Digital Literacy · B5 Computing

Lesson notes

Indicator: B5.6.10.1.1 - Define digital footprint.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define “digital footprint” in their own words using at least two key features (online traces, permanence).
Give at least three examples of online actions that leave a digital footprint.
Sort given online activities into “active” (intentional) and “passive” (unintentional) digital footprints.
Explain, in one or two sentences, why a digital footprint can be difficult to erase.
Identify one way they currently leave a digital footprint and one way they can manage it responsibly.

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Strand: Internet and Social Media (Strand 6)
Sub-strand: Digital Literacy (6.10)
Content standard: B5.6.10.1 - Demonstrated the application of Network Etiquette (Netiquette).
Indicator: B5.6.10.1.1 - Define digital footprint.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 11 (Week 35 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

sub strand name - p.28: the page is headed 'SUB-STRAND 10: DIGITAL LITERACY', which is p.27's heading repeated. Its own content standard reads 'B5.6.10.1. Demonstrated the application of Network Etiquette (Netiquette).'; the scope and sequence (p.xxi) names sub-strand 10 of strand 6 'Network Etiquette'; and B6 heads the same sub-strand 'SUB-STRAND 10: INTERNET ETIQUETTE' (p.53). Transcribed as printed
Curriculum reference: Computing Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 28
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Guide learners to explain digital footprint