Identify the risks associated with giving out personal information
Explain the consequences of posting photos, personal information and messages.
Name ways to keep your information private
Lesson Plan
Task 1 - What Does Privacy Mean
Ask students what the word privacy means to them? (something that you should keep to yourself, it should only be shared with people you trust).
How does the meaning change between the real world and the online world?
Task 2 - Private and Personal Information
Get students to watch Video on personal and private information (this video taken from Commonsense.org)
Lead a discussion on the following questions
What information is it ok to share
What information isn't ok to share
Task 3 - Why it is Important to keep Information Private
Working in pairs or groups ask students why they think it is important to keep this information private (both in the physical and online world). It is never safe to give out private information to people they don’t know, as it could put themselves in compromising and unsafe situations. (use prompts listed in lesson plan above).
Task 4 - Way of Making Information Private
Think of ways of making your information private.
In pairs/groups what practicals ways can students make their information private. (use prompts in lesson plan above).
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