It is now becoming general practice by employers to check an applicants’ digital presence as part of the selection process. A report by Pew / Internet, Digital Footprints: Online identity management, indicates 47% of Internet users have searched for information about themselves online.

ABC Riverina radio, on 22 May 2008, presented a session on Digital Living: Digital Footprint.  A panel of Charles Sturt University academics were involved in the discussion – the audio is well worth listening to.

So how do we, as educators, make our students aware of their social responsibility when creating their digital footprint?  The following video is one that every teacher should show to their students and every parent should show to their children.