The following lesson plans are yours to utilized, adapt, and remix as you’d like. Handouts for many of these materials are available in Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian, and Spanish. See this guide to translated modules for more information.
Want to skill up before presenting lesson plans to the public? Training videos for library staff on the following topics are available:
- Series 1: Personally Identifiable Information
- Series 2: How and Why Ads Follow Us Around the Internet
- Series 3: Spam Calls, Texts, and Email
- Series 4: Viruses and Malware
- Series 5: Libraries and Data Privacy
Questions? Please email us at info@metro.org!
How People Get Your Data
A brief journey into who might be attempts at nefariously gathering data
How to Prevent Your Data from Being Stolen
Help prepare your library users for keeping their accounts safe and sound!
What to Do if You've Been Hacked
Hearing horror stories from your library users about data breaches and account hacks? Help is on the way!
How Online Tracking Works
Shed some light on just how ads follow us around the web
Managing Your Privacy Settings
Share steps to stop data tracking in its, well, tracks with these modules
Spam Calls
Share info on how to avoid and maybe even put a stop to those pesky spam calls
Spam Emails and SMS Messages
How to rid the world of pesky spam emails and texts
How Scams and Malware Work
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Dealing with Malware
Hearing horror stories of infected computers? Here's some helpful info
Navigating Technology with Reflection
Ways and means for bringing your relationship with technology to safer shores
Helping users understand and navigate privacy issues
Get to the nitty gritty of these topics with these issues-based modules