledge about digital footprints (and your notes) to complete some of these assessment activities, as directed by your teacher or librarian:
Use the Shared … Squared worksheet to calculate how many people actually see what you post online. Does the size of this audience surprise you?
Use the InCtrl of My Digital Footprint graphic organizer to track what you have learned about how you can stay “InCtrl” of your privacy, and to outline how you can create a positive digital footprint.
What information about yourself would you want to find online in 10 years? Fill in this footprint graphic with examples of the types of search results (articles, posts, videos, images, etc.) that you would want to see.
Complete this brief Digital Footprint Quiz, or Assess Yourself here.
Select the image above to view a larger version of this infographic about Digital Footprints

5. 5. Enrichment Activities
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5. Enrichment Activities 1 2 3 4 5 6
Test your knowledge about digital footprints!
Choose Your Digital Footprint Adventure
Teach younger students about digital footprints by creating:
A comic strip using a digital comic creator tool like Make Beliefs Comix (tutorial) -or-
An online poster or infographic, using a multimedia tool like DiscoveryEd Board Builder (tutorial) or PowerPoint (tutorial)
Image Source:

6. 6. Teacher Support Materials1 2 3 4 5 6
Grades 6-8 Digital Citizenship
Common Core State Standards
grade 6: RI.4, RI.7, RI.10, W.4, W.10, SL.1a, SL.1b, SL.1c, SL.1d, SL.2, SL.6, L.6
grade 7: RI.4, RI.10, W.2, W.4, W.10, SL.1a, SL.1b, SL.1c, SL.1d, SL.2, SL.6, L.6
grade 8: RI.4, RI.10, W.2, W.4, W.10, SL.1a, SL.1b, SL.1c, SL.1d, SL.2, SL.6, L.6
Standards for the 21st Century Learner Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g. textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real-world situations, and further investigations.
ISTE NETS - National Educational Technology Standards for Students
3. Research and Information Fluency: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making: Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
5. Digital Citizenship : Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. 5a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
P21 Skills Information Literacy: Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources); Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand.
ICT Literacy: Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information. Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information technologies
Time Frame: Fill in
1 hour for research
45 minutes to complete assessment (Feedback Form)
Differentiation strategies for this lesson:
Direct students to use learning tools included in our BCPS-licensed databases, such as: audio read-aloud, labeled reading levels/Lexiles, and embedded dictionaries.
Learning Styles addressed in this lesson:
Notes to the teacher:
Collaborate with your school library media specialist to implement this lesson.
Conduct a Google search of your own name, so you can see your digital footprint in case students conduct a similar search.
Teacher Resources: Make Belief Comixs Overview, 11 Tips for Students, What Your Digital Footprint Says About You, Teacher Digital Footprint Quiz, Personal Digital Footprint Calculator, Family Tip Sheet
Lesson content used or adapted from the Common Sense Media lesson Trillion Dollar Footprint . Please review this lesson before implementing the SlamDunk research model to gain a broader scope of the lesson content.
Last updated: July Created by Amy L. Samay, Library Media Specialist Intern, modified by Anna Conner, Library Media Specialist
BCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2013, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. The models may be used for educational, non-profit school use only. All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on Jamie McKenzie’s Slam Dunk Lesson module.