What’s in Your Digital Dossier?
FlipFlop PD
June 12, 2012
Stephanie Dixon, EBRPSS
Stephanie Dixon
sdixon@ebrschools.org
Twitter: @dont96
Instepoutsidebox.blogspot.com
Take Out Your Cell Phones!
Agenda
 What is a digital footprint?
 Discovering your digital trail
 Cleaning Up Your Digital Trail
 Sites for Privacy Audit
 Student Activities and Resources
 Q&A
What’s a Digital Dossier?
Digital
Online/Web
+
Dossier
Collection of sources
or records
containing detailed
information about a
particular person or
subject
Digital Footprint
On the Internet, a digital footprint is the word used to
describe the trail, traces or "footprints" that people
leave online. This is information transmitted online, such as
forum registration, e-mails and attachments, uploading
videos or digital images and any other form of transmission
of information — all of which leaves traces of personal
information about yourself available to others online.
- Webopedia.com
Video
“Digital Dossier”
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IYZVYIVLA
Your Digital Footprint
Comments
Profiles
Websites
Photos
videos
Keystrokes
Purchases
Searches
Clicks
Likes
Friend-ing
Following
Downloads
Content you
publish
Data you
leave
about
yourself
Content
others
publish
about you
Comments
Photos
Videos
Ambient Content (Digital Shadow)
 surveillance camera images
 bank records
 retail and airline purchase records
 telephone records
 medical database entries
 copies of hospital scans
 web searches
 information about credit card purchases
Web Activity: Your Digital Footprint
Don’t think you are tracked digitally because
you are not online frequently?
Think again…
 http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/koppel/interactive/
interactive.html
Activity:
Create a Map of Your Digital Trail
Social
networking
Online
Accounts
What does your
web presence
say about you?
My
Digital
Map
Online
Communities
Shopping
Survey
 Go to:
http://tiny.cc/ourdigitalfootprints
 Or scan this QR Code with your reader
on your smart phone:
Google Yourself
What did you find?
 Set a Google Alert
Why are digital footprints important?
http://bcove.me/o27sbx29
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-09-21/facebookgoogle-college-applicants/50497248/1
Cleaning up Your Digital Identity
 Keep track of Internet sites and profiles you have created
 Remove profiles you no longer use
 Use Google Dashboard to manage your information on
Google sites that you use
 Erase offensive tweets
 Conduct a privacy audit/background check
 InPrivate Filtering- http://windows.microsoft.com/enUS/windows-vista/InPrivate-frequently-asked-questions
Sites for Privacy Audits
 Whitepages.com
 BeenVerified.com
 PublicRecords.com
 Google Alert
 Way Back Machine
 Spezify
Keep in mind that there are fees applied to
detailed records and background checks
Build a Positive Online Presence
 Produce positive content:
 Wikis
 Online Portfolios
 Twitter
 FaceBook
 Google Docs
 Blogs
 LinkedIn
Create a good digital brandingpersonally and professionally
Will Richardson
 Speaker
 Presenter
 Blogger
 Writer
Digital Branding
Blog
You
Wiki
Twitter
Ning
LinkedIn
Your Online Presence… Getting Started
 Email
 Subscribe to blogs
 Comment on blogs
 Create your own blog
 Contribute information in an online community
 Create a professional Twitter account
Sample Student Activities and
Resources
Activity: Creating an Online Portfolio
 http://www.21things4students.net/digital-footprint---
creating-one.html
Activity: Way Back Machine
 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-
wCEskkJ7UQ02we07of2gI_EHpDCSG0JlzPl01C54R4/edit
?hl=en_US&pli=1
Activity: Trillion Dollar Footprint
 http://www.bedford.k12.va.us/internet_safety/common_s
ense_media/Privacy_and_Digital_Footprints_Unit/Trillion
_Dollar_Footprint/TDF_LessonPlan.pdf
Activity: Your Online Image
 http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/digitalcitizenship/lessons
/9-12/your_online_image/
Activity: What’s Private?
 http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/digitalcitizenship/lessons
/2-3/whats_private/
Curriculum Resources
 CyberSmart - http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/
 Common Sense Media-
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculu
m
Wrap Up
Q&A
Video Resources
 http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/ikeepsafe/Proje
ct-Pro/Project%20PRO-%20Students.mov
 http://vimeo.com/6709512
 http://myfootprintsd.com/intromovie.html
 http://www.commoncraft.com/video/protecting-
reputations-online
Web Resources
 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_tool_calcula
tes_your_digital_footprint.php
 http://www.pcworld.com/article/195270/erasing_your_d
igital_tracks_on_the_web.html
 http://www.pcworld.com/article/168865/beware_of_priv
acypolicy_loopholes.html
 http://www.pcworld.com/article/151556/9_sites_that_fi
nd_people_and_their_sensitive_information.html
Web Resources
 http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/ikeepsafe/Proje
ct-Pro/Digital%20ReputationPrivacy%20and%20Reputation%20Online%20Resourcse%2
0for%20Educators.pdf
 http://digitaltattoo.ubc.ca/protect/protect-yourcomputer/erase-your-digital-path/
 http://learningischange.com/blog/2009/05/20/digitallegacy-lesson-plans/
Web Resources
 http://myfootprintsd.com/index.html
 http://youthandmedia.org/wiki/Portal:Digital_Privacy
 http://inventorspot.com/articles/qualmans_social_media_
revolution_refresh_updates_stats_2010_41721
 http://teenlearning.csla.net/
Thank You!
sdixon@ebrschools.org