Posting+Personal+Information

=Posting Personal Information =


It is so easy to post personal information on the web before you even realize what you have done. Students should never share personal information such as full name, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, the name of their school, or any other information that could help someone determine their actual identity. Students should also not reveal the identities of friends or family members. The following videos guide students through several different scenarios to help them better understand the importance of keeping their identities private and safe when using the internet.

Everyone and Bulletin Board
Sarah's posts online become popular. Click [|Everyone] on the link provided by http://tcs.cybertipline.com/. Also check out [|Bulletin Board] at the same site for another look at online posting. 1. How do you think Sarah felt at first when others were noticing her? 2. How did her feelings change? 3. What could Sarah do to correct her problem? 4. In the Bulletin Board video, how did the girl feel when the picture wouldn't go away? How would you feel? 5. What did you learn from these public service announcement?
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Stalking Sarah
Another Sarah is a pretty active internet user. She’s a regular in chat rooms, often posts info in discussion groups and has visited a heap of websites. She meets some pretty interesting people online as well, people with similar interests…sport, music, movies and stuff like that. So when some guy follows her through cyberspace, she’s pretty freaked out. He emails her, posts comments about her in chat rooms and has somehow found out her mobile phone number. This clip could be about anyone. Find out what Sarah did to protect herself. http://www.wiseuptoit.com.au/videoclips.htm 1. If someone was looking for information about you online, what would they find? 2. Do you think it would be easy for them to contact you? 3. Is there any information you might wish to change or remove?
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"Tracking Teresa"
Even though Teresa has tried not to reveal personal information online, she's left enough clues that she could find herself in danger. Watch, [|"Tracking Teresa"] at this link from NetSmartz. 1. If someone online asks for your picture, should you send it to them? Why or why not? 2. What should you do if someone online asks for personal information? 3. Sometimes information on the web makes us feel uncomfortable. What should we do if this happens?
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 **The Babysitter**
Amanda gets off to a good start as the new babysitter, arriving early and impressing the mom. But then the mom and kids see some of Amanda's online videos. Not exactly the image Amanda wanted to convey.

media type="custom" key="1030259" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enph-DJ7wv0 1. Personal videos on the internet are sometimes funny to us, but what do you think a future employer, your friends' parents, or even YOUR parents would think about personal videos on-line? 2. Should Amanda be embarrassed with her video? 3. What could Amanda do to repair her reputation? Anything?
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1. Consider what you have heard while viewing this information. What safety tips would you provide to a friend or a young family member just starting out online? List at least five.
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2. Using the information from Activity 1, create a wiki page for internet safety.

3. Ask students to write their names and three statements about themselves. Two of the statements need to be true and one statement needs to be false. The false statement should not be obvious to the other class members. Ask students to share their statements and see if the other students can guess which statements are false. Explain even though it might seem like they know someone well online, they have no way of knowing whether the person is telling the truth. This is why they must not give personal information even to someone they have communicated with online for a long time. Point out even though the students in the class see each other every day, they were not always able to correctly guess which of their classmates' statements was false. How can they expect to know when someone they communicate with online is telling the truth?