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4TH GRADE

UNIT 1: Building the Galactic Government - Digital Citizenship
​LESSON 3: DIGITAL TRACKS

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THE LESSON MISSION

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  • I can define the term "digital footprint" and identify the online activities that contribute to it.
  • I can identify ways I am—and am not—in control of my digital footprints.
  • I can practice responsible behavior with my digital footprints and the digital footprints of others.

THINK ABOUT IT
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Tool Box

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digital footprint: A record of what you do online, including the sites you visit and the things you post. It can also include things that others post that involve you, such as pictures or comments
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responsibility:  something that we should think about before we act


EXAMINE THIS
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MAKE A CONNECTION
​These images are both examples of how animals leave imprints on their world, even after they're gone. We can learn things about animals based on those imprints. In some cases, like with fossils, those imprints last forever. What about humans? What imprints do we leave on the world?

In addition to the physical footprints we leave on the earth, we also leave a footprint when we're online. And that footprint, just like a fossil, can tell a lot about us and can last for a very long time. This is called a digital footprint, and it is a record of what we do online, including the sites we visit and the things we post. It can also include things that others post, like pictures of us or comments about us. Not everything in our footprint is under our control.
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APPLY IT!

KNOW YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Given that our digital footprints last a long time and that we're not always in control of what becomes part of our footprint, there are some responsibilities we have when it comes to being online. A responsibility is something that we should think about before we act. In this case, we have a responsibility to ourselves and to others before we do something online. 
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

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  • I can define the term "digital footprint" and identify the online activities that contribute to it.
  • I can identify ways I am—and am not—in control of my digital footprints.
  • I can practice responsible behavior with my digital footprints and the digital footprints of others.

LESSON DEVELOPED USING:
Common Sense Media Lesson Plans
Our online tracks (August 2018.) Common Sense Education. Available at: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/our-online-tracks (Accessed: 12 September 2024). ​

STANDARDS MET:
AL DLCS - Recurring Standard - Safety, Privacy, and Security 1: Identify, demonstrate, and apply personal safe use of digital devices. 
AL DLCS - Recurring Standard - Legal and Ethical Behavior 2: Recognize and demonstrate age-appropriate responsible use of digital devices and resources as outlined in school/district rules. 

ISTE 1.2.A - Digital Footprint: Students manage their digital identity and understand the lasting impact of their online behaviors on themselves and others and make safe, legal and ethical decisions in the digital world.
ISTE 1.2.B - Online Interactions: Students demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to responsibly contribute to their communities.
ISTE 1.2.C - Safeguard Well-Being: Students safeguard their well-being by being intentional about what they do online and how much time they spend online.

ITEEA STEL -3E - Analyze how different technological systems often interact with economic, environmental, and social systems. 
ITEEA STEL-4F - Describe the helpful and harmful effects of technology.
ITEEA STEL-4K - Examine the ways that technology can have both positive and negative effects at the same time.
ITEEA STEL-4N - Analyze examples of technologies that have changed the way people think, interact, and communicate.




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