Your Digital Footprint
Computing: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.3.1
Digital Footprints
Digital footprint
- Millions of years ago, dinosaurs stepped in mud.
- The mud dried and turned to stone.
- Their footprints stayed forever.
- When you go online, your digital footprint may also stay for a long time.
Online reputations
- Things you post or share online can be seen by people forever.
- It is the same with the things you post or share on your phone or computer.
Be careful
- Some things can stay even when deleted on your device.
- These things can be seen or used by people you don’t expect.
- The information you share can be used now or in the future.
Online tracking
- Online software can track the sites you visit.
- Some schools and bosses now check up to see how people have behaved online.
IP addresses
- Every network has an identifying number called an IP address.
- IP addresses can be traced back to the user.
Test yourself on Your Digital Footprint
What is the name of the identifying number that every network has?
What is a digital footprint?
What does an IP address do?
Why should you be careful about what you post online?