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2 LESSON Consequences of Photo Sharing isafe Lesson Plan Recommended Grade Level 912 Lesson Guide This lesson explores the management and potential consequences of digital photo sharing. Learning Objectives Students will: Understand the positive uses and potentially negative consequences of posting and sharing photos in Cyberspace Consider consequences of public photo sharing in Cyberspace Understand risk levels in determining how to safely and responsibly manage photos while engaging in online activities Understand the potential longevity of uploaded photos Materials a copy of the activity page, Photo Sharing Going Beyond the Obvious for each student group blank paper (optional) whiteboard Discussion Engage students in a discussion about how people use photos in Cyberspace. Ask students to list the various ways photos are shared/used in Cyberspace, such as: sharing on social networking pages or other personal webpages sharing via cell phones, text messages or Twitter sharing via posting to commercial photosharing Web sites online chatting with apps like Google Talk Gadget online forums Briefly discuss levels of risk in engaging in online activities such as photo sharing. Have students define the terms: low risk, moderate risk and high risk. For example: High risk Situation or action that provides significant exposure to the probability of loss, damage or unsafe situations. Moderate risk Situation or action that provides some exposure to a chance of loss, damage or unsafe situations. Low risk Situation or action that provides little or no exposure to the chance of loss, damage or unsafe situations isafe Inc. 1

3 Activity Part 1 Divide students into small groups. Have each group be responsible for one of the photosharing formats listed in the previous discussion. Pass out the activity pages to each group and have students complete the sections in response to their topics: 1. List positive usages for this type of photo sharing format. Assign each use with a level of risk (low, moderate or high). 2. List usages for this photosharing format that can be harmful to the user or to others. Label each usage with a definition for the behavior involved, such as unthinking, irresponsible, cruel, etc. 3. For each potentially harmful usage you came up with, create a scenario to illustrate the problem. Part 2 Have groups exchange activity pages. Each group is to read the scenarios created by the original group. On the back of the page or on a blank paper, write a solution or way this negative usage can be avoided or changed into a positive usage (minimize the risk). As they consider their responses, ask students to think beyond immediate consequences of a photosharing action and to also include future implications. An example would be how a revealing photo, once posted, may be impossible to remove from Cyberspace, and could be accessed by parents, future employers, etc. Discussion Do not exchange activity pages. Have the new groups share the scenarios and their responses. Facilitate the discussion to ensure that responses are realistic, and that online interaction is being encouraged. Have students refer to the levels of risk they have assigned to the photosharing activities. If it has not been mentioned, guide the discussion to include the topic of photo tagging (marking a section of an online photo with a formatting command that enables the identification of a person or persons in a photo any user can then mouseover the photo and learn the identity of the tagged person). Ask students to determine if photo tagging is, or is not, relevant to each type of photosharing format. If so, does it change the risk level? Discuss. Legal issues: Conclude the discussion with an examination of legal issues involved in photo sharing. Do any of the scenarios illustrate potential illegal activity? Examples: Many states are enabling laws against cyber bullying. It is illegal to use a photo owned by another person without permission unless it is in the public domain or specifically noted as being available for public use. Wrap Up Once the scenarios and solutions have been shared, have students create a list of all of the negative usages they came up with in Part 2 of the activity. Write them on the board. Note: There will be some overlap, even though formats may be different. For each, have students create one or more positive concepts for minimizing the risk for this situation. Example: Posting personal photos do not post personal photos of oneself OR post personal photos only if they are password protected isafe Inc. 2

4 Empowerment Have students share what they have learned by creating a poster of guidelines that demonstrates safe and responsible photo sharing. Post it in a public area of the school. Suggestion: Post guidelines at the time when student pictures are distributed isafe Inc. 3

5 Photo Sharing Going Beyond the Obvious Photosharing format: 1. List positive usages for this type of photo sharing format. Assign each use with a level of risk (low, moderate or high). 2. List usages for this photosharing format that can be harmful to the user or to others. Label each usage with a definition for the behavior involved, such as unthinking, irresponsible, cruel, etc. 3. For each potentially harmful usage you came up with, create a scenario to illustrate the problem isafe Inc. 4

6 Activity Resource and Example Answer Key Activity: Photo Sharing Going Beyond the Obvious Students will provide positive and negative photosharing examples. All formats of digital photo sharing have common issues. Student examples should include some or all of the following: 1. Examples of positive online photo uses: Communicating with friends and family (usually low risk; can become high risk if a friend uses another s photo for an activity like bullying) Usage for academic purposes (low risk) Creating a showcase of talents and accomplishments (low moderate risk; posted creative works could potentially be stolen) Creating and storing photos or photo albums of family, friends, vacations, events, etc. (low risk if protected by privacy settings or password; high risk if unprotected) 2. Examples of negative online photo uses: If not secured by privacy settings, photos may be accessed and/or downloaded by unwanted persons. The owner may not want an unflattering photo seen by parents, teachers, potential employers, etc. Photos may be shared, forwarded and accessed by unwanted persons. Once uploaded to the Internet or sent to others, it is probable that photos will be impossible to delete. Photos can be used to cyber bully. Photos may be stolen or used for illegal purposes. 3. Example scenarios. Students should depict scenarios that describe consequences of negative uses (see #2): 1. On her Facebook page, Karen posts a photo of herself drinking at a party her parents did not give permission for her to attend. A friend shows the photo to her mother, who in turn calls Karen s mother. 2. Sasha takes a photo of herself nude and sends it to her boyfriend. He forwards it to all of his friends and it eventually is sent to her parents and the principal of her school. 3. Kira downloads a photo of Ava from Ava s social networking page. She edits the photo to make Ava look like she weighs 400 pounds and s it to all of her contacts with the message, Ava is a fat slob. 4. Garth, a parent, posts photos of his 8 and 10 yearold children on a public photo sharing site, tags the photos with their names and forgets to password protect the album. A pedophile searched the site for photos of children, downloads Garth s photos and posts to a Web site frequented by pedophiles. Wrapup Activity Students create one or more positive concepts for minimizing risks when photo sharing. Examples: Post wisely! Do not post personal photos of yourself. Or, post personal photos only if they are password protected. Think about who will see those photos BEFORE uploading. Avoid posting photos that could be embarrassing if they were circulated isafe Inc. 5

7 Think about photos of others you are posting. Do not post anything that could be embarrassing or could be considered to be bullying. Avoid posting personally identifiable photos on public Web sites, including those that show house number, street signs, etc. (Solution: edit out identifying information with graphics software.) Know how to adjust privacy settings on social networking sites so that photos are only viewable by close friends and family. Monitor tagged photos online. If a friend posts a picture of you, you might be tagged. When you are tagged in a photo, your name will appear in it. Anyone pointing their mouse at your picture will see the name that your friend has entered for you. You will get a notification when a friend tags you in a photo. You can choose to accept or reject the picture, which determines whether it will be sent to your Tagged Photos album. Remember that rejected photos will still appear in your friend s album. Monitor your tagged photos, and request that friends take down photos that you are uncomfortable with. Use caution with cell phone photos. Do not randomly send photos via cell phone to those who are not close friends or family. Consider the future of your online photos. Who will access them in 2, 5, or 10 years? Use commercial photoalbum sites to share photos in a password protected environment. Don t cyber bully especially with photos. There are many state laws against cyber bullying Information on state cyber bullying laws: isafe Inc. 6