Follow the Digital Trail

Grade 3

Follow the Digital Trail

Students will:

• Learn that the information they put online leaves a trail or digital footprint

• Explore what information is appropriate to be put online

• Judge the nature of different types of digital footprints by following the information trails of two fictional animals

Objectives

Check out the classroom walls!

Timed Pair Share

Take a look around our room. What kinds of things are on the bulletin boards or walls in our classroom?

Time Pair Share: With your partner, share what you see in our classroom.

Read All About Me!

Fascinating Facts About Me!

I am 8 years old.

I live in Visalia.

I am in the 3rd grade.

My teacher is Mrs. Smith.

I go to Liberty School.

I get to school by bus.

These are the members of

my family:Jose, Emily, & Ruben.

I want to be a doctor when I

grow up..

I am a star becauseI score goals for my soccer team

By the one and only Miguel Ramos.

I play soccer every Saturday morning at theLiberty park.

I take piano lessons Tuesday afternoons at the Rec. center.

I am on the Warriors soccer team.

Electra Elephant Mizzle Mouse

Electra Elephant Mizzle Mouse

Name: Electra Ella Elephant Name: Mizzle

Secret: Electra fights with her brothers and sisters.

Favorite Hobby: Ice Skating

Where you live: 132 Water Hole Lane, Peanuts, Ohio

Favorite Photo: Cheese

Birth date: February 21, 2010 Favorite Food: Cheese

Favorite Photo : Electra exercising

Pet’s name: Frank the flea

Username: gray_toesPassword: bamboo

Where you live: Frank the flea

jr1020: my name is John Ramoscooldude: where do you live?jr1020: I live in Visalia, California

2. permanent: adjective 1. lasting or intended to last for a very long time: not temporary or changing; there forever

1. digital footprint: noun1. the information about you on the internet

Mizzlethe Mouse

Electra the Elephant

1. Whose full name do you know?

2. Whose house could you find?

3. Whose birth date do you know?

4. Whose user name and password do you know?

5. Who let out a secret on the internet?

6. Which animal can you describe better from his or her photo?

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1. Who can the detectives find out more about, and why?

2. Is there anything that Electra posted on the Internet that could become a problem for her? If so, what and why?

Student Discussion

3. Mizzle says some funny things about himself on the Internet. What are they?

4. Which animal has a bigger digital footprint? Why?

Student Discussion

What IS appropriate to put online?

Appropriate Inappropriate

Interests

Hobbies

First name

Address

Full name

Information that would hurt others

Student Discussion

Wrapping Up…

What is a digital footprint, and what did Mizzle and Electra’s footprints look like?

What kinds of information are appropriate to put on the Internet? What kinds of information are inappropriate to put on the Internet?

Can you put interesting and funny information online and still be appropriate?

Student Discussion

Did We Meet Our Objectives?Did we:

Learn that the information that is put online leaves a trail or digital footprint ?

Explore what information is appropriate to be put online?

Judge the nature of different types of digital footprints by following the information trails of two fictional animals?

The End

trailtrail: noun

1: a trace or mark left by something that has passed or been drawn along

2: a. a track made by a passage: a beaten path b. A path marked to show a route (as through a forest) <hiking trails>

jr1020: my name is John Ramoscooldude: where do you live?jr1020: I live in Visalia, California

2. permanent: adjective 1. lasting or intended to last for a very long time: not temporary or changing; there forever

1. digital footprint: noun1. the information about you on the internet