Students learn about digital footprints and meet ELA Common Core State Standards by analyzing online profiles to make inferences about how different audiences might interpret them. Students learn how to analyze a text, present an argument, and evaluate the risks and rewards using social media to present one’s self to the world.

Originally released by Common Sense Media, 2012. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 26, 2015.

Understanding the Impact of Digital Footprints (6:00); .