Your footprint and your reputation

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. Your reputation online is...

A The number of followers you have

B What people think of you based on what they find about you online

2. Which is true about a post you made when you were 9?

A Someone could still find it years later and judge you by it

B It disappears on its own once you grow up

3. A post seemed funny to you and your friends at the time. What might happen later?

A It will always seem funny to everyone who sees it

B A coach or future employer might see it and think differently of you

4. Who might see your footprint and form an opinion of you?

A Teachers, coaches, new friends and future employers

B Only the friends you posted it for

5. Which is a good way to protect your reputation?

A Think about how others would see a post before you share it

B Post first and worry about it later

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1reputation		Apost_2024 = "funny joke" reputation in 2030 = still affected
2how others see me		BDeleting a post does not guarantee it is gone. Others may have seen or copied it, so it can still shape your reputation.
3A post that seemed funny at the time can still shape what people think of you years later		CWhat people think of you based on what they find about you online
4Before posting, picture someone you respect finding it in the future		Dif future_me_would_cringe: do_not_post()
5old_post = "funny joke" delete_post() reputation = safe_forever		EPeople may judge you by what they find online, not by what you meant when you posted it
6if post_is_funny_now: post_it()		FThis only checks if the post is funny today. It ignores how people may see it years later.

Definitions

reputation

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

__________ ← whatPeopleFind(footprint)

IF oldPost = "unkind" ____ reputation ← "damaged" END IF

results ← searchOnline("Sam Lee") _______ results

oldPost ← "funny joke" yearsLater ← 3 IF yearsLater _ 0 THEN DISPLAY oldPost

IF postIsKind THEN reputation ← "good" ____ reputation ← "harmed"

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A post ← 'funny joke'

B public ← TRUE

C IF public = FALSE THEN

D SHOW post TO others

Question 2

A oldPost → 'silly photo'

B others ← ['coach','boss']

C FOR each person IN others

D person SEES oldPost

Question 3

A reputation ← 'good'

B post ← kind comment

C ADD post TO footprint

D DISPLAY footprint

Question 4

A oldPost ← 'rude joke'

B footprint ← [oldPost]

C viewer ← 'future boss'

D IF oldPost is rude

E reputation ← 'worse'

Question 5

A post ← 'funny at the time'

B yearsLater ← -5

C IF yearsLater > 0 THEN

D post still in footprint

Answer Key

Your footprint and your reputation

Section A: Quick Questions

B — What people think of you based on what they find about you online

A — Someone could still find it years later and judge you by it

B — A coach or future employer might see it and think differently of you

A — Teachers, coaches, new friends and future employers

A — Think about how others would see a post before you share it

Section B: Match the Pairs

reputation → What people think of you based on what they find about you online

how others see me → People may judge you by what they find online, not by what you meant when you posted it

A post that seemed funny at the time can still shape what people think of you years later → post_2024 = "funny joke" reputation in 2030 = still affected

Before posting, picture someone you respect finding it in the future → if future_me_would_cringe: do_not_post()

old_post = "funny joke" delete_post() reputation = safe_forever → Deleting a post does not guarantee it is gone. Others may have seen or copied it, so it can still shape your reputation.

if post_is_funny_now: post_it() → This only checks if the post is funny today. It ignores how people may see it years later.

Section C: Definitions

reputation — What people think of you based on what they find about you online. Even an old post that seemed funny at the time can shape it years later.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

reputation ← whatPeopleFind(footprint)

IF oldPost = "unkind" THEN
  reputation ← "damaged"
END IF

results ← searchOnline("Sam Lee")
DISPLAY results

oldPost ← "funny joke"
yearsLater ← 3
IF yearsLater > 0 THEN DISPLAY oldPost

IF postIsKind THEN reputation ← "good"
ELSE reputation ← "harmed"

Section E: Spot the Error

C — The post is public, so others can see it. The test should be IF public THEN. Checking for FALSE would hide the post, which is the opposite of what really happens online.

A — The arrow points the wrong way. In pseudocode a value goes into the variable, so it should be oldPost ← 'silly photo'.

B — Text must be in quotes. Without them, kind and comment look like variable names. It should be post ← 'kind comment'.

D — An IF line needs the word THEN. It should be IF oldPost is rude THEN, so the next line runs when the old post is rude.

B — Years later cannot be a negative number. It should be yearsLater ← 5, so that the old post is still in the footprint in the future.