Lesson video

Hello, my name is Miss Wello, and I'm going to be your teacher for today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called The Impact of the Internet on Me, and it fits into the unit: media influence.

Is the internet a good influence in our lives? During this lesson, we are going to be talking about crime, discrimination and some other sensitive topics.

So for this lesson, we do require you to have an adult with you.

If you don't have an adult with you at the moment, please come back to this lesson when you do have one with you, and if at any point during this lesson you feel worried or uncomfortable, it's really important that you stop the video and that you speak to a trusted adult.

Okay, let's make a start on today's lesson.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to describe the impacts of the internet, spot false information, and explain risks of illegal online behaviors.

Before we get started with today's lesson, we need to go over some ground rules.

These help to make sure that everyone feels safe, and comfortable during today's lesson.

Laura says that we need to "Listen to others.

It's okay to disagree with each other, but we should always listen properly before we make any assumptions, or before we decide how to respond.

When we disagree with someone else, it's important to challenge the statement and not the person" themselves.

Next, Jacob says, "No judgment.

We can explore any beliefs and misunderstandings that we have about a topic without fear of being judged by others." Next, Andeep says that "We need to respect each other's privacy.

We can discuss examples, but we shouldn't use any names or descriptions that could identify anyone including ourselves." If we want to share a story, we can refer to someone as my friend.

This means that we're not going to give away any identifying information.

Finally, Izzy says that "We can choose our level of participation.

Everyone has the right to choose not to answer a question, or to join in with discussion if they don't feel comfortable, and we should never put anyone on the spot." We're now going to take a look at the keywords for today's lesson.

Our first keyword is content, this is posts, videos, reels, or articles posted online.

Next, we have misinformation.

This is false or inaccurate information shared without intent to deceive, getting the facts wrong by mistake.

Next, we have disinformation.

This is articles, videos, or images that are untrue, and are designed to confuse or mislead us.

And finally, we have influence.

This is the effect that somebody or something has on the way a person thinks or behaves.

Today's lesson is split into three learning cycles.

Our first learning cycle is called: How does the internet impact our lives? Our second learning cycle is called: How can we spark misinformation online? And our last learning cycle is called: What are the risks of illegal behaviors online? Let's make a start on our first learning cycle.

How does the internet impact our lives? The internet is a global network connecting billions of digital devices worldwide, allowing us to access information, and communicate with anyone.

People use the internet to browse websites, communicate, manage money, shop, learn, apply for jobs, play games, and share content.

Jacob says, "I live in the UK and my cousin lives in America, but we talk online every week and we play games together." The internet can have a significant impact on us in both positive and negative ways.

So for example, Aisha says, "I love reading about different makeup tips and watching tutorials.

It makes me feel more confident," but Izzy says, "Sometimes I find that the amount of beauty content makes me feel insecure about the way I look." Laura says, "I really enjoy playing online games with friends from all over the world," but Luca says, "I joined a group of people who love online games.

We post our scores and discuss tactics.

Recently, it's become quite competitive and I'm enjoying it less." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing.

I'd like you to finish this sentence.

The internet can A, impact people differently.

B, improve people's lives, or C, make people's lives more difficult.

What do you think? Pause the video.

Talk to people around you or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that all of these three things are correct, the internet can impact people differently, it can improve people's lives, and it can also make people's lives more difficult.

Well done if you said the same thing.

Social media sites do have rules and guidelines about what people can and cannot post online.

Content will mostly be removed if it's offensive or discriminatory, if it's threatening or violent.

If it's confidential information about someone, for example, their home address, if it's illegal, or shows illegal activities taking place, or if it's misinformation.

However, because of the amount of content available, it's hard to monitor and content will not always be removed by the social media platform.

We only see a tiny fraction of online content, and sometimes we might come across something that makes us feel uncomfortable, worried, or upset.

Andeep says, "If you're sent content that makes you feel worried or upset, you should always talk to a trusted adult.

