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Overview
Students review examples of private identity information and recall the
safety rule about giving out such information in cyberspace. They also explore
private identity information in the context of selecting passwords and look
at some students' personal Web sites, evaluating how well each protects
or reveals private identity information.
Objectives
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Relate reasons for protecting private identity information in cyberspace |
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Understand the importance of passwords and describe strategies
for protecting them |
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Explain how to protect private identity information when designing
personal Web sites |
ISTE® National Technology Standards
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Materials
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Activity sheets (2) |
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Online computer access |
Introduce (offline)
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Assess students' understanding of private identify information.
Ask: What are some examples
of private identity information? (full name, postal address,
name of school, school address, E-mail address, phone number, passwords,
calling card number, credit card number, Social Security Number, maiden
name, your parent's place of work, photos in which you can be recognized) |
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· Discuss an important safety rule-not to give out private identity
information without permission of a teacher, parent, or guardian. |
Teach 1 (offline)
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Distribute the activity sheets. |
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· Have students read and discuss the first paragraph under "Passwords."
Ask: What might happen if you
loaned your password to a friend? (The friend might use the
password and unknowingly do something wrong in cyberspace. Then, you
might get blamed for your friend's wrongdoing.) |
Teach 2 (offline)
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Have students read and discuss the scenario about Jesse. They should
recognize that Jesse's password is too obvious a choice, easily guessed,
and therefore unsafe. |
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Have students read and discuss the scenario about Sondra. She chose
her password by combining part of her first name (so), her favorite
activity (swim), and the numbers of her birth month (8) and day (4).
It is a safer choice because she used no complete personal identity
information and she combined letters and numbers. |
Teach 3 (online)
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Have students complete "Personal Web Sites" and share their impressions. |
Close (offline)
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Ask: How are safety rules
similar in the real world and in cyberspace? Responses should
include a discussion of rules about giving out private identity information
to strangers. |
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Ask: What should you think
about when choosing a safe password? (not to use a password
that is easy to guess) |
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Ask: What should you do
if you want to include a piece of private identity information on
your personal Web site? (Ask a parent, guardian, or teacher
for permission.) |
Extend (online)
The following activities can be added for students who completed this lesson
in a previous grade.
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Have students design personal Web sites that do not reveal private
identity information. Depending on their technical skills, have them
either use the computer or simply design on paper, showing how one
page relates to another in their site. |
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Alternatively, have students search for other personal Web sites
and evaluate each site using the criteria discussed in this lesson. |
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Protecting Private Identity Information