created using curriculum developed by commonsensemedia.org

1. Social Media Safety
High School Edition

4. What Should You Know?
• What is a Digital Footprint?
• The Big Deal About Internet Privacy
• Private Today, Public Tomorrow
• College Bound

5. Have You?
• Created a profile on an Internet site?
• Filled out a form online?
• Chatted on AIM or GChat?
• Sent an email?
• Typed your name into Google?

6. Your Digital Footprint
Let’s Watch a Video
The Digital Footprint

7. What is A Digital Footprint?
• You have a digital footprint and the info from
it can be searched; copied and passed on;
seen by a large, invisible audience, and can
live FOREVER…
• Online information can be helpful or harmful
to your rep and image
• Consider what your digital footprint says
about you

8. Why Should I Care About
Internet Privacy?
• Privacy in both a real-world setting and online
• How and why companies collect information
about visitors to their websites
• Posted Privacy Policies
• Tools to help stay private

9. Here’s What To Do!
• Read the privacy policies of the sites you visit.
• Talk with a trusted adult about ways that you
can protect your privacy.
• Look at the privacy options and choose the
ones that are best for you.

10. Private Today, Public Tomorrow
• Why do you think things posted online tend to
persist, even when you prefer they didn’t?
• What kinds of things might be good for your
reputation in the future if they are posted
online now? What kinds of things might be
harmful?

11. Private Today, Public Tomorrow
• The benefits and risks of sharing information
online
• Risks of sharing inappropriate information
(over-sharing) online
• Recognize the importance of context in
posting or viewing online images
• Protect the privacy of others online
• Think about what you post and share

12. Going to College?
Is it fair to judge someone based on
what you find about them online?

13. Privacy & Digital Footprints
Let’s Watch Abbas's Story

14. Going to College?
• Your Digital Footprint follows you
• Information you post online can help or hurt
your image and future
opportunities, including their chances for
college admission or employment
• Always present an authentic and positive
image online

15. The Moral of the Story…
• Think about what you posting and sharing
online BEFORE you post and share it.
• Ask questions!
• Don’t believe everything you see, read and
learn online.
• If you get a funny feeling about
something, trust it!