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Chapter 5: Personal safety concerns
CHAPTER 5
Personal safety concerns
LEARNING INTENTION
Explore the safety features in place for teenagers using digital technologies, social media and the internet.
LEARNING OUTCOME
1.5 Discuss the students’ personal safety concerns when using digital technologies, communication tools and the internet. CHAPTER OVERVIEW As we discussed in the second chapter - ‘The advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet’ - safety issues are a serious issue when it comes to the internet. There are various types of risks when accessing the internet. SAMPLE
MATERIALS
Digital devices with internet access eLearning platform: Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom Coogle.it Microsoft PowerPoint ChildNet International 2009, fake social media images ‘Stand up to cyberbullying’ video: https://vimeo.com/352625574 #BeInCtrl - A Short Film on Online Grooming: https://vimeo.com/289090948 Adobe Spark
ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGIES
Sticky notes Mind map Digital mind map Think-pair-share Reflection journal
PRACTICAL SKILLS
Poster creation: Adobe Spark Flyer creation: Adobe Spark
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this chapter students will be able to:
Define
Describe Explain Evaluate Design Create Cyberbullying Grooming Catfishing The purpose of social media The features of social media How to prevent online harassment How to respond to grooming The features of social media that protects and can violate privacy The type of personal information that is fine to share online Their own social media network with safety features Adobe Spark poster SAMPLE
ACTIVITY 1: MIND MAP In groups of three, using mini white boards or ‘show me’ boards, students will create a spider diagram/mind map of what you think the purpose of social media is.
ACTIVITY 2: STICKY NOTES After discussing the purpose of social media, brainstorm various social media platforms or apps and write down what features each one has (e.g. disappearing images for Snapchat).
When everyone is finished brainstorming place the sticky notes on A3 poster paper in the middle of your group. ACTIVITY 4: DIGITAL MIND MAPPING From the information collected on the sticky notes, students will decide what features they ACTIVITY 3: DIY Students will design their own ideal social media platform using Microsoft Word and decide what features of social media they enjoy the most. They should include what information is the most important for users to share on a social media website. SAMPLE have in common and create a digital mind map on Coogle.it
ACTIVITY 5: HIGHLIGHT Students will read the profiles below and highlight safe and unsafe features of this page (using different coloured markers/pens).
The following fake social media profiles created by ChildNet International 2009, were created to discuss what is safe and unsafe information to share about yourself online.
ACTIVITY 6: THINK-PAIR-SHARE Each group of three students will analyse one of the above three social media profiles. Discuss the following questions using the think-pair-share strategy.SAMPLE
ACTIVITY 7: YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK Students will revisit to their original social network design. Is there any feature they would change or add more security on?
ACTIVITY 8: REFLECTION JOURNAL Watch the following video about some instances of cyberbullying.
https://vimeo.com/352625574 Scan the QR Code to watch the video SAMPLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBp3yo1mQ40
Scan the QR Code to watch the video
In the students’ reflection journal ask them to note down: Did this video impact on you? What was the main message of the video? What does the phrase ‘sticks and stones may break my bones’ mean to you now? SAMPLE
ACTIVITY 9: PREVENTING ONLINE HARASSMENT Read the PDF from the Garda Siochana giving advice about preventing online harassment. Students will create a digital poster giving advice to your year group of what you should do if you are being cyberbullied.
TUTORIAL: POSTER MAKING Create a poster using Adobe Spark
https://www.garda.ie/en/crime-prevention/online-harassment.pdf
Scan the QR Code to read the document
How to
make a Poster
DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY for Secondary Students www.4schools.ie using Adobe Spark https://vimeo.com/578086116/6927b2c5a9 Scan the QR Code to watch the video SAMPLE
ACTIVITY 10: GROOMING AND CATFISHING Watch this video from Web Wise and students will write a short refection note on it:
https://vimeo.com/289090948
Scan the QR Code to watch the video
SAMPLE
ACTIVITY 11: DESIGN Students will create a poster using Adobe Spark, focusing on one issue: hacking, grooming, catfishing or cyberbullying to raise awareness of a safety concern online.
