Deep Dive: Privacy & Safety
These are resources to help inspire thinking and creativity about how Digital Citizenship fits into our students’ lives and your curriculum. They are meant to help develop your thinking about the topics; you are not required to use any of these resources, but you may use all of them if they prove useful for you.
Some of these resources include full classroom lessons, and it may be helpful to reference resources from them as needed. But no one knows how to teach our students better than our faculty, and a full prepackaged curriculum will not provide an integrated approach that genuinely connects digital citizenship to academics at our school. Choose the resources that will work best for your students in your classroom with your curriculum.
Some of these resources include full classroom lessons, and it may be helpful to reference resources from them as needed. But no one knows how to teach our students better than our faculty, and a full prepackaged curriculum will not provide an integrated approach that genuinely connects digital citizenship to academics at our school. Choose the resources that will work best for your students in your classroom with your curriculum.
Teaching Privacy in the Twenty-first Century National Council for the Social Studies
"What would Benjamin Franklin’s Facebook page look like? Would he be “friends” with William Pierce, James Madison, or Alexander Hamilton? ... Questions like these can encourage our students to view the eighteenth century in a new light and to understand the contemporary relevance of the Constitution and its Amendments. Today’s students are fascinated by technology and its applications. We believe that teachers have a great opportunity to build on this interest as they teach about the Constitution and its Amendments." This article contains many ideas for prompts and connections between a curriculum on the U.S. Constitution and today's privacy concerns.
Building and Keeping a Positive Digital Identity International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE)
“As technology and digital content become increasingly common in classrooms around the world, it is critical that educators take steps in their personal practice, as well as in daily classroom routines, to ensure that students build and maintain positive online identities. This white paper outlines expectations, essential questions, and steps educators can take to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive as responsible digital citizens.”
Cryptography and Coding Information Security Baron
This article provides background information on what cryptography is and how it applies to our daily lives and to internet security. It also contains useful links with additional information on cryptography, internet security and safety, games and puzzles, and coding. (Thanks to the Lyndhurst STEM Club for Girls for sharing this resource with us!)
Nothing is Private Providence Day School
This article begins with a reflection on the importance of understanding the lack of privacy online. It then includes information for teachers on why and how to approach this topic with students, actions students can take to consider the consequences of “nothing is private” before they post, the key details about digital privacy that students should understand, and links to specific lesson plans from Common Sense Media on digital privacy.
Cybersecurity Lab PBS NOVA Labs
Students can work through a simulation in which they need to defend a company that is threatened by cyber attacks. Along the way they learn about hackers, privacy, cyber codes, and a lot more. Here are some short videos that are part of the lab, but could also be pulled out and used in the context of a different lesson that you design.
Protect Yourself Providence Day School
This article reviews how students can create habits to keep them and their information safe in our digital world. Includes a reminder that although students’ technical knowledge may surpass our own, it is “our life experiences and common sense [that] are the essential, missing ingredient” in helping students know how to act online. Also includes links to NPR and the New York Times resources on cyberbullying, as well as links to lessons by Common Sense Media.
Privacy and Information Sharing Scenarios Pew Research Center
Many Americans are in an “it depends” frame of mind when they think about disclosing personal information or keeping it private when considering different scenarios. Use these scenarios to get your students thinking about what information they share and with whom when using technology and going online.
Safety, Privacy, and Digital Citizenship High School Curriculum iKeepSafe & Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
The extensive curriculum includes short 15-25 minute activities and discussions created specifically for high school classrooms and students. Topics covered include how privacy is related to passwords, gaming, location security, sexting, data collection, cybersecurity and a lot more. It was developed by lead researchers and with feedback from real classroom educators. Click here to find the modules and resources referenced in the curriculum guide.
Teaching About CyberSecurity: Taking Steps to Improve Online Safety and Prevent Data Breaches The Learning Network from the New York Times
How do data breaches at companies and government institutions affect individuals? What can individuals do to enhance their digital security? In this lesson, students will learn about the extent of cyberattacks just in the past year and the risks they pose for companies, governments and individuals. They also will learn about the steps individuals and organizations can take to better protect their data online, and will reflect on their own digital security practices. You can use parts or resources from the lesson where appropriate in your curriculum.
OnGuard Online Video and Media Federal Trade Commission and Department of Homeland Security
Quick simple videos to help users of connected technology keep their information safe, or restore their security when it has been hacked. The website also has some interactive games, like this one on wireless network hackers, that have some cheesy graphics but great content. Click around the website. There is a lot more to find for parents, technology professionals, and even business owners. Much of the information could be used in context when talking about real world business and personal situations in which online privacy and security is relevant.
The Educator’s Guide to Social Media ConnectSafely
This ebook style guide explains how educators can participate in social media while protecting their personal privacy and professional reputation. It is also filled with ideas and examples of how to discuss and use social media safely in school and with students.
