My digital footprint
Explain how their digital footprint is created — posts, photos, comments, searches and data collected by apps — and why it can be permanent, because content can be copied, shared and stored even after it is deleted
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My digital footprint means practising the idea at the table with a simple screen-free or sandbox check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: A paper “account card” (username blank) and sticky notes; Pencil. 1. Say the goal of My digital footprint in plain words once. 2. Adult models one safe choice (strong password pattern or what not to share) and says why. 3. Child sorts three situations into safe / not-safe and gives a reason each time. 4. Fresh check: one fresh privacy choice with a reason. Record and stop. Done: three safe/not-safe sorts with a reason each. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Digital Citizenship
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Digital Citizenship supports My digital footprint. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Public Common Sense Education page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
Common Sense Education. “Digital Citizenship.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- List the parts of their digital footprint from one day (e.g. a search, a game score, a comment, a photo a family member uploaded)
- Explain why deleting a post does not guarantee it is gone (others may have copied or shared it, and services keep backups)
- Decide whether to post a given photo or comment by thinking about who might see it in five years and justify the choice
“Before posting something online, does your child think about the fact that it could be copied and stay around for years — even if they delete it?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Computing
- Domain
- Privacy & Security
- Age range
- Ages 10–12
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