Lesson: Playing With Privacy
In this lesson, students learn how they may be paying for “free” apps and games with their personal information. After playing a game designed to teach privacy concepts, students analyze the game and then design one of their own.
Grade range: 7-8
Teacher Material: https://pressbooks.pub/mediasmarts/chapter/personal-information-avatar/
Student Material: https://pressbooks.pub/mediasmarts/chapter/personal-information-avatar-2/
Time Frame
One class period (75 minutes) | Two or three class periods (150-225 minutes) | Extended Unit |
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Activities |
Personal Information Avatar Data Defenders Powering Up Privacy
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Personal Information Avatar Data Defenders Powering Up Privacy Paying with Privacy
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Personal Information Avatar
Data Defenders Powering Up Privacy Paying with Privacy Analyzing Data Defenders Creating a Privacy Game |
Preparation:
- Make sure that students are able to access the links and the interactive activities.
A printable version of this lesson is available here.
Learning Outcomes
Big ideas/key concepts: Students will understand that…
Media have commercial considerations:
- Many apps and games that seem “free” collect and sell your personal information
Digital media experiences are shaped by the tools we use
- The design of different platforms influence how we give up personal information
Key questions:
- Why do apps and games collect information about us?
- How can we control what information about us is collected?
Essential knowledge: Students will know…
- Privacy and security: How apps collect data, privacy management tools
- Consumer awareness: How “free” apps make money
- Key vocabulary: Data brokers
Performance tasks: Students will be able to…
- Access: Find information on privacy tools
- Use: Make an educaitonal game
- Understand: Analyze privacy implications of “free” apps; analyze a game design
- Engage: Make conscious choices about trading personal information for online services
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 and personal data, and interact in a way that supports their well-being and that of others, including seeking appropriate permission
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
C1: Knowledge about Texts
C1.1 Using Foundational Knowledge and Skills to Comprehend Texts
read and comprehend various complex texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge
C1.2 Text Forms and Genres
Grade 7: analyze and compare the characteristics of various text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and provide evidence to explain how they help communicate meaning
Grade 8: analyze and compare the characteristics of various text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and provide evidence to explain how they help communicate meaning
C1.4 Visual Elements of Texts
Grade 7: analyze how images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts
Grade 8: evaluate how images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts
Grade 8: summarize and synthesize the important ideas and supporting details in complex texts, and draw effective conclusions
C3 Critical Thinking in Literacy
C3.3 Analyzing Texts
analyze complex texts, including literary and informational texts, by evaluating, synthesizing, and sequencing relevant information and formulating conclusions
Strand D:Composition (Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts)
D1 Developing Ideas and Organizing Content
D1.1 Purpose and Audience
Grade 7: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and analyze why the chosen text form, genre, and medium suit the purpose and audience, and how they will help communicate the intended meaning
Grade 8: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create; choose a text form, genre, and medium to suit the purpose and audience, and justify their choices
D1.2 Developing Ideas
generate and develop ideas and details about challenging topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences
D1.3 Research
gather and synthesize information and content relevant to a topic, using a variety of textual sources and appropriate strategies; evaluate the currency, quality, bias, and accuracy of information; verify the reliability of sources; and check copyright and cite the sources for all content created by others
D1.4 Organizing Content
classify and sequence ideas and collected information, selecting effective strategies and tools, and identify and organize relevant content, evaluating the choices of text form, genre, and medium, and considering alternatives
D2 Creating Texts
D2.1 Producing Drafts
Grade 7: draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, expository, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies
Grade 8: draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, expository, and informational texts, citing sources, and use a variety of appropriate media, tools, and strategies to transform information and communicate ideas
Now that you have finished playing through the Fool Me Once... chapter, try your hand at the October 28 quiz!
Data brokers collect personal information in order to create profiles that they provide to advertisers and other third parties.