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|Session 3 Gaming, online friends and privacy |

|National Curriculum |Computing: Be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology; Evaluate and apply |

| |information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems. |

|Teaching Objectives |To understand the hidden costs of app usage and In-app purchasing; To explore information sharing and privacy settings; To understand that|

| |people we meet online might not be who they say they are; To explore what information and images we should and should not share online. |

|Resources |Weblinks |

|Friend request ‘profiles’ and| - Article about the dangers of In-app |

|key questions; Privacy |purchasing; - Privacy pirates online activity;|

|scenarios; Sharing Personal | - I saw your willy, NSPCC; The importance |

|Information. |of privacy settings; - Horrible Histories privacy settings. |

|Whole class: Give the chn a 2 min challenge to write down as many apps as they can think of (social media, games, tools, etc.). They can be ones they use on |

|their devices at home, or at school, or ones they know about. When the challenge is over, ask chn to share their lists with the class. Write them down as they |

|say them to create a large class list of apps. Then ask the class to help you make a mark next to all the apps that are free to download from the app store. |

|After that, ask the chn to identify those apps that require further purchasing to advance to the next level, or to make the app more |

|effective/interesting/advert-free. Discuss your findings, then say: Just because an app is free to begin with doesn’t mean it won’t cost you! Often a game is |

|easier to advance through if the player spends money. A credit card number isn’t required because the device connects to the iTunes or Google Play store. Many |

|free apps use in-app purchasing. Look at the whole class list together to see if this statement is true for the list you have compiled. Share your favourite |

|apps and why you like them so much. Explain which ones you have paid for and which ones are ‘free’. Also explain that while sharing registration information is |

|fine on a legitimate site or app and in fact part of what helps keep them safe – they should always ask an adult to help with this to ensure it is above board |

|(ask if chn know what to look for in a website that is safe for posting secure information (such as bank details or passwords) – https and/or the ‘padlock’ |

|symbol should be used or seen in the address bar). Explain that they also need to look at privacy settings – do chn know what these are and how to set them? |

|Each browser, social media site and app will have different privacy settings that may be accessed and changed in different ways – and the settings will also |

|have different significance depending on the information that app/site has access to. Everyone should always think about and check these settings, and if |

|specific instructions are required it may be possible to search online for these. Chn should also be aware that some apps can (and do) ignore privacy settings, |

|or may change them. Explain that sharing personal information online within an app is different to registration information, as others can access it if they are|

|on, for example, a gaming or social networking site – they need to not only be careful about what they share but again to check their privacy settings – ask |

|them to consider ‘public’ and ‘private’ settings and note that they can control who can and cannot see their information. Ask about the implications in terms of|

|accessing their information and images for people they know but who are not yet categorised as a ‘friend’ on a site; friends on a site; people who are not |

|friends on a site and that they don’t know. Now ask if chn use any gaming apps and have any online gaming friends? Probably mainly the friends they have in the |

|real world. It is a great way to meet like-minded people and it can be fun to have lots of ‘friends’ on other ‘networking’ apps as well. How do they know though|

|that they are the people who they say they are? Show chn the 8 min video about the importance of privacy settings and staying cybersafe. After the clip, ask the|

|chn to think about the importance of keeping their photographs and personal information private online. Ask them for their thoughts and opinions and listen to |

|anyone who wants to talk about their own experiences. Then get chn to complete the challenges. |

|Easy/Medium/Hard Chn to spend no longer than 10 mins on each challenge: Challenge 1: Show the chn the following video with a light-hearted warning from the |

|Horrible Histories team about privacy settings and then get them to do the online activity on privacy. Chn to come up with 1-2 questions for their quiz/board |

|game Challenge 2: game or app profiles – can chn spot which are legitimate and which are possibly fake friend requests? (see resource). Ask chn if people they |

|do know, but are not friends with might some have an ulterior motive? Encourage them to use the prompt questions. Chn to then come up with 1-2 questions for |

|their quiz/board game Challenge 3: When is it safe to disclose information and when is it not? – get chn to look at the scenarios and decide what the |

|consequences of each might be. What sort of information is ok to share and what is not? Chn to then come up with 1-2 questions for their quiz/board game. |

|Plenary |Share quiz questions and talk about ‘common sense’ and always thinking before sharing information, even when we feel confident and comfortable |

| |that we know these people. Again remind chn that being safe is all about making good decisions and talking to parents/teachers when they have |

| |concerns. It is not about not using online applications. You may also choose to show the chn this powerful video from the NSPCC called ‘I saw |

| |your willy’ and discuss how even sharing images in a context that you think is private, may not be. You may also wish to discuss how receiving |

| |offensive images, even if they are sent in jest, can be disturbing for the recipient. |

|Outcomes |Children will: |

| |Understand the hidden costs of app usage and in-app purchasing |

| |Know when sharing of personal information is and is not safe |

| |Recognise privacy settings and the value of implementing them |

| |Identify information that is safe to share and what is not safe to share online |

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