Video summary
The video is a humorous look at setting up a personal profile for an online game. It also explores how we represent ourselves online.
The characters talk about how to create an online character name and image and how that might not be like you in real life.
They explore the idea that people might represent themselves differently to their real personality and looks when they are online.
They also discuss what sort of information is safe to add to the profile and how using real-life personal information like your real name and address is a bad idea and not safe.
Top tips on how to protect your online privacy
Who are you?
When you create your gaming profile make sure you never use your full name. And if someone you don鈥檛 know asks for it in the chat make sure you tell a trusted adult.
Where do you live?
Don鈥檛 say where you live and be careful when you talk about school. If you give out the name of the place you study or even the area you鈥檙e in, it鈥檚 easier for people to identify you.
What do you look like?
Games are about having fun, taking on adventures, and building team spirit. They鈥檙e not a place to share pictures. So, if someone asks for photos, speak to a trusted adult talk about it and don鈥檛 share pictures of you and your friends.
Who do you hang out with?
When you game online try to be considerate of others too. If someone online knows you, they should never reveal that information to strangers. So just have a chat with your friends to make sure you all stick to these rules.
Video: 2 mins 6 secs
Article: 2 min read
Learning objectives
(from the set out by the UK Council for Internet Safety)
鈥業 can explain how people can represent themselves in different ways online鈥
'I can explain that others online can pretend to be someone else, including my friends, & can suggestreasons why they might do this'
Glossary
- Online Profile: A collection of personal information that you use to describe yourself online
- Private: kept hidden so that only selected people can see
- Considerate: kind, helpful, thinking about other people鈥檚 feelings
- Genuine: authentic, honest, exactly as described
- Sound 鈥 (slang): meaning OK, true, correct, right, good
- Assure: promise, say with confidence
Topic introductions and starters
Before the video:
- Ask pupils to write down their current understanding of the key phrases & words from the glossary
After the video:
- Check new understanding of the key vocabulary & correct any misconceptions
- Talk about some of the slang used 鈥 鈥榮ound鈥 meaning good etc. Make a list of slang words they use online
- Read the article under the video and discuss the headings 鈥 link them back to the relevant sections in the video
- Go through the video again and write down what Ainslie and Will say in two columns. Mark the sections that link to the headings above
Discussion Points
How should your profile picture look? Should it be just like you? Does a real photo give away too much personal information? Should you use a different picture?
Does everyone lie online to make themselves look better? Is this a good or a bad thing? Or is it somewhere in between?
How can your personal details be unsafe? It鈥檚 not as though someone would come round to your home.
Is it ever ok to share other people鈥檚 information without permission?
Roleplay explaining to a friend who is new to the internet the difference between private and public information
Fillers and fast finisher activities
- Create a new profile for yourself as a new character in the animation.
- Draw a picture of the 鈥榬eal鈥 you and the 鈥榦nline鈥 you.
- Create a safe profile and an unsafe profile for a character in a book you are reading or a film you have seen
- Make a table with two columns and fill them with examples of private and public information
- Make a top-tips leaflet or set of information cards with advice about setting up an online profile
Signposting potential homework activities
- Share the video with friends & family & discuss any experiences they have had with the issues raised
- Make a word search or crossword puzzle using keywords from this topic for your classmates to try in school
- Create your own comic strip or cartoon about the same or a similar issue with two funny characters exploring online safety and helping each other get things right.
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