Lesson: Sharing Your Story
In this lesson, students learn how to think about the impact of sharing content online. The consider the effects sharing online content might have on others and then analyze different platforms to identify the risks and tools available for controlling who can see what you post.
Grade range: 7-8
Teacher Material: https://pressbooks.pub/mediasmarts/chapter/sharing-your-story-2/
Student Material: https://pressbooks.pub/mediasmarts/chapter/sharing-your-story/
Time Frame
| One class period (75 minutes) | Two or three class periods (150-225 minutes) | |
| Activities |
Sharing Your Story Platforms and Privacy
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Sharing Your Story Platforms and Privacy Choosing a Channel
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Note: This unit is designed to prepare students to make good choices when sharing their and others’ content online. The first two activities can be delivered on their own, or all three activities can be integrated into any unit where students create content that might be published.
Preparation:
- Make sure that you are able to show the embedded videos or that students are able to access the links.
- Make sure that students are able to access the interactive activities.
Learning Outcomes
Big ideas/key concepts: Students will understand that…
Digital media are networked:
- Anyone can publish digital media content
Digital media have unexpected audiences:
- Things that we post and share online might be seen by people we didn’t think of
Interactions through digital media can have a real impact:
- What we share online can have an impact on ourselves and others
Digital media experiences are shaped by the tools we use
- The design and culture of different platforms influence how content is shared
Key questions:
- How do our choices about online sharing affect ourselves and others?
- How is what we share influenced by the platforms we use?
- What can we do to control who sees what we share online?
- Which platforms are better for posting different content?
Essential knowledge: Students will know…
- Privacy and security: Privacy management tools
- Ethics and empathy: Considerations when sharing content
- Key vocabulary: Platform, open platform, closed platform
Performance tasks: Students will be able to…
- Access: Find information on privacy tools and community guidelines
- Use: Use privacy tools
- Understand: Analyze privacy implications of different platforms
- Engage: Consider ethical questions about sharing content online
Curriculum Connections
Strand A: Literacy Connections and Applications
A2. Digital Media Literacy
A2.1 Digital Citizenship
evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identity and those of their communities
A2.2 Online Safety, Well-Being, and Etiquette
demonstrate an understanding of how to navigate online environments safely, manage their privacy, personal data, and security, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
A2.5 Media, Audience, and Production
demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended and unintended audience, and the purpose for production
A3. Applications, Connections and Contributions
A3.1 Cross-Curricular and Integrated Learning
analyze and explain how the knowledge and skills developed in this course support learning in various subject areas and in everyday life, and describe how they enhance understanding and communication
Now that you have finished playing through the Fool Me Once... chapter, try your hand at the October 28 quiz!