Digital Footprint Clues Answer Key

This worksheet asks students to analyze sample search-history data points and determine what could be inferred about a fictional person. Students write what information each data point reveals, then explain how an AI system might use it. The activity builds critical thinking by requiring students to recognize patterns and implications behind seemingly harmless searches. Students also reflect on how algorithms form profiles and how recommendations or ads might be influenced. This strengthens understanding of personalization, privacy risks, and how digital footprints accumulate.
Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Drawing Inferences

Technology Literacy – Understanding Digital Footprints

Critical Thinking – Pattern Recognition

Digital Citizenship – Awareness of Algorithmic Profiling

This worksheet is part of our AI and Privacy Worksheets collection.