The party

Our 6º C students are doing our good practice called "The party". With this good practice we pursue as an objective "To think about the impact our decisions have on our privacy and the privacy of others".

As a warm up activity we propose the reading of the following case:

Carlos has been this weekend in his town parties with his group of friends, also with Andrés, who is a critic person. They had a lot of fun. On Saturday they had a party until dawn and returned home in quite bad conditions, only wishing to catch the bed to rest.

Reviewing Carlos’ mobile photos there are several very funny that he will upload to a known social network. Most of his friends are surprised to see the photos in his profile. Some students, including Andrés, are very upset and have asked Carlos to remove the photos from the social network. He says they're boring mates and they can't stand jokes.

After reading the case, the students reflected on the following questions:

What do you think Carlos should do?

The students responded that Carlos should:

• Remove photo.
• Ask permission before publishing.
• Pixel the faces of friends who do not want to appear.
• Apologize.
• Send photos privately.

Does Andres have reasons to be angry? Is it fair?

Everyone agreed that Andres had reason to be angry because:

• He doesn't like pictures or doesn't want to appear in them.
• Carlos did not ask his permission to upload the photo to the social network.
• He doesn't feel good in that photo.
• That photo could have repercussions on his future working life.
• That image jeopardizes his privacy, security, digital identity...
• He doesn't want moments of his privacy to be public.

How can one respect one’s own privacy of others while showing that they had fun?

The students provided many solutions. Among them:

• Pixel, eliminate, cut faces, use emojis...
• Ask before taking a picture.
• Share stories only with friends who appear in the photo.
• Share photos by safer means such as email.

In large group we divided the class into two groups: Those who support Carlos in his idea of keeping the photos on the social network and those who believe that he should attend to the requests of those who do not believe it.

Some pictures of the sessions:

Presenting the activity

Reading the case

Students reflect on their own

Sharing our ideas

Students in the debate:

Deciding our final product

Cybermentor Students preparing the radio program:

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