Description
Background
Young children are growing up in a connected world. As a result of observing the online activities of parents and older siblings, students in primary grades may already be familiar with social networking sites and apps. The purpose of this lesson is to cultivate an awareness of privacy online. In this lesson, students discover that social media is a way to reach many people at once. Dot and i demonstrate how a single photo can quickly spread across the Internet. Students help i protect his privacy and respect the privacy of his friends by deactivating certain features in his social media app, and by changing settings from public to private.
At this grade level, students are under the age limits for most social media sites and apps. Thus, Verified Parental Consent is required. Parents and teachers can promote and protect child privacy through ISAFE Direct. Learn more at www.isafedirect.com.
Lesson Overview
Dot helps i to understand responsible use of social media while attending a friend’s birthday party. Students learn how to respect others’ privacy and practice safe social networking through this interactive lesson featuring Dot & i. The lesson includes a teacher guide (lesson plan), printable activity pages, and interactive multimedia resources.
Essential Question: How do I protect my privacy on social media?
Lesson Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, students in grades K-2 will be able to:
- define online community, public, privacy, permission, social media
- identify the people in an online community with whom it is safe to communicate
- relate online communities to real-world communities
- recognize the difference between public and private
- describe the ways that social media makes information public
- demonstrate ways to keep information private
Set-Up & Preparation
Download and print resources.
Set up student access to digital resources.
Give students access to digital resources:
EdBrowser:
1. Sign in to EdBrowser.
2. Select the desired digital resource.
3. Open the file.
4. Present to students.
MyInfo Page:
1. Sign in to isafe.org
2. Download the ZIP folder for this unit.
3. Unzip and save the file in the desired location on the computer or school network.
4. Double click the index icon to open and play the digital content.
Learning Management System
Digital assets are built with SCORM compliant technology. Upload the ZIP file to the school or district learning
management system. Do not unzip or move any of the files inside of the ZIP folder. Upload as a single
package. Students will be able to access the content from their learning portal.
About Lesson Resources
Digital Instructional Resources
Digital resources provide teachers with media-based learning objects for blended instruction and flipped learning models.
- Interactive Lesson: Social Media and Privacy with Dot & i
Printable Student Resources
- Lesson Activity – My Social Network: Students draw a profile photo. They “add” safe social contacts to their social networks such as family and friends; then indicate that their profile is set to private, and state ways to protect their privacy on social media.
- Guided Practice – Privacy Settings: This worksheet is a printable version of the “Let’s Practice” segment in the interactive lesson. Distribute this worksheet for reinforcement or as an alternative method of providing students with an opportunity to practice locating and adjusting social networking features to protect privacy.
- Quiz – Social Media & Privacy Assessment: After following along with the character dialogue in “Social Media and Privacy with Dot & I,” students will answer questions about lesson content. The Student Handout is a printable version of the digital activities in the interactive lesson.
- Reference Page – Social Media and Privacy Tips: Send the tip sheet home with students so that they may share social media and privacy tips with family members.
Introduction
Introduce the Lesson (see SAMPLE NARRATIVE)
Review what students already know about social media.
Ask students to identify apps that their parents and older siblings use.
Introduce vocabulary terms: online community, public, private, permission, social media.
online community – a “digital place” where people meet, chat and share photos through the Internet.
social media – websites or apps that people use to create and share photos, videos and posts.
permission – the act of allowing someone to do something
private – only available for one person or a small group of people to see and use
public – open and available for everyone to see and use
Tell students to follow along with “Social Media and Privacy with Dot & i.”
Remind students that they need to follow closely in order to answer questions at the end of the story.
Lesson Sequence
1. Follow Along: “Social Media and Privacy with Dot & i"
Students listen to the entire story. Tell students to track the words as they follow along.
2. Check for Understanding:
Immediately following the character dialogue between Dot and i, students will engage in a series of
activities that develop an awareness of privacy in social networks. First, students answer questions related
to the central lesson in the story. Then, students practice locating and adjusting privacy features on
i’s social networking profile.
3. Lesson Activity:
After students listen to the story, distribute the activity page. The activity page represents a social networking
profile. Students will “add” people that they know in the physical world, such as family and friends, draw lines
to show that they are connected as online community members, and indicate that their profile is set to private.
4. Class Discussion:
After completing the activity, follow up with a class discussion. Invite students to share their PhotoGram
community pages. Then, present the follow-up questions. Tell students to explain their answers.
Follow-Up Questions:
How can you protect your privacy on social media?
Who is a member of your online community?
How do you know each person in your PhotoGram community?
Why is your social media account set to private?
5. Assessment:
Distribute the activity page. Students will answer age-appropriate questions about social media and privacy.
Wrap-Up
Display the Student Handout – Reference Page: Social Media and Privacy Tips from Dot & i. Review the tips on the Reference Page as a class, and then send the tip sheet home with the students. The students will share what they have learned about social media and privacy with members of their family.
Student Handout 1 - Worksheet: Lesson Activity - My Social Network
Dot helps i to understand responsible use of social media while attending a friend’s birthday party. Students learn how to respect others’ privacy and practice safe social networking through this interactive lesson featuring Dot & i. The lesson includes a teacher guide, printable activity pages, and interactive multimedia resources.
Student Handout 2 - Worksheet: Guided Practice - Privacy Settings
Dot helps i to understand responsible use of social media while attending a friend’s birthday party. Students learn how to respect others’ privacy and practice safe social networking through this interactive lesson featuring Dot & i. The lesson includes a teacher guide, printable activity pages, and interactive multimedia resources.
Student Handout 3 - Quiz: Social Media & Privacy Assessment
Dot helps i to understand responsible use of social media while attending a friend’s birthday party. Students learn how to respect others’ privacy and practice safe social networking through this interactive lesson featuring Dot & i. The lesson includes a teacher guide, printable activity pages, and interactive multimedia resources.
Student Handout 4 - Reference Page: Social Media & Privacy Tips
Dot helps i to understand responsible use of social media while attending a friend’s birthday party. Students learn how to respect others’ privacy and practice safe social networking through this interactive lesson featuring Dot & i. The lesson includes a teacher guide, printable activity pages, and interactive multimedia resources.
Teacher Reference Page - Quick Guide to Digital Programming: Delivery Methods & Instructions
Students closely follow the story and interactive lesson about text message etiquette featuring Dot & i. Students tje practice digital etiquette through follow-up activities and discussion. This lesson includes a lesson plan, printable activity pages, and interactive multimedia resources.