Provide learners with best practices for managing their browser extensions

About This Module

This curriculum module is based on takeaways from series two 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. The handout from this module has been translated into Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian, and Spanish.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

• • Define and describe browsing extensions
  • Understand how browser extensions work
  • Discuss the pros and cons of selecting and using browser extensions

Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is also included in the downloadable facilitation guide below. You are welcome to use any and all of this, or adapt it as you see fit.

This module will take approximately 35 to 40 minutes to complete.

Welcome and introduction

Greet learners and review the plan for this module

Defining browser extensions

Provide a brief definition of browser extensions and see if anyone has any clarifying questions

What browser extensions can do

Share examples of what browser extensions can do. Ask learners what they would add to this list.

Risks associated with browser extensions

Share with learners some of the risks inherent with browser extensions, including the amount of information they can provide to developers. See if anyone has any questions

Activity: Ensure your current browser extensions are secure

Give your learners the guided handout. Invite learners to list the browsers they currently use. (Note: learners may need to do this from memory if they don’t have access to a personal device. You may consider reviewing this activity and sending it home with learners to practice on their own.) Learners can then research some of their extensions to determine the level of safety

Managing your browser extensions

Share a list of best practices learners for using browser extensions.

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.

Empower learners to understand and better manage their location settings

About This Module

This curriculum module is based on takeaways from series two 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. The handout from this module has been translated into Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian, and Spanish.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

• • Define location settings
  • Analyze the benefits and issues with using location settings
  • Use methods to better manage location settings

Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is also included in the downloadable facilitation guide below. You are welcome to use any and all of this, or adapt it as you see fit.

This module will take approximately 45 to 50 minutes to complete.

Introduction and welcome

Greet learners and review the plan for this module.

Define location-based services

Provide a definition for location-based services and see if anyone has any questions

Activity: Location-based services opinions

Have a conversation with learners and ask them to consider how they feel about location-based services and when location services might be helpful or intrusive and unnecessary

The pros and cons of location-based services

Explain how location-based services work. Review the pros and cons of sharing your location and pause to see if learners have anything else to add to these lists. Conclude this section by noting how common and pervasive location services are

Discussion: The pros and cons of location-based services

Hold a discussion with learners about their views on location-based services and the risks and benefits of them

Ways to manage location settings

Add to the recommendations you heard in the discussion just now by reviewing ways participants can adjust their location settings. See if learners have anything else to add or any questions as you go through these slides

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.