The Educator’s Guide to Student Data Privacy ConnectSafely and Future of Privacy Forum
This ebook style guide will help classroom educators talk with students about how their use of devices, apps, and online tools often means they are giving companies access to their personal information. The guide includes a ten question checklist to help teachers and students recognize when they are sharing information and what information they are sharing.
Digital Citizenship iBooks Lessons Common Sense Education
This iBook is a free download and is filled with lesson ideas, realistic scenarios, video clips, and discussion prompts that you could add to your curriculum where they fit best. Feel free to explore and use the resources that make sense within your lessons and projects.
"What would Benjamin Franklin’s Facebook page look like? Would he be “friends” with William Pierce, James Madison, or Alexander Hamilton? ... Questions like these can encourage our students to view the eighteenth century in a new light and to understand the contemporary relevance of the Constitution and its Amendments. Today’s students are fascinated by technology and its applications. We believe that teachers have a great opportunity to build on this interest as they teach about the Constitution and its Amendments." This article contains many ideas for prompts and connections between a curriculum on the U.S. Constitution and today's privacy concerns.
Building and Keeping a Positive Digital Identity International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE)
“As technology and digital content become increasingly common in classrooms around the world, it is critical that educators take steps in their personal practice, as well as in daily classroom routines, to ensure that students build and maintain positive online identities. This white paper outlines expectations, essential questions, and steps educators can take to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive as responsible digital citizens.”
Cryptography and Coding Information Security Baron
This article provides background information on what cryptography is and how it applies to our daily lives and to internet security. It also contains useful links with additional information on cryptography, internet security and safety, games and puzzles, and coding. (Thanks to the Lyndhurst STEM Club for Girls for sharing this resource with us!)
Nothing is Private Providence Day School
This article begins with a reflection on the importance of understanding the lack of privacy online. It then includes information for teachers on why and how to approach this topic with students, actions students can take to consider the consequences of “nothing is private” before they post, the key details about digital privacy that students should understand, and links to specific lesson plans from Common Sense Media on digital privacy.
Cybersecurity Lab PBS NOVA Labs
Students can work through a simulation in which they need to defend a company that is threatened by cyber attacks. Along the way they learn about hackers, privacy, cyber codes, and a lot more. Here are some short videos that are part of the lab, but could also be pulled out and used in the context of a different lesson that you design.
Protect Yourself Providence Day School
This article reviews how students can create habits to keep them and their information safe in our digital world. Includes a reminder that although students’ technical knowledge may surpass our own, it is “our life experiences and common sense [that] are the essential, missing ingredient” in helping students know how to act online. Also includes links to NPR and the New York Times resources on cyberbullying, as well as links to lessons by Common Sense Media.
Privacy and Information Sharing Scenarios Pew Research Center
Many Americans are in an “it depends” frame of mind when they think about disclosing personal information or keeping it private when considering different scenarios. Use these scenarios to get your students thinking about what information they share and with whom when using technology and going online.
Safety, Privacy, and Digital Citizenship High School Curriculum iKeepSafe & Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
The extensive curriculum includes short 15-25 minute activities and discussions created specifically for high school classrooms and students. Topics covered include how privacy is related to passwords, gaming, location security, sexting, data collection, cybersecurity and a lot more. It was developed by lead researchers and with feedback from real classroom educators. Click here to find the modules and resources referenced in the curriculum guide.
Teaching About CyberSecurity: Taking Steps to Improve Online Safety and Prevent Data Breaches The Learning Network from the New York Times
How do data breaches at companies and government institutions affect individuals? What can individuals do to enhance their digital security? In this lesson, students will learn about the extent of cyberattacks just in the past year and the risks they pose for companies, governments and individuals. They also will learn about the steps individuals and organizations can take to better protect their data online, and will reflect on their own digital security practices. You can use parts or resources from the lesson where appropriate in your curriculum.
OnGuard Online Video and Media Federal Trade Commission and Department of Homeland Security
Quick simple videos to help users of connected technology keep their information safe, or restore their security when it has been hacked. The website also has some interactive games, like this one on wireless network hackers, that have some cheesy graphics but great content. Click around the website. There is a lot more to find for parents, technology professionals, and even business owners. Much of the information could be used in context when talking about real world business and personal situations in which online privacy and security is relevant.
The Educator’s Guide to Social Media ConnectSafely
This ebook style guide explains how educators can participate in social media while protecting their personal privacy and professional reputation. It is also filled with ideas and examples of how to discuss and use social media safely in school and with students.
The Educator’s Guide to Student Data Privacy ConnectSafely and Future of Privacy Forum
This ebook style guide will help classroom educators talk with students about how their use of devices, apps, and online tools often means they are giving companies access to their personal information. The guide includes a ten question checklist to help teachers and students recognize when they are sharing information and what information they are sharing.
Digital Citizenship iBooks Lessons Common Sense Education
This iBook is a free download and is filled with lesson ideas, realistic scenarios, video clips, and discussion prompts that you could add to your curriculum where they fit best. Feel free to explore and use the resources that make sense within your lessons and projects.