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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 6, 7 |
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| Subject: | STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) |
| Topic: | Digital Citizenship |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 40 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
In this lesson, students will describe actions that they can take to keep a clean digital footprint.
What should students know before this activity?
This lesson provides a good springboard to discuss safe online choices and behaviors.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- 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.
What will students do?
- Have students create a three-to-four-panel comic describing three ways to keep a clean digital footprint.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students share one way to keep a clean digital footprint from their comic.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- 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.
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