Lesson 14: Online Reputation

Students Activities

• Go to the “Cyberspace Communications” faculty page at the Carnegie Cyber Academy website: http://www. carnegiecyberacademy.com/facultyPages/ cyberspaceCommunications.html

• Launch the game “Growing an Online Reputation” and read the instructions.

• Click the “Next” button to progress through the instructions for “Growing an Online Reputation”

• Refer to the instructions to answer Part 1 on the worksheet, “Managing your Online Reputation”.

• Click the “Grow your Online Reputation” button on the last screen of the instructions to start the game.

• Read Part 2 of the worksheet and discuss what Erika and Dana should have done to avoid these situations.

• Read Part 3 of the worksheet

• Read the two Hint Sheets and discuss ways to discover and report damage to your online reputation.

Learning Outcomes

At this point, you should be able to:

• Define what an online reputation is.

• Understand the importance of having a positive online reputation.

• Understand the consequences of a negative online reputation.

• Understand how to grow, manage, and repair your online reputation.

• Use sound judgment before accepting friends and sharing information with them.

Good job, we can now start the next lesson tomorrow. Take care, stay home and stay safe.