Lesson 6: Chat Rooms & Instant Messaging

Introduce terms and definitions related to chat rooms and online communication.
Increase students’ awareness of chat room and instant messaging threats and reinforce how to protect their personal information.
Enhance students’ motor skills while navigating the game.

Computers with Carnegie Cadets: The MySecureCyberspace Game installed
Worksheet for Lesson 6: Chat Rooms & Instant Messaging
Mask template from the Appendix, cardboard, decorative items, colored pencils/markers, and strings or rubber bands to tie the masks.

Read the worksheet and brainstorm about what makes a good or bad username.
Start and log in to the game, then go to the Clubhouse in Cyberspace (CyberPort > Cyberspace Portal > Data Stream North > Clubhouse).
Click on Betty and ask to start the Level 1 training mission.
Listen to her tutorial.
Play the mission until you earn a gold badge.
After earning a gold badge:
Use markers and decorative items to create their Alias mask. Cut out the mask and tie on a string or rubber bands so you can wear it.

Complete the two exercises on the worksheet.
Follow the instructions on the worksheet to locate Betty’s blog on the Academy website and use it to help you fill in the blanks.
Finish making the Alias mask or filling out the worksheet as homework.

At this point, you should be able to:

Identify what personal information should not be shared in chat rooms and through text messaging.
Define the cyber defense terms introduced in this lesson.
Recognize and adhere to chat room safe behavior.
Demonstrate recognition of questions that lead to revealing personal information in chat rooms and mechanism of abstaining from responding to such questions.
Use motor skills necessary to complete the second mission, e.g. mouse, hold and drag game characters.

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