Digital Footprint
What is a Digital Footprint?
The information you leave behind anytime you use a piece of technology.
What is an influencer?
Someone who has a large social media following and promotes challenges, products, behaviours, language, etc. to their followers.
What is one thing you can do to stay safe when playing online games?
Don't give out personal info, only play with people you know, get parental permission, choose a generic username, don't click on links or attachments sent, disable chat.
What does A.I. stand for?
Artificial Intelligence
What does screen-free mean?
True or False: An example of an ACTIVE digital footprint is posting a picture, story or comment.
True! Active means you choose to put that information online.
What is the Tide Pod Challenge and how is it harmful?
The Tide Pod challenge asks kids to eat a Tide Pod because "it looks and smells appealing". There are so many harsh chemicals and ingredients in one pod that it will poison you if ingested.
What was the video game that we talked about that is the most addictive due it's fast-paced and social nature?
Fortnite.
How does AI work?
By using patterns to predict things and searching all the information available online to give you an answer or idea.
Give me a screen-free activity that starts with B.
Baking, basketball, baseball, bracelet making, bath, etc.
Give me an example of something that could be a part of your PASSIVE digital footprint.
Ex: your location, what type of device your on, your name, your email/username, how long you spend on a game/website, your search history/video content
True or False: The "Influencer" market (all the influencers who make money on social media) is worth 10 billion dollars.
False! It is worth 30 billion dollars.
True or False: Spending more time playing video games that feature violence can make children more aggressive and have more negative thoughts.
True! It's more about the amount of TIME you play the game, rather than the violence itself.
How many kids in Canada reported having used AI for schoolwork? (Percentage)
54%
Give me a screen-free activity that starts with W.
Walk, wash dishes, write, water plants/garden.
There are 3 social media apps and 1 game that have been found to make up the majority of kids' digital footprints. Can you name 2 of them?
Roblox, YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok
How many followers does Mr.Beast have across all platforms? (YouTube, Instagram, etc)
634 million.
Fill in the blank: ______% of kids in Canada play video games.
90%
What does free use mean?
Using material someone else created for a different purpose. This does not go against copyright laws as you are not taking credit for the work, just referencing it.
What is the average screen time per day (in hours) for kids your age in Canada?
2-4 hours on average.
Fill in the blank: Data shows that 93% of kids will have a digital footprint by the age of ______.
TWO! (BIG YIKES)
Who has the most followers on Instagram? (Hint: It's a sports player).
Cristiano Ronaldo has 674 million followers.
What year was the first video game played?
1958- It was called Tennis for Two. The first console people could use at home came out in 1972.
What year was AI first created?
1950! A man named Alan Turing came up with the idea of "Computer Machinery and Intelligence" and worked over a few years to develop such a machine.
Our brains are starting to not be able to remember as much because our devices do it for us. What is the scientific term for this?
Offloading.