Provide learners with the knowledge and skills they need to understand and handle social media account hacks
About This Module
This curriculum module is based on takeaways from series one of NYC Digital Safety training videos. You may use this module by:
- Including it in your pre-existing public workshops
- Combining it with other NYC Digital Safety modules to make a longer data-privacy focused workshop
- Sharing the handout with library users at various service points
Downloadable presentation slides, a facilitation guide, and a handout can be found below.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Define social media account hacks
- Identify warning signs for social media account hacks
- Explain and use best practices to handle and to prevent social media account hacks
Lesson Plan
As presented here, this module will take approximately 45 to 50 minutes to complete. You are welcome to use any and all of this, or adapt it as you see fit.
This lesson plan is also included in the downloadable facilitation guide below.
Introduction to lesson
Greet learners and review the plan for this module
Define social media account hacks
Provide a brief definition of social media account hacks and see if anyone has any questions or anything to add.
Why and how social media account hacks occur
Provide an overview of why and how social media account hacks occur. Pause to see if anyone has anything to add to the lists here or any questions
Discussion: social media account use
Put learners into small groups. Using the handout, give them discuss their social media accounts and consider how they are protecting those accounts
How to spot a hack
Review different warning signs of a social media account hack and see if learners have anything else to add
How to handle a social media account hack
Review different steps to take in the event of a hack. See if learners have other tips to add
Wrap up, final tips, and final questions
Review the closing thoughts and share the suggested resources. See if anyone has any final questions
Next Steps
Download the materials below for use in your workshop or at service points throughout your library.
If you plan to create a longer privacy-focused workshop using these materials, here is a link to Google slides. Feel free to make a copy if you’d like to add these slides to any other deck.
And please let us know how it went! Use this form to share your feedback on this module. We’d love to hear from you.