Digital Footprint and Digital Profile: When and where should we be teaching students about their digital footprint?

Students should always be aware that what they view on and what they post up on the World Wide Web can be traced. As soon as students are introduced to the Internet, they should simultaneously learn about their digital footprint. It has to be presented in the right way though because it is quite an abstract concept for the little ones. I could see my students confusing it with the Carbon Footprint, and thinking that digital footprints somehow relates to the environment. It would make for an interesting lesson to discuss and compare the natural environment we live in and the digital environment that is all around us.