1. Sharing my own personal information
Teaching point
Sharing my own personal information
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Activity 1 – Your choice…………………………..Slides 2-17
Activity 2 – ‘Instead of this, try this…’…..Slides 18-23
Activity 3 – Moral thermometer……………Slides 24-29
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3. Your Choice
Activity 1
A PowerPoint assisted story to highlight and lead you through a few examples of what is safe or unsafe to share online.
The story follows the online activity of a boy called Trey to offer a balanced approach when discussing this topic. Each segment of the story takes the format of dilemma, discussion, reasoning and advice.
How to use:
1. Read out the PowerPoint slides and stop at each question.
2. Offer the two options which Trey can choose and let the group decide what Trey should do.
3. Click through to reveal Trey’s choice and the reasoning behind it.
4. Click through again to reveal top tips and advice for what to do if you have actually shared personal information online and are worried.

4. Your Choice

5. Your Choice
Trey

6. What should Trey do? Your Choice A – Reply, it’s no big deal!
B – Never tell anyone online where he lives!

7. B – Never tell anyone online where he lives!
Your Choice
Trey knew he shouldn’t share his personal information online, especially not in an open server where other people can see.
So he chose option B.
B – Never tell anyone online where he lives!

8. Always remember… Your Choice
Trey has never met this person in real life so they are a stranger.
Your name and address is personal information.
Never share personal information with someone you’ve only met online, who you don’t know in real life, as they are a stranger.  
You can be polite when you reply and use a nickname instead of sharing your real name.
Always tell an adult you trust if someone you only know online is asking for your personal information.
If Trey had shared his personal information with someone online and felt any of his early warning signs, he could talk to an adult he trusts and ask for help

9. B – Don’t share his top score with anyone online
Your Choice
What should Trey do?
A – Reply and share his top score because this isn’t personal information
B – Don’t share his top score with anyone online

10. Your Choice
Trey knew that sharing his top score wasn’t part of his personal information and that his cousin was someone he knew in the real world, so he replied with option A.
A – Reply and share his top score because this isn’t personal information

11. Always remember… Your Choice
Personal information is any piece of information which is special/unique to us and reveals something about us.
The things we like to do online and our top scores wouldn’t count as our personal information so we could choose to share them but only if we feel comfortable. 
If you think you do actually know someone in the real world just check with an adult you trust first, like a parent or carer.
If Trey had shared his top score with someone online and felt any of his early warning signs, he could talk to an adult he trusts and ask for help

12. What should Trey do? Your Choice
A – Upload the picture and tag the location
B – Check before uploading the picture and don’t tag the location

13. B – Check before uploading the picture and don’t tag the location
Your Choice
Trey knew that it was a good idea to check there was no personal information in the picture first. He also knew not to give away his location online, so he chose option B.
B – Check before uploading the picture and don’t tag the location

14. Always remember… Your Choice
When we share things on social media all of our followers could see it.
If Trey only actually knew 5 of his followers, then 217 were strangers.
Our current location and where we like to go is personal information and we shouldn’t share this online with everyone.
It is OK to chat and make friends with people online who you have never met in real life but never share personal information about yourself.  
If Trey had shared his location online and felt any of his early warning signs, he could talk to an adult he trusts and ask for help. He can also delete the post.

15. A – Sign up to the game with all the information it asks for
Your Choice
What should Trey do?
A – Sign up to the game with all the information it asks for
B – Check with an adult first to make sure he needs to enter this information

16. Your Choice
Trey knew that the game was asking for his personal information, but he really wanted to sign up. He made sure that he checked with an adult first so chose option B.
B – Check with an adult first to make sure he needs to enter this information

17. Always remember… Your Choice
When we sign up to a new game or app we will need to enter some personal information.
You only need to enter the information that is starred with an asterisk.
Lots of online accounts have settings which let you hide your personal information from others so ask an adult to help you find these.
It's best to check with a trusted adult before signing up to a new account if you're ever unsure about what personal information you are being asked for.
If Trey had entered his personal information online before checking, then he should talk to an adult he trusts. The adult can check where the information is being shared and help Trey to delete the game if he needs to.

