Students will be able to identify one type of personal information they can manage online, one form of information they can’t control online, and one thing they can do about some aspect of their personal information online not directly controlled by them.
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The public information that is available about you online comes from many sources. You can control some of those sources, like the content you share (e.g., photos, videos, text-based posts) on your social media profiles.
Now think about your own social media profile(s).
Look at one of your personal social media profiles (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, WeChat, etc.) or the social media profile of a public figure (e.g., someone in the music/film/TV industry, political figure, business leader). Pick several pieces of content (e.g., photos, videos, text-based posts) that are visible on the profile.
Ask students to write a few paragraphs based on the posts they reviewed in the previous activity and answer the following questions:
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Students will learn about malicious online users who might attempt to use security weaknesses to gather information about them.
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Students will learn what information verification is and why it is important for news consumers to verify the stories they read or view.
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Students will learn about a five-step checklist they can use to verify the origin, source, date, location, and motivation of a news image or video.
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