Digital Footprints

The author mentioned in her article about ways to teach children about digital footprints. Morris stated 10 things to be knowledgeable about digital foot-printing. 1) Searching online leaves a trail of information being left behind. 2) Parts of your footprints can be shared or searched. 3) Footprints can help or hurt your reputation in the present and future. 4) Once something is placed online, it exists forever even if it was deleted. 5) You should always think prior to posting anything online. 6) Any kind of information, personal etc. can be shared to a larger audience. 7) Googling yourself can be a beneficial task. 8) Any old, obsolete, inactive accounts must be deleted. 9) Personal details should be private and in control in the privacy settings on any accounts. Lastly, 10) be apprehensive of others' digital footprints.