DLCS18.HS.11

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.

Unpacked Content

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.

Vocabulary

  • ethics
  • digital world
a.
    cookies
  • virus
  • malware
  • packet sniffing
  • spyware
  • phishing
b.
  • browser history
c.
  • personal data
d.
    data mining
  • digital marketing
  • online wallets
  • personal information
  • data accessibility
  • passwords.
e.
  • cyberbullying
  • harassment
  • sexual communication
f.
  • online safety

Aligned Learning Resources

How Plugged In Are You?-- Part 1 of Unplug: The Digital Diet Plan
The Consequences of Being Too Plugged In-- Part 2 of Unplug: The Digital Diet Plan
My Pledge to Unplug-- Part 3 of Unplug: The Digital Diet Plan
Computer Science Principles Unit 4 Chapter 1 Lesson 5: Identifying People With Data
Computer Science Principles Unit 4 Chapter 1 Lesson 6: The Cost of Free
Computer Science Principles Unit 4 Chapter 1 Lesson 10: Rapid Research - Cybercrime
Computer Science Principles Unit 4 Chapter 1 Optional Lesson: Practice PT - Big Data and Cybersecurity Dilemmas
The Daily Dilemma: David
Privacy, the Internet and that Phone in Your Pocket
The Privacy Dilemma
What's the Big Deal About Internet Privacy?
Is It Fair?
Search Signals: Understanding Your Top Hits
Case Study: True Threats or Venting? (2015)
Your Information Footprint is Larger Than You Think
There's No Anonymity
Information is Valuable
Someone Could Listen
Search Is Improving
Online Is Real
Identity Isn't Guaranteed
You Can't Escape
Privacy Requires Work
The Big Data Dilemma
Protecting Online Reputations
Risk Check for New Tech
Curated Lives
Who's Looking at Your Digital Footprint?
Connecting with Digital Audiences
The Change You Want to See
When Is Your Brain Ready for Social Media?
Is the Internet Making You Meaner?
Screen Time: How Much Is Too Much?
Can You Trust Influencers on YouTube?
Are Internet Trolls Born or Made?
Why More News Sites Are Dumping Their Comment Sections
Web Junkie: Investigating Internet Addiction
How to Come Up With Your Own Mobile App
What Is Net Neutrality and What Will the Internet Look Like Without It?
Can Hackers Be Heroes?
Cyber-bullying
One Boy's Online Tragedy
Is Facial Recognition Invading Your Privacy?
Cyber Codes
NOVA Cybersecurity Lab Lesson Plan
NOVA Cybersecurity Lab Game
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