They can listen to your concerns and help you to change your privacy settings, and filters to stop this content from appearing again." There are lots of ways to filter content online to avoid being sent things that are upsetting.

So first of all, we can block people.

This prevents certain people from being able to contact you online.

We can hide people and content, so this hides certain social media accounts, or people from your timeline or feed.

We can report something, so this allows you to report offensive or abusive content to the platform.

If a law has been broken, you can also report this to the police.

And finally, we can also use safe search.

Turning this on means that you are less likely to be targeted with inappropriate content.

There are also other ways to manage what you see on your social media use, so you can take a short break from social media and enjoy an offline activity instead.

Maybe this is drawing, writing or doing something outside.

You can reduce the number of accounts that you follow, and make sure that you're only following accounts that really bring you joy.

You can turn off notifications, so you aren't constantly checking your device and you can unfollow accounts that make you feel uncomfortable or unhappy.

You can also set time limits on how long you spend on social media apps.

This is especially important if you notice that you spend a long time on one social media app without always realizing it.

Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're doing.

I'd like you to decide if the statement is true or false.

If you're sent offensive content online, there's nothing you can do about it.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video.

Talk to the people around you or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is false, but why? You might have said that depending on the content, you can report this to the online platform, and the message or post can be removed.

Alternatively, if a law has been broken, you can also report the content to the police.

Well done if you said something like this.

We're now moving on to our first practice task, and well done for your hard work in this learning cycle so far.

I'd like you to look at this scenario.

Laura enjoys playing basketball and follows many basketball social media accounts.

Recently, she started seeing content that talks about how you should look, what you should wear, and gives diet tips for improving her game.

She's finding this content overwhelming.

It's making her feel self-conscious about her body, and it's putting her off her favorite sport.

She doesn't want to stop following some of these accounts, but the content is upsetting at times.

First of all, I'd like you to identify the impacts that the content is having on Laura, and next, I'd like you to provide Laura with three pieces of advice on how to manage the content that she's seeing.

Pause the video and we'll go through some (indistinct) answers in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

For the first part of the task, you might have said that the impacts that the content is having on Laura include finding the comments about clothes and diet tips overwhelming, that she's becoming self-conscious about her body and that she's becoming reluctant to play basketball.

For the second part of this task, your advice to Laura may have included, talk to a trusted adult for advice.

Hide some of the accounts that you dislike if you don't want to unfollow them.

If the content is offensive or contains misinformation, you can report it to the platform.

You can also take a break from social media, and do something that you enjoy offline and you can reduce the number of basketball accounts that you follow.

Well done if you had some of these ideas.

We're now moving on to our second learning cycle.

How can we spark misinformation online? The development of internet technology brings huge benefits to our lives.

However, because it's open to everyone, it isn't always reliable, safe, or honest.

Aisha says that "The internet can be an amazing place to communicate with others and to find information, but you need to be careful who you talk to and where you find information from." Jacob says, "We need to judge whether the information that we're reading is reliable, misinformation or disinformation." Misinformation is false information shared without intent to deceive.

People share it thinking that it's correct.

They don't realize that it's wrong.

Disinformation on the other hand, is false information that's deliberately shared to deceive others, and to influence people's thinking or behavior.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Is the statement true or false? Disinformation is when someone mistakenly shares something as fact without realizing it's false.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video, talk to people around you or have a think to yourself.

You might have said that this is false, but why? You might have said something like disinformation is when someone purposefully deceives you by sharing information that's untrue or false.

Often in order to influence your thinking, actions or behaviors.

Misinformation is when someone mistakenly shares something as fact without realizing that it's false.

Well done if you remember this.

Jun tries to only read reliable information.

Jun says, "I like to read the news and find out about current affairs on the internet.

I mostly use reliable websites that I've been recommended by school, but sometimes I get news articles or health advice sent to me on social media by friends.

I don't always know if these stories are correct or if they're trying to influence me.

How can I tell which websites are sharing misinformation, and which are sharing correct advice?" This is a really good question and we're going to look at the answer to this question in this learning cycle.

