Digital Citizenship:

College Bound
By: Megan Boals, Makaylah Turner,
Jasmine Sarahi, Sarah Auch, Gabbi Rhone
Essential Question...

How can information you post on the

internet affect your future
opportunities?
 Digital Footprint: online
information about a person.

Vocabulary Admission: to be given entrance.

Remember these words...

Candidate: someone competing
for a position.
Information Stays on the Internet...

This information is permanently

online for everyone to see. Your
information can be archived in a
variety of different ways and
passed on by others.
Don't Forget...

The information in your digital footprint becomes public by being copied

and passed on so that it can be searched and viewed by a large
invisible audience.
Remember..
.

If information
becomes public, it can
be viewed by a large
audience, including
colleges you may
apply to.
The Information You Post Can Affect You ...

The information you post can affect

whether or not you get accepted into the
college of your choice. The college you
are applying for will look up information
about you online, your digital footprint.
Some Statistics...

31% of college admissions officers said

that they have turned applicants away
due to their social media.

On average, only 69.2% of students

that apply to colleges, get accepted.

18.8% of students get kicked out due to

expulsion.
Social Media
Effects...
College admissions and College
Classes
Could mean expulsion
Expulsion due to Social Media...

Since your information online is viewable by anyone and everyone, your

college can view anything you post online to your social media. If you
post anything that seems inappropriate or something that may give the
school a bad reputation, this could lead to expulsion. It is important to
only post stuff that you wouldnt mind your college seeing.
Answer to Essential
Question...
The information you post online can affect
future opportunities, such as, getting into
the college of your choice.
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5. https://www.teenlife.com/blogs/social-media-can-affect-college-admissions
6. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm