1. Safer use of Social Networking sites
Keeping yourself safe on line

2. Aims of lesson By the end of the session students will be able to:
Set the security settings on their Facebook account to a sufficiently high level
Identify what information it is not appropriate to have on public view
Describe what the consequences might be of putting inappropriate information or pictures online

3. Personal information
How do people communicate with each other on line? 1990 v 2015
What sites do they use?

4. How secure are you Log on to Facebook
Click on ‘your name’ at the top of the page

5. Click on the Settings tab (next to Activity log) and click ‘view as’.

7. Questions to think about
What information can strangers see about you?
What could they do with this information?
Name
Address
Date of birth
Your friends
Pictures of you
Your posts

8. How to keep your information secure
Click on ‘your name’ at the top of the page
Click on ‘Update info’

9. Next to each of the headings check who the information can be seen by (public/friends/friends of friends It should really be set to ‘friends’

10. Click on ‘Friends’ Click on ‘edit’ Change option to ‘friends’

11. Remember to ‘save’ Click ‘Photos’ Click on ‘Manage Sections’

12. Untick any of the boxes to hide that section Click ‘save’

13. Click on the ‘see all’ button next to ‘Shared with’ Select ‘public’ to see what pictures are able to be viewed by the public

14. Additional security
Click the lock symbol next to your home page

15. Click ‘who can see my stuff’ Who can see my future posts Select’ friends’

16. Click on the icon at the top of the page next to ‘Home’ Click on ‘Privacy Settings’

17. On left hand side of the page click on ‘Timeline and tagging’

18. Check that each of the settings are set to ‘friends’ Change the setting on ‘Reviewing posts friends tag you in’ and ‘Review tags people add’ to ‘ON 'by clicking on ‘Edit’ and then changing the drop down menu to ‘Enabled’

19. Additional security continued
When you write a status update and include someone else’s name, anyone who has access to their page can see yours too
If you tag your location (called ‘checking in’) people can see exactly where you are. Why might that be a problem?

20. KA13 7HE TEST Steve’s childhood postcode was
How quickly can you find what his house looked like

21. Type the postcode or address into Google

22. Click on the marker (‘A’)

23. What should you do if someone abuses you on FB
BLOCK!!
Report
Do not respond back
If you use threatening or abusive language then you could get into trouble with the police
Anything written online is seen to be the same as being said in person

24. Inappropriate content
Pictures or reference to guns/weapons
Pictures or reference to drugs or using drugs e.g.” I got so mashed last night”
Pictures or reference to anything illegal e.g. the person who posted pictures of himself and all the items he stole during the riots
Pictures or posts with a sexual content, especially if anyone involved is under age
Remember that you lose control of anything you put online as soon as you send it, even if you delete the original from your own computer/phone
Think before sending someone a picture/video of yourself or allowing someone to take a picture or video of you. Would you want your gran to see what you are posting (or what other people are posting about you)?
Posting anything on line which is illegal (pictures of you taking what could be drugs; comments or pictures suggesting sexual conduct with someone under age; threats to others) may result in you being arrested/prosecuted
Remember that it is very easy to get evidence of any unpleasant comments or bullying which is done online

25. Consequences
The whole world can see what you have been up to including:
Family
Friends
Other people at College
Teachers
Potential employers
You might permanently ruin your reputation
You could get into trouble at College
You could get into trouble with the Police