What to Keep Private and Creating a Safe Username
Digital Citizenship Element: Digital Security
Grade: 1-2 |
Learning Objective:
Students will learn what kind of information should be kept private online and why it should never be shared.
Students will learn what kind of information should be kept private online and why it should never be shared.
Materials:
- All Digital Citizens Poster from Common Sense Media
- Keep It Private Assessment from CommonSense Media
Anticipatory Set
- Introduce the All Digital Citizens Poster.
- Draw student’s attention to the “Protect Private Information for themselves and others”.
- Tell students they will be learning about what information they need to keep private online.
- Define the meaning of private. Tell students that private information should be kept to themselves and not share it unless they are dealing with a trusted adults and their teachers.
- Brainstorm a list of private information.
- Talk about why it is important to keep this information private and never give out personal information unless you have permission from a trusted adult.
- Giving out your personal information could expose you to computer viruses, data and identify theft, and hacking.
- Show students Planet NutShell NetSafe Episode 2: What is Personal Information? video
- Introduce the All Digital Citizens Poster.
Method
- Introduce the vocabulary username by showing students three websites that ask them to create a username. Explain that you must create a username before being able to play the games or do other things on the site.
- SecretBuilders
- Scholastic The Stack’s
- LEGO
- Show students where they ask you to enter a username.
- Begin guiding students through the process of creating a username.
- Create a Personal Information T-Chart as a class.
- Have students turn and talk with their elbow partner about what kinds of information could be used to identify us. Record ideas on the T-Chart.
- Have students turn and talk with their elbow partner about what kinds of information cannot be used to identify us. Record ideas on the T-Chart.
- Tell students before they create a username make sure they get permission from an adult and never to use their personal information.
- Have students create three possible usernames. Suggest to include information from the “Kinds of Information that Cannot be used to Identify Us” side of the T-Chart, such as favourite animal, tv show, colour, character, or numbers.
Closure
- Ask students what kind of information should be kept private online.
- Ask students what they need to remember when creating a username.
- Have students complete the Keep it Private Assessment from Common Sense Media.
References
Common Sense Media. (2015). Keep it private. Retrieved from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/keep-it-private-k-2
Commonwealth of Australia. (2015). Lower primary unit: Sharing personal information. Retrieved from http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Schools/Teacher%20resources/~/media/Cybersmart/Schools/Documents/Lesson_plan_Lower_Primary_Sharing_Personal_Information.PDF
Planet NutShell, Inc. (2014). NetSafe episode 2: What is personal information?. Retrieved from http://planetnutshell.com/project/netsafe-episode-3-tell-an-adult-grades-k-3/
Common Sense Media. (2015). Keep it private. Retrieved from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/keep-it-private-k-2
Commonwealth of Australia. (2015). Lower primary unit: Sharing personal information. Retrieved from http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Schools/Teacher%20resources/~/media/Cybersmart/Schools/Documents/Lesson_plan_Lower_Primary_Sharing_Personal_Information.PDF
Planet NutShell, Inc. (2014). NetSafe episode 2: What is personal information?. Retrieved from http://planetnutshell.com/project/netsafe-episode-3-tell-an-adult-grades-k-3/