Privacy on social media
Engaging with social media platforms often involves sharing large amounts of personal information. When sharing these details, understanding the privacy surrounding this is critical. Teaching students about the complexity of privacy in the digital age helps them to make informed decisions when sharing content.
Year level
7-10
Duration
5 minutes
Type
In class activity
Online learning
SEL Competencies
Self-awareness
Self-management
Responsible decision-making
Learning intention
Students will understand the importance of privacy settings on social media.
Key outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
understand the complexity of privacy on social media.
Materials needed
Pen and paper
Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Analyse and reflect on the influence of values and beliefs on the development of identities (AC9HP8P01)
Analyse the impact of changes and transitions, and devise strategies to support themselves and others through these changes (AC9HP8P02)
Plan, rehearse and evaluate strategies for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety or wellbeing may be at risk (AC9HP10P08)
Evaluate the influence of respect, empathy, power and coercion on establishing and maintaining respectful relationships (AC9HP10P04)
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
Self-awareness
Self-management
Social management
Ethical Understanding:
Understanding ethical concepts andperspectives
Digital Literacy:
Practising digital safety and wellbeing
Creating and exchanging
Critical and Creative Thinking:
Inquiring
Generating
NSW PDHPE Syllabus
Demonstrates self-management skills to effectively manage complex situations (PD4-9)
Applies and refines interpersonal skills to assist themselves and others to interact respectfully and promote inclusion in a variety of groups or contexts (PD4-10)
Assesses and applies self-management skills to effectively manage complex situations (PD5-9)
Critiques their ability to enact interpersonal skills to build and maintain respectful and inclusive relationships in a variety of groups or contexts (PD5-10)
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (VCHPEP123)
Investigate the benefits of relationships and examine their impact on their own and others’ health and wellbeing (VCHPEP127)
Examine the impact of changes and transitions on relationships (VCHPEP143)
Activity 1
Instructions
5 minutes
As a class, ask students to answer these questions:
What is privacy?
What does privacy look like on social media?
Why do we need to think about privacy in relation to social media?
Debrief with students. Explain that engaging with social media platforms often involves sharing large amounts of personal information, and that it is important to make safe choices about where and how information is shared.
Refer students to the eSafety Commissioners 'eSafety Guide' for more information about the latest games, apps and social media, including how to protect information and report inappropriate content.
Additional resources
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For further information regarding this topic, access the following articles from the eSafety Commissioner: