What is COPPA?
- COPPA stands for the “Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act”
- COPPA is a U.S.
Students review the concepts of community and citizenship, and they build upon their understanding of online communities and digital citizenship in a collaborative class discussion. They then listen to a narrative that describes how the central character gets lost online, yet is able to return to the appropriate website and after asking for help from his parent. Students come to understand that citizens belong to physical and digital communities and that community rules and guidelines help to keep citizens safe. Students acquire and use terms related to technology.
Students relate online privacy to personal safety in a class discussion about age-appropriate sites and apps. Through exploration of online registration forms and profiles, students discover the importance of following age requirements (COPPA) and protecting online identity. Students create a mock-up of a safe and secure online profile as part of their Empowerment Project: the designe of a virtual world called Sock Puppet Nation.