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Understand Your Digital Footprint

Visualize your digital footprint by recording your online actions in a spreadsheet.

Example outcome

Lesson details

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
  • Understand what a digital footprint is and how it can be used by others
  • Identify actions people take online that contribute to their digital footprints
  • Understand ways to influence one's digital footprint

Time to complete

45—90 minutes

Audience

  • Key Stage 3
  • Key Stage 4
  • Post-16

Digital tools

  • Icon representing the Sheets toolSheets

Skills

  • Collaboration
  • File sharing
  • Spreadsheet design
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