4 - YOUR PERSONAL INFO
Just like in real life, it's important that you think critically about who you can trust with your information in the online world. For many young people, the idea of privacy at home is very clear - some things are their own and not meant to be shared. In the online world, however, it's often difficult to define what privacy means. In this section, you'll think about what information you're ok sharing, then examine the ways that your information is collected in the digital world.
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WARM UP (WORKBOOK)
1. Look at the Wordle image above. What information have you shared on a website, in email, chatting or texting, playing video games, etc...?
1. Look at the Wordle image above. What information have you shared on a website, in email, chatting or texting, playing video games, etc...?
Controlling what happens to your information
Protecting your information when you are online requires common sense and some investigating. You need to be careful about giving away information about yourself. When you sign up for services, contests or new websites, it's smart to limit the amount of information you share. Less info out there means fewer chances for unwanted emails (SPAM), viruses, identity theft and many other problems.
To sign up for a service, most websites ask for your name, email, a username and password. Others require much more, including your age, gender, address and telephone number. If you decide to share your information on a website, you need to know what will happen to it. Websites can sell your personal information to other companies, and many track your online behaviour so that they can send advertising to you. You need to decide if that is worth it for getting to use this website. The only way you'll know for sure what they do with your info is by looking through the website's privacy policy.
So what can you do to limit how much of your info is put online? THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK!
Protecting your information when you are online requires common sense and some investigating. You need to be careful about giving away information about yourself. When you sign up for services, contests or new websites, it's smart to limit the amount of information you share. Less info out there means fewer chances for unwanted emails (SPAM), viruses, identity theft and many other problems.
To sign up for a service, most websites ask for your name, email, a username and password. Others require much more, including your age, gender, address and telephone number. If you decide to share your information on a website, you need to know what will happen to it. Websites can sell your personal information to other companies, and many track your online behaviour so that they can send advertising to you. You need to decide if that is worth it for getting to use this website. The only way you'll know for sure what they do with your info is by looking through the website's privacy policy.
So what can you do to limit how much of your info is put online? THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK!
ACTIVITY #7 (COMPUTER)
1. Save and open this Word document - ACTIVITY 7.DOCX * ADD BOTH STUDENT NAMES TO FILE
2. Choose two websites from this list:
Animoto - http://animoto.com/
Glogster - http://www.glogster.com/login
Storybird - http://storybird.com/
Weebly - http://www.weebly.com/
3. Find another website to evaluate. It must be a website where there is an option to create an account.
4. Complete the activity with your partner. ONLY ONE PERSON NEEDS TO SAVE THE ASSIGNMENT in their tech folder.
1. Save and open this Word document - ACTIVITY 7.DOCX * ADD BOTH STUDENT NAMES TO FILE
2. Choose two websites from this list:
Animoto - http://animoto.com/
Glogster - http://www.glogster.com/login
Storybird - http://storybird.com/
Weebly - http://www.weebly.com/
3. Find another website to evaluate. It must be a website where there is an option to create an account.
4. Complete the activity with your partner. ONLY ONE PERSON NEEDS TO SAVE THE ASSIGNMENT in their tech folder.