This news article says, "Joining a gym is the best way to stay fit and exercise," and this is said by the owner of Beefed Up Gyms Limited.

Jun says that "Although this is a news article from an online newspaper, the advice is presented as coming from an expert.

However, they own a gym and they could be biased, which means one-sided as they might just want to promote their business." Let's take a look at the statement from a student chat room.

@stayhealthy123 says, "I exercise three times a week with a mix of cardio and weight training." Jun says that "A chat room can be a great way to get ideas from other people and inspiration too.

However, these people are often not qualified to give advice, especially health advice, and what works to one person may not be right for someone else." We can also take a look at what's posted on social media platforms. @celebrity100 says that "The best thing you can do for physical exercise is invest in a running machine for your home." This is a paid promotion by running 2000.

Jun says that "Celebrities will often endorse a product and because they're famous, we feel like we can believe their advice, but they're also not qualified and they may be being paid to advertise a product" like in this example here.

"It is the law to say on a post if someone's being paid for the content, but this may be in small print and it may be hard to see." Let's do another check for understanding to see how you're doing.

Which of these options might suggest that a source online isn't reliable? A, it's a paid promotion.

B, it comes from an expert or C, it comes from a celebrity.

Which of those options might suggest that a source online isn't reliable? What do you think? Pause the video, talk to people around you, or have a think to yourself.

You might have said that A and C are correct.

If something online is a paid promotion or if it comes from a celebrity, this might suggest that the source isn't reliable.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We're now going to take a look at a fake news website.

On www.

shockingnews.

com, it says that "A man ran 1000 miles every day to stay healthy.

You'll never guess what happened next.

Click here to find out." Jun says that "Sometimes, websites will use click bait headlines, writing that is sensationalized or misleading in order to attract visitors to click on their website.

These headlines are designed to shock, or intrigue people so that they want to find out more.

The headlines and articles themselves may be misinformation." Misinformation can spread really quickly, especially online.

Although unintentional, it can mislead people, increase confusion, and in extreme cases, it can even put people in danger.

Jun says, "I once shared an article without checking if it was true.

My friends believed it and acted on the advice.

I felt bad when I realized that it was misinformation.

Now I always check sources before sharing." Let's do another check for understanding, and this time I'd like you to decide if the statement is true or false.

Although not intentional, sharing misinformation can be harmful for others.

What do you think? Is this true or false? Pause the video, talk to people around you or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that this is true.

It's true that although sharing misinformation is not intentional, it can still be harmful for others.

It can even be dangerous too.

Well done if you said the same thing.

We're now moving on to our second practice task and well done for your hard work so far.

I'd like you to read this social media post and explain three ways in which it's trying to manipulate people.

Let's take a look at the social media post.

@famousmodel2000 says that "An A-list model reveals the top three beauty products that they use to keep looking young.

Click here to find out more." This is a paid promotion with modelproducts.

com.

Can you explain three ways that, that social media post is trying to manipulate people? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

You might have said that the social media handle, @famousmodel2000 suggests that this advice is from a celebrity, not an expert.

It's also clear that this is a paper motion, which means that it's not a balanced review.

The post will be biased and it could contain misinformation.

It also says click here, and this is click bait.

It uses misleading information to attract users to click on the website.

Well done if you had some of these ideas.

We're now moving on to our final learning cycle.

What are the risks of illegal behaviors online? In addition to misinformation and disinformation, there are also risks of encountering illegal behaviors online.

So some examples include creating, possessing and sharing illegal online content.

Fraud and scams, and the supply purchase or selling of knives and illicit drugs.

First of all, we're going to talk about creating, possessing and sharing illegal online content.

So not all content online is safe or appropriate for children or young people.

Some harmful online content is considered to be illegal.

Police officer Paula explains that "Illegal content is anything which is against the law to make, engage with or distribute.

This means share with others.

