Social Media Safety

High School Edition

What Should You Know?

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

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?

Your Digital Footprint

Let’s Watch a VideoThe Digital Footprint

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

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

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.

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?

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

Going to College?

Is it fair to judge someone based on what you find about them online?

Privacy & Digital Footprints

Let’s Watch Abbas's Story

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

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!