Your Digital Footprint: teacher key

Staying Safe Online, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. Everything you post, visit and sign up for leaves a trail online. Learn how to choose what to share, use privacy settings and handle unkind messages.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is your digital footprint?
   • Your shoe size
   • All of the information about you that can be found online (answer)
   • A password
2. What is a good rule for posting?
   • If you would not want your grandmother to see it, do not post it (answer)
   • Post fast
   • Post at night
3. What can privacy settings do?
   • Delete your name
   • Make you a new password
   • Let you choose who can see your profile and posts (answer)
4. What is the first step if someone is unkind to you online?
   • Tell an adult you trust (answer)
   • Delete everything
   • Send a mean reply
5. What does cyberbullying mean?
   • Using technology to harass, threaten or embarrass someone (answer)
   • Using a strong password
   • Posting a photo
6. What is a passphrase?
   • A short code
   • A password made of several unrelated words (answer)
   • A phone number

Words

• footprint: trail you leave
• cyberbullying: unkind acts online
• passphrase: password of words