Some examples of illegal content include explicit images of people under the age of 18, online hate material and terrorist content." Let's do a check for understanding to see how you're doing with this learning cycle so far.

I'd like you to complete the missing words.

Examples of illegal behaviors online include creating, blank and sharing illegal online content.

Fraud and blank.

The supply, purchase or selling of blank and elicit drugs.

Where I've said the word blank, can you decide which word is missing? Pause the video, talk to the people around you or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that the first missing word was possessing, the second was scams, and the last missing word was knives.

So examples of illegal behaviors online include creating, possessing and sharing illegal online content, frauds and scams, and the supply, purchase or selling of knives and illicit drugs.

Well done if you got this right.

Now we're going to talk about fraud and scams. So with an increasing reliance on technology, there's an increased risk of fraud and scams online.

Police officer Kofi says that "Fraud is the unauthorized use of someone's personal information to cause financial loss.

So for instance, cloning a person's credit card through insecure websites.

Scams are designed to trick someone into voluntarily giving up their personal information or sums of money.

For example, messages pretending to be from your bank, asking for account information." We are now going to talk about the supply, purchase or selling of knives and illicit drugs.

So many criminal gangs use social media, gaming platforms or the dark web to glorify knife crime and promote drug use.

Vulnerable young people may be targeted by gangs to aid in the supply of drugs and knives in exchange for money or material possessions, but there are serious consequences.

Consequences for illegal behaviors online include criminal penalties including imprisonment, unlimited fines, and a criminal record.

A criminal record can then make employment extremely difficult and it can reduce travel opportunities as well.

Victims of fraud and scams can suffer devastating financial and emotional impacts, and knife crime endangers both those carrying the weapons and the wider community as well.

Let's do another check for understanding.

Which of the following are legal consequences for illegal behavior online? A, imprisonment B, a criminal record, or C, being banned from school wifi.

Which of those are legal consequences for illegal behavior online? Pause the video, talk to the people around you, or have a think to yourself.

Well done if you said that A and B are correct.

Imprisonment and a criminal record are both legal consequences for illegal behavior online.

Well done if you got this right.

We're now moving on to our final practice task and well done for your hard work.

I'd like you to complete the table with the missing information.

So here we have a table, and we've got illegal behavior online and potential consequences filled out already.

Here's a list of the illegal behavior online that's in the table, creating, sharing and possessing illegal content, fraud and scams and supply, purchase and selling of knives and illicit drugs.

The potential consequences of these are imprisonment, financial penalties, a criminal record, reduced travel and work opportunities, repaying the victim any money lost if fraud was involved, injury or death if knife crime is involved.

Can you complete the example column in the middle of the table? Pause the video and we'll go through what you might have said in a few minutes.

Okay, let's see what you might have said.

For the example for creating, sharing and possessing illegal content, you might have said explicit images of people under the age of 18 years old, online hate material and terrorist content.

An example of fraud and scams, you could have said that a fraud could be cloning a person's credit card and a scam could be tricking a person to give up personal information through sending messages pretending to be from a bank.

You also could have said as an example, for supply, purchase and selling of knives and illicit drugs, you might have said gangs targeting vulnerable young people to aid in supply of drugs and knives in exchange for money, or material possessions.

Well done if your completed table look like this.

We're now going to summarize the key learning from today's lesson.

In today's lesson, we've learned that the internet is a global network connecting us to people around the world.

It has both positive and negative impacts on our lives.

We need to check that the content that we share online is reliable and it's not misinformation or disinformation.

Illegal behaviors online include illegal content, fraud and scams, and the supply and selling of knives and illicit drugs.

We've learned that these carry serious consequences including imprisonment, unlimited fines, and a criminal record.

And finally, we've learned that if we see content that worries or upsets us, we should always speak with a trusted adult and use the report function too.

In today's lesson, you might have found that you've got some worries or questions, and if you do, it's really important that you share these with a trusted adult.

There's also some resources on the screen that are there to help you too.

Well done for your hard work today, I hope to see you again soon.