🎯 Learning Objectives
Develop the Communication & Networks and Information Technology Learning Strands:
- Check who you are talking to online
- Demonstrate your knowledge with an assessment.
💬 Key Vocabulary
- online
- respect
- comments
- catfishing
- community
📖 Online Gaming
You are playing a game online and see a friend request pop up. You recognise the name of the gamer as a friend from school.
- What do you do?
- How do you know that this is your friend from school?
In groups of 2 or 3, discuss the steps that you could take to make sure that it is your school friend.
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1. Ring, text, or message the person to confirm.
2. Speak to them at school and get them to write down their gamertag.
3. Set up a code word with a friend that you can use to prove who you both are.
4. Ask them a question that only they would know the answer to.
📖 What not to do
What is Jessica doing wrong on her social media profile?
There are up to 11 things she has done wrong in the image above. Note down as many as you can find. Once you have done, click the box below to see what you got right.
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- Profiles should always be set to private — change your privacy settings.
- Profile images should not reveal locations.
- Profile images should not be easy to recognise; it is much better to use a picture of a pet or a cartoon character.
- Don’t reveal locations — this makes it easy to find out where you are.
- Making your date of birth public makes it easy for hackers to steal your personal information and set up fake accounts in your name.
- You should never reveal your phone number, email address, or home address on a public site.
- You should never reveal your current location on social media.
- Putting your full name, including a middle name, makes it easy for someone to steal your personal information. Always use a nickname or shortened version of your name.
📝 Tidying up your social media profiles
- Check your privacy settings (friends only)
- Delete any images that might reveal your location
- Remove any geotagging of images
- Keep your date of birth private
- Avoid public profile pictures that might reveal your identity
- Use a strong password
- Check your friend list — could any of those friends be fake profiles?
In this lesson, you…
- Learnt how to check who you are speaking to online.
- Saw how to tidy up your social media profiles.
In this topic you…
- Learnt how to be respectful when communicating online
- Learnt some facts about cyberbullying and started a group presentation
🏅 Badge it
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