Online Is Real

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

Your online activities and communications are as much a part of your life as your offline activities and communications; they are interconnected and can affect your life and relationships in the same way.

The lesson elements in this module teach students about the privacy principle: “The online world is inseparable from the ‘real’ world”. They are designed to be independent and flexible, so you can incorporate them into any size lesson plan. Student resources are available at https://teachingprivacy.org/online-is-real/.

Summary of Learning Objectives: Students can give examples of how online and offline activities affect each other; students can think imaginatively about the potential consequences of their posts for themselves and others.

Target Age: High school, college undergraduate.

Learning Objectives:

Students can critically examine the relationship between online and offline activities. They can outline example scenarios in which information originating online could affect their offline interactions and vice versa.
Students can explain how their online presence (both their intentional posts and other parts of their information footprint) might have a larger audience than that of which they are aware, and give examples of who might be in that larger audience.
Students can identify privacy settings on a particular app or site they use regularly and edit their settings according to their preferences.
Students can explain how interacting with privacy settings allows them to minimize who can see their personal information and posts.
Students reflect on the content that they choose to post, and can discuss the impact a post might have, or the reaction it might evoke, in a greater offline audience — not just within their circle of friends or followers.
Students can describe how they might approach a friend or family member to discuss privacy preferences.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

DLCS18.HS.R1
Identify, demonstrate, and apply personal safe use of digital devices.

Knowledge

Students know:

how to safely use digital devices.
that failure to use digital devices safely can have an impact on access at school as well as the protection of personal data.

Skills

Students are able to:

identify personal safe use of digital devices.
demonstrate personal safe use of digital devices.
apply personal safe use of digital devices.

Understanding

Students understand that:

it is important to protect personal data when sharing information on the internet.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

DLCS18.HS.11
Model and demonstrate behaviors that are safe, legal, and ethical while living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world.

Vocabulary

ethics
digital world

a.

virus
malware
packet sniffing
spyware
phishing

b.

browser history

c.

personal data

d.

digital marketing
online wallets
personal information
data accessibility
passwords.

e.

cyberbullying
harassment
sexual communication

f.

online safety

Knowledge

Students know:

safe, legal, and ethical behaviors for online behavior.

a.

tracking methods are often used to improve digital tools and advertising.
hazards exist when unknown entities have access to a user's digital habits.

b.

methods to counteract the use of tracking.

c.

that often, end-user licensing agreements (EULA) are often written to protect the entity that created the digital tool, rather than the user of the digital tool.
that EULAs and terms of service agreements can grant access to the user's personal data.
that personal data can include images, posts, personal information (phone number, address, birth date, access to friends), and browsing data.

d.

often there exists an inverse relationship between online privacy/personal security and convenience.

e.

that inappropriate digital behavior can have physical, legal, and ethical consequences.

f.

that negative digital behaviors can have lasting consequences.
that some behaviors are illegal.
strategies to lessen the impact of negative digital behaviors and assess when to apply them.

Skills

Students are able to:

interact digitally while exercising safe, legal, and ethical behaviors.

a.

identify tracking methods used to gather data.
identify hazards that exist when tracking methods are used.

b.

list techniques to avoid tracking.
apply techniques to avoid tracking.

c.

interpret the terms of EULAs and terms of service agreements.
make an educated decision to agree to EULAs and terms of service agreements.

d.

weigh the risks of using a digital tool to one's personal security.
identify potential risks to using various digital tools.
evaluate a digital tool's security.

e.

identify inappropriate digital behaviors.
identify consequences of inappropriate digital behaviors.

f.

identify negative digital behaviors.
share strategies to to lessen the impact of negative digital behaviors.

Understanding

Students understand that:

because the Internet can be such a persisting environment, it is vital to interact with safe, legal, and ethical behaviors.

a.

entities use tracking methods to make products more appealing to their users.
hazards exists when tracking data can be tied to individual users.

b.

privacy can be violated when tracking is used.
techniques exist to mitigate the effects of tracking methods.

c.

nothing is free—you often give up data to use digital resources for no charge.
it is important to educate yourself on EULAs and terms of service agreements.

d.

free digital tools can compromise one's privacy and security.
it is important to be aware of what one is trading for use of a service.

e.

inappropriate digital behavior can have physical, legal, and ethical consequences.
consequences of inappropriate digital behaviors can have life-altering consequences.

f.

digital identity is tied to online digital behavior.
negative digital behaviors can have lasting consequences.
some digital activity is illegal.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 09-12

DLCS18.HS.20
Evaluate strategies to manage digital identity and reputation with awareness of the permanent impact of actions in a digital world.

Vocabulary

digital identity

Knowledge

Students know:

that often individuals are judged by their publicly visible online presence prior to meeting people in person.
that strategies exist to manage what is publicly posted online about you.

Skills

Students are able to:

identify both positive and negative posts online.
identify consequences associated with negative online posting.
manage their digital identity and minimize negative repercussions.

Understanding

Students understand that:

data posted online may not remain private.
all data shared online will have some impact on one's digital identity.
one must be mindful of the data attached to one's digital identity.

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

International Computer Science Institute

License Type

Attribution

Resource Provider other

International Computer Science Institute

https://teachingprivacy.org/module-7-online-is-real/

Custom License Type (URL)

https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Accessibility

Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings

Approved Date

2019-08-22

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