Internet Activities (including online privacy) for Pathfinders
Teaching Zack to Think This activity guide offers a true case study of a student who needs to learn more about authenticating the online information he found for a class project.
A Tale of Two Cities This handout takes a humorous look at fraudulent web sites with useful tips for finding authentic information online.
In this activity guide, girls explore issues relating to privacy through a series of activities, surveys and quizzes. The guide begins with a quiz about access to personal information.
Create an Online Safety Pledge Working with the information learned from CyberSense and Nonsense and using the Internet Checklist for Teens (PDF) as background, have each Guide write an "online safety pledge" which they can post beside their computers at home.
Protecting Your Online Privacy Print off the backgrounder Protecting Kids' Privacy on Commercial Web Sites and read through it as a group. Using the Privacy Checklist handout, explore various commercial teen sites noting how data is collected and if users’ personal information is protected.
