---
title: Keeping a Clean Digital Footprint
description: In this lesson, students will describe actions that they can take to keep a clean digital footprint online.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/keeping_a_clean_digital_footprint-001.png
---

**Subject: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins**

**Topic: Digital Citizenship**

**Grade Level: 6, 7**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [ISTE: 1.2 Digital Citizen](https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students)

**Brief Description:**  In this lesson, students will describe actions that they can take to keep a clean digital footprint.

**Know Before You Start:** This lesson provides a good springboard to discuss safe online choices and behaviors.

**Hook:**

- Define and discuss the term **Digital Footprint **which is the information about a particular person that exists on the internet as a result of their online activity.
- Read and discuss the sample comic. 
    - Have you ever received an email like this?
    - Why do people send emails like this?
    - What should the character in the comic have done to ensure a clean digital footprint? 
- Brainstorm other ways to keep a clean digital footprint.

**Activity:**

- Have students create a three-to-four-panel comic describing three ways to keep a clean digital footprint.

**Closure:**

- Have students share one way to keep a clean digital footprint from their comic.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Utilize the "Think-Pair-Share" strategy during whole group instruction.
- Display examples of how to keep a clean digital footprint and allow students to choose three to use in their comic.

**Resources:**

- [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qkzu1je) to print or display

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531202717949952/thumbnail.png) Internet ](https://content.pixton.com/internet)

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