18. Your Choice
What rules did we learn from each of the choices we helped Trey to make?
Let’s record these on our checklists – can you think of any more rules?

19. Instead of this, try this…
Activity 2
A PowerPoint assisted written activity which allows young people to change an online choice to make a more positive outcome to safe and responsible sharing online.
How to use:
1. With the young people, read each of the online scenarios which show a choice made in relation to sharing personal information online.
2. Discuss the scenarios with the young people and explore the possible risks to sharing personal information in each case.
3. Click through to reveal advice for each scenario.
4. After reading the advice and discussing, allow time for the young people to record an alternative choice on Appendix 3.

20. Instead of this, try this…

21. Instead of this… try this…
Gamertags, usernames and social media handles are all public which means anyone can see them.
It’s best not to include any personal information like your name or location in them.
You have downloaded a new game but before you can play it asks you to choose a gamertag.
This is the name other players will see within the game.
You choose your real name and press ‘Save’.
Top tip – Use a nickname instead of your real name
try this…

22. Instead of this… try this…
Remember that your location is part of your personal information and it’s best not to share this with everyone online.
If you are going to share a location then this should be a public place and not a private or personal space.
You are uploading a picture from the weekend to your social media profile. You had a great day and want to show everyone what you did and where you went.
When you upload the picture there is an option to share the location so you click ‘yes’.
Top tip – share locations after you have left and only of public places
try this…

23. Instead of this… try this…
Never share your password with anyone online. The only people who may know your password are the trusted adults who look after you like a parent or carer or teacher.
You have been stuck on the same level in a game all afternoon and one of the other players offers to help you. They are really good at the game and always very nice to you, even though you have never actually met them before.
They ask for your password so they can help and you give it to them.
try this…

24. Instead of this… try this…
Sometimes you need to share some personal information online when signing up to a new account.
You only need to share the information with the star next to it and it’s best to check with an adult first.
You are signing up to a new social media account and there is a form which asks you for some information in order to sign up. It asks you for your name, address, date of birth and your postcode.
You enter all the information and click ‘Sign up!’
try this…

25. Share or don’t share? Activity 3
A moral thermometer practical activity which allows young people to choose whether something should be shared online and consider the nuances around sharing.
How to use:
1. Read each of the online scenarios with the young people which show a choice which has been made in relation to sharing personal information online.
2. Ask the young people to stand along the moral thermometer based on whether or not it should be shared.
3. They can either stand at ‘Share’, ‘Don’t share’ or anywhere in between.
4. Discuss why young people have chosen to stand where they are and get them to explain why something should or shouldn’t be shared online.

26. Share or Don’t share?

27. Signing up to a new app? Share or don’t share? Share or don’t share?
Signing up to a new account often needs us to enter lots of personal information but remember:
Sometimes you have to enter the information in order to use it, eg to meet age requirements or because the service requires a full name
Not all information on a sign up form is required information, a lot is not stared so therefore not needed
Often most of this information stays private and isn’t shared on a profile
Share or don’t share?

28. Share or don’t share? Answering a question in a group chat?
Remember that group chats contain more than 1 person and sometimes they can be very large.
Groups chats can contain people we have met in real life before (school friends) and people we haven’t met before (friends of friends).
If we send a message then everyone in the group chat will be able to see it.
Share or don’t share?

29. Share or don’t share? Share or don’t share?
Answering a question in a public server?
We may interact with people online we have never actually met before. This could be whilst playing a game, in a messenger group chat or on social media.
The internet will often provide us with the opportunity to chat but if someone starts asking for your personal information then remember:
If you haven’t met this person before then they are still a stranger, even if they are being friendly
It’s tricky to know if someone is who they are they are online as not everyone always tells the truth
Share or don’t share?

30. Uploading a new picture?
Share or don’t share?
Uploading a new picture?
Always remember to check what personal information might be hiding in your pictures before uploading them,
Eg a phone number on the dogs collar, a certificate in the background etc
Share or don’t share?