Teacher Info - Lesson 5
This module gets pupils to engage with their own use of the internet and to explore the concept of privacy.
Learning Outcomes:
When they have finished this module, your pupils will be able to:
- Distinguish between public and private information.
- Identify information that is appropriate to share over the Internet.
- Employ strategies to protect their personal information when registering on websites.
Curriculum Links:
SPHE:
Myself:
- Safety and protection - Personal safety
identify people, places and situations that may threaten personal safety
realising how and when to get help
telling people who are trustworthy - Making Decisions
recognise and explore the risks and the consequences of making a particular decision
learn and begin to devise a simple decision-making strategy
Myself and others:
- My friends and other people
practise and recognise the importance of care and consideration, courtesy and good manners when interacting with others
Myself and the wider world:
- Media education
discuss and explore television, radio, videos, computer games, the internet (world wide web and e-mail) and other media
Cross Curricular Links:
Language: English
Oral Language
Element:
- Developing communicative relationships through language
Outcomes:
- Engagement, listening and attention
- Motivation and Choice
- Social conventions and awareness of others
Element:
- Exploring and using language
Outcomes:
- Information giving, explanation and justification
- Description, prediction and reflection
Reading
Element:
- Developing communicative relationships through language
Outcomes:
- Motivation and Choice
Element:
- Understanding the content and structure of language
Outcomes:
- Reading vocabulary
Element:
- Exploring and using language
Outcomes:
- Purpose, genre and voice
Writing
Element:
- Developing communicative relationships through language
Outcomes:
- Motivation and Choice
Element:
- Understanding the content and structure of language
Outcomes
- Vocabulary
Element:
- Exploring and using language
Outcomes:
- Purpose, genre and voice
- Responses and author’s intent
The Arts Education:
Drama:
- Exploring and making drama
- Reflecting on drama
- Cooperating and communicating in making drama
Activity: What is Privacy? Explore what privacy means in this activity.
Duration: 15 minutes
Resources Needed:
- Computer connected to the projector/whiteboard
- Computer lab or class set of devices for pupils if available
Teachers' Notes: Privacy is a difficult concept to understand. Even amongst adults there is rarely agreement on an exact definition. This activity aims to get the pupils to discuss the concept of privacy. After completing this activity they should have an awareness of the nature of privacy and be able to apply this knowledge to their own lives. This activity is carried out with discussion around a photo.
Key Questions:
- What is happening in this picture?
- Do you know anyone in this picture?
- What do you know about him?
- What do you not know about him? Why not?
- What is the difference between a hard copy and a photo online?
- What are the consequences of posting photos and personal information on the internet?
- What could happen with your information?
Key Vocabulary:
- hard copy
- privacy
- consequences
- inappropriate
- irresponsible
Pre-teaching of key vocabulary is recommended as some pupils may not understand these words fully.
Step 1: Show this photograph of the President Michael D. Higgins to the class. Certain aspects of their lives are private. Some of these people even have staff to protect them from the public. They are public figures but also have a private life. They do not share all aspects of their life. They often employ people to release information for the public.
Take this opportunity to discuss the fact that you copied this photo from the Internet. Talk about the difference between hard copy and photos online. The three key points to emphasise about photos online are:
- Photos, like anything else on the internet, can easily be copied/screenshotted by anyone who sees them.
- Photos can be shared easily and instantly with millions of people by email or posting them on Facebook etc.
- Photos uploaded to the internet can be very difficult to take down. It is almost impossible to track where they have been shared and by who.
For these reasons, you need to be careful about what pictures you upload to the internet. Once you’ve posted them you can’t control who sees them or shares them.
After completing this activity the pupils should have an awareness of the nature of privacy and be able to apply this knowledge to their own lives. Discuss and agree the consequences of inappropriate and irresponsible posting of personal information.
Step 2: Using the ‘Privacy’ activity, ask the pupils to think, pair and share the answers to the questions. First of all, they silently think about the questions, then they pair up and share their ideas with their partners. A whole class methodology can be used here but the children will have more of an opportunity to understand the concept of privacy if they can brainstorm around the activity sheet in a ‘Think, Pair, Share’ way.
Activity: My Personal Information Online - Fill in the gaps and learn more about how to keep your personal information safe online.
Resources Needed:
- Computer connected to the projector/whiteboard
- Computer lab or class set of devices for pupils if available
Duration: 15 mins
Step 1: Instruct pupils to open up the ‘My Personal Information Online’ activity on their devices. This activity is pupil led, they are to navigate each of the topics dealing with keeping their personal information safe online. If you do not have access to a class set of devices you can go through each of these icons as a class by displaying on the whiteboard.
Step 2: Instruct pupils to click on each of the topics and fill in the missing words to learn more about how to keep their personal information safe online.
Activity: My Information Online - Did You know? Quiz
Resources Needed:
- Computer connected to the projector/whiteboard
- Computer lab or class set of devices for pupils if available
Duration: 10 mins
Step 1: Instruct pupils to click the ‘Did You Know?’ quiz and complete it to recap on main points of this lesson. If the class does not have access to a computer lab or set of devices, you can display this quiz on the whiteboard.
Step 2: Finish off this activity by asking pupils to write 5 top tips for keeping your personal information safe online to recap the main points of each topic on personal safety online discussed throughout lesson 5.
Activity: Homework - Sign Up Form
Resources Needed:
- Computer connected to the projector/whiteboard
- Sign Up Form - Homework Activity Sheet
Key Question:
Why is it inappropriate to put one’s personal details on the internet?
Teachers Note:
The sign up form in this activity is based on pupils accessing an age appropriate web game to play. With regards to social networking apps such as Snap Chat or Instagram it is important to remember that: In Ireland the Digital Age of Consent is 16, this is the minimum age at which young people may sign up for online services, such as social media sites, without needing the approval of their parents or guardians. This also means that social media and internet companies cannot collect, process and store your data and sell it to advertisers. As a rule pupils should be encouraged to never sign up for online services including social media or online games without getting approval from your parents/guardians.
Step 1: Distribute the blank Sign Up Form to each pupil to complete for their homework. Explain that this is a paper version of a Sign Up Form for a games website and asks the pupils to fill it in as if they were online.
Step 2: Speak to the pupils and their parents about the possibility of creating a ‘disposable’ webmail address for the filling in of online forms. Some may have done this already.
Activity: Safer Internet Day
Celebrate Safer Internet Day using these colouring templates. Webwise are hosting a colouring competition for primary school pupils to enter. Be in with a chance of winning The Art Award – with a drone for your school up for grabs.
How to enter:
To enter the competition, you must be a resident of Ireland. Download your colouring template Only one entry allowed per person. Posters should be A4 in size There are multiple ways to enter.
Entries can be posted to: Webwise, PDST Technology in Education, Invent, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland. Alternatively, you can take a picture of your colouring template and add it to your social media – make sure to tag Webwise Ireland on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and use the hashtag #HTMLHeroes.
You can also email it to: internetsafety@pdst.ie. Please use ‘Colouring Competition Entry’ in the Subject Line. Don’t forget to tell us what school you are in and what class you are in. All entries need to be accompanied by an email address of a teacher, parent or guardian
Disclaimer: Webwise reserves the right to use entries for promotional reasons. Visit the link https://heroes.webwise.ie/teachers/htmlheroes-colouring/ to find out more information about how to enter the Webwise colouring competition. Find out more about Safer Internet Day by visiting https://heroes.webwise.ie/saferinternetday
