Safe online profiles

Students require understanding of making themselves safe online. They are constantly uploading and video taping themselves for their profiles and don't think twice about their online persona.


Lesson 1. Pictures are taken from online profiles for students in the school. Student pictures are critiqued on their safety and appropriateness for the real world. Students will ask and answer....Can I tell where you live? What school you attend? Where are you? Who else is with you? What other things do you notice that could be used as identifying factors?

Students will discuss the ways to locate people and steps to take to prevent being found online. Ie. shirt logos, playground signs, street signs. skate parks etc.

Lesson 2. Students bring in pictures and critique them. Students learn to scan, upload, download or transfer their pictures to the computer. They will save and open to the software for editing.

Lesson 3. Students will learn how to edit and alter photos in a photo editing software. We currently use Photoshop Elements 2.0. They will learn how to use filters, color options and many advanced photo editing skills.
These lessons will last 4-5 days.

Lesson 4. Students will learn to save their pictures to use for the web and for printing to printers.

Lesson 5. Students will learn to upload their pictures to their online profiles.

As a review students will discuss the need for safe profiles. Discuss ways to keep themselves online.