

In (link) this article from the UK's "The Guardian" Singapore based teacher Holly Fairbrother describes a classroom activity where she uses a paper analogue of blogging with students to explore the digital citizenship values behind connecting, commenting and sharing using a paper model of blogging.

Firstly lets put aside for a second, the fact that this video is made with the help of money from Dove cosmetics. The arguments behind the efficacy of "real beauty" campaigns or the validity of a cosmetic giant's interest in this is for another place.
What "Selfie" is in this context, is 7 minutes of video that explores the role social media and the self image has in the definition of beauty, and our own idea's of what we should and shouldn't look like.
I think this is a useful video to begin a discussion around citizenship in terms of how we use it to interact with each other, and how we might begin to look at "relating to others in positive, meaningful ways" (NetSafe Digital Citizenship definitions)

A potential focus actiity around digital footprint. This blog links to the story of a young girl who's social media outburst led to a breach of a court order, and the loss of a fairly substantial payout, but also tries to provide a quick answer to the question;
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