Digital Identity

Example of a course

with pupils in the second year

of secondary school in France

(= 12 to 13 years old)

Proposed by Magali BON, French teacher librarian mbon@ac-lyon.fr

Objectives

→ Making the pupils realize that all they do on Internet leaves traces

→ Giving them keys to keep their digital identity under control

Skills Civics (school subject in France) :

→ Chapter on : The identity, the identities

Socle commun de compétences :

→ Information and communication skills (= B2i)

- Adopting a responsible attitude : I know how to protect myself and my own datas

- Communicating and exchanging : I know why I log in to a social network and what for I think about the possible consequences of publishing informations about me

First Course (1)

→ Knowledge (concepts):- Digital Identity, one identity among others- Active Identity (traces that one leaves voluntarily) vs Passive Identity (inheritated traces)- Vocabulary : identity usurpation, teenmarketing, social networks

First course (2)

→ Viewing of the following video :« Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift' »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I

First course (3)

First, ask some global comprehension questions (they may be asked in English if this lesson take place within an English course or with an English teacher – I've experienced it twice and it works...) → where does it takes place? → who's the main character? → who is he meeting? → what is he doing? → what do we understand in the end?

First course (4)

Pupils activity : → list all the informations the mind reader could find about the different people Ask them : → where did he find them ? → on what kind of websites does one publish these informations? → why do the people publish these informations one these websites? What for?

First course (5)

Together (pupils and teacher) : → Classify the traces one can find about us on Internet in different categories :

- legal identity : name, surname, sex, date of birth - personal identity : family, friends, school, leisure, tastes...

Then ask the pupils : what is digital identity? All the footprints about us which can be found on Internet. These traces can come from us or from other people.

First course (6)

Conclusion :→ Debating session Did you know that informations about oneself could be taken by anyone on the web ? Why are some people wearing a hood at the end of the video ? (show them that some informations were found illegally by real hackers) What about you? Do you publish information about yourself? What kind of information? Have you already had a bad experience regarding your digital identity?

Second course (1)

Objectives : → Making the pupils realize the importance of protecting one's personal datas and being vigilant → Making them think about how to keep one's digital identity under control Teaching material : 2 videos : → Vinz et Lou : http://www.internetsanscrainte.fr/le-coin-des-juniors/required-field-trip-not-take

→ Le chat démoniaque :

http://www.internetsanscrainte.fr/espace-jeunes/fred-mission

Second course (2)

First video : → Vinz et Lou : http://www.internetsanscrainte.fr/le-coin-des-juniors/required-field-trip-not-take

Second course (3)

Second video : → Le chat démoniaque :

Second course (4)

1) Group discussion about the 2 videos If necessary, the teacher asks some questions to guide the reflexion : → where do the traces concerning us on Internet come from? → what can be the consequences of information about us that we don't control ?(teenmarketing, advertisements, defamation...)

Second course (5)

2) Pupils activities : In small groups (2 or 3 pupils) they make a list of tips (advice) to protect themselves (and the others) or their personal datas on the web. For example : «I shall not put photos of my friends on internet without asking them before »

Tips found by the pupils

Second course (6)

3) Final activity : Pooling all their tips Comparing them with the CNIL poster « 10 tips to remain clean/clear on the Net ») or this video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZi1JewAdE