Did you know that Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk has a grandson named Jack III? In the lesson I wrote for EconEdLink, learn how digital trails may help the Giant find Jack III. Using a video and an informational text students explore risky online behaviors and decide what is risky to share online.
According to the website information on Your Digital Footprint: Leaving a Mark every time you share information it becomes part of your digital footprint. For example think about the times you click "like" on social media. Now read about how this information is used in this article on LIKE farming. Scammers will use information to make money or launch online scams. This article from USA Today explains why you should be careful before clicking “like” on Facebook and other social media sites. Social media sites also make photo sharing easy. However, anyone can access online photos unless you take precautions. Did you know that your smartphone automatically applies geotags of location and time to your photos unless you disable the function in settings? Read more about geotagging on Common Sense Media's website . In addition to adjusting settings, there are other strategies adults can use to keep browsing private.One way is to sign out of your browsers and accounts when you are done. For more information on how to keep your browsing private, read the article, How to Keep Your Web Browsing Private. For more information about digital footprints, watch Common Sense Media's Follow the Digital Trail. Comments are closed.
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