Spring Cleaning Your Digital Footprint

Jason Stark

FRIT 7739
Collaborative Unit on Digital Citizenship
Instructional Design using the Morrison, Ross, Kemp Instructional Design Model
Spring 2018
Identification of Learning Problem
Cross Creek High School is 9-12 school in Richmond County. The students at our school have
limited knowledge of their digital footprint and its significance on their future. Courtney Fulcher,
the 9th-grade instructor for Tools for College Success, has expressed her concern about the matter
and will be the collaborating teacher for this project. Our students have proven in the past there is
an absence of wise decision making about their electronic devices and the world wide web. The
objective of this instruction is to help students understand the concept of a digital footprint and
how to clean up and maintain it.
Learner Analysis
The target audience for instruction is the 9th-grade class at Cross Creek high school. There are 21
9th grade students, 9 male students, and 11 female students. One of the students has an IEP, one
student has a 504 plan, and there are no identified gifted students. All students have access to
technology at school in the media center and in the three computer labs. The 9th-grade students
also have a selection of CTAE classes to enroll in that includes Intro to Digital Technology.
Cross Creek High School is a BYOT school, so many of the students bring their technology to
classes with cell phones being the most prominent.

Task Analysis

1. Accessing the Spring Cleaning Digital Footprint module

a. Navigate to the Media Center Website
b. Select “Spring Cleaning” from the Navigation Bar on the Left
2. Introduction
a. ISTE Standards covered.
b. Student Objectives.
3. Your Digital Footprint
 a. Directions and Introduction
b. Introspect Survey
c. Explain – Digital Footprint
d. Explore – Videos and Articles
e. Evaluate – Quiz
4. Spring Cleaning
a. Directions
b. Explain
c. Explore – Video and Infographic
d. Evaluate
i. Play the Choose Your Own Adventure
ii. Create a Choose Your Adventure
1. Submit to final to the instructor
iii. Final Survey

The Subject Matter Experts will be me, Jason Stark and Courtney Fulcher, Social Studies teacher. Ms.
Fulcher is familiar with the students’ classroom technology use as well as their social media posts
impacting their digital footprint. Ms. Fulcher and I will collaborate to design, develop, and present this
module.

Instructional Objectives
Objective 1: Students will understand the concept of a “Digital Footprint”
This cognitive domain objective will require students to have a clear understanding what
the digital footprint is and how it can impact an individual’s life both present and future.

Objective 2: Students will learn strategies of how to clean and maintain their “Digital
Footprint”.
Also a cognitive domain objective, students will be learn steps and approaches to
protecting their online digital presence.

Assessments
Students will complete an introspective quiz before instruction so that they can have a better
understanding of their own digital footprint. After exploration, students will complete a quiz
concerning their digital footprint. Finally, students will complete a performance task
demonstrating their understanding of their digital footprint by creating a choose your own
adventure story.

Content Sequencing and Instructional Strategies

Sequence Description Objective
 1 Complete digital footprint module 1
2 Complete performance task 2

Objective 1
During instruction, all students will develop an understanding what the digital footprint is and
how it can impact an individual’s life both present and future.
Initial Presentation
Students will navigate through the learning module, reading articles, watching videos, and
reflecting on their personal digital footprint.
Generative Strategy
Students will complete a quiz about their digital footprint and its importance.
Objective 2
Following instruction, all students will learn steps and approaches to cleaning and maintain their
digital footprint.
Initial Presentation
Students will view examples of videos, infographics, and articles about cleaning and maintaining
their digital footprint.
Generative Strategy
Students will work with partners to create a digital choose your own adventure game based on
the strategies of cleaning your digital footprint.
Instructional Design Summary
Instruction will be presented online using a Weebly website. Students will follow a link from the
CCHS media center website to the module then begin instruction by completing a quiz to reflect
on their digital footprint. They will then navigate to the introduction and view the learning ISTE
Standards and student objectives. Students will then learn facts about digital footprints, and
complete an assessment. Students will then learn strategies to clean and maintain their digital
footprint. Next, they will play a text adventure game based on scenarios regarding digital
footprints. Finally. Students will create their own text-based game based on digital footprint
cleaning strategies covered in the unit. Students will be assessed using a quiz and performance
task.
Formative Evaluation Plan
Students will complete a quiz concerning a digital footprint and right choices on how to maintain
it. Working in groups, students will use a website to create a text Choose Your Own Adventure
game based on the Spring Cleaning your digital footprint strategies learned. They will also
provide feedback about the unit stating whether they learned new strategies concerning their
digital footprint and shared thoughts concerning how the unit could be improved. This
information will be used to make any needed changes to enhance instruction.