Monday 18 February 2013

20130218 (I) Character Education & Digital Citizenship Programme


What it means to be Digital Citizens? 
me, myself and my cyber persona

Activity 1A
Watch the following video and post your responses as comment to the questions that follows Video is on “On-line Dangers”.


This video is about a young girl who is chatting to a man she does not know. The man asks her to meet him and she does. She really likes the man and thinks he makes her feel special! but is that really the truth?  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV1ZCF4oueQ

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Activity 1B

Reflection Questions 1 (Post as comments.)

  • What are the nature of the cyber dangers presented in the scenario?
  • Why do you think she succumbed so easily to the temptations that eventually led her to be a victim?
  • Why is it so easy to assume a different persona online?


21 comments:

  1. 1. The nature of the cyber danger is sexually.

    2. This is because she probably felt lonely and the man was very nice to her, so she succumb to the man's trap easily.

    3. This is because online, you can change your name to anything, and know one really knows who you are, so pretending to be someone else is very easy.

    ReplyDelete
  2. 1) She was abused and taken advantaged of.
    2) She was lonely and did not know the dangers of cyber bullying.
    3) The internet allows us to stay anonymous and that allows us to assume a different persona.

    ReplyDelete
  3. 1. What are the nature of the cyber dangers presented in the scenario?
    I think that the nature of the cyber dangers presented in the scenario is sexual harassment.

    2. Why do you think she succumbed so easily to the temptations that eventually led her to be a victim?
    She might have felt very important to the man so she believed what the man said and follower him to his house.

    3. Why is it so easy to assume a different persona online?
    As technology nowadays is very advanced, one can disguise himself as another person to trick and lie to them into believing the victim to be who they are not.

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  4. 1. The cyber dangers shown in this video is the danger of sexual harassment.
    2. She succumbed so easily because the man that she was talking to always said that she was very beautiful and liked her appearance.
    3. It is easy to assume a different persona because you can assume fake details about you.

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  5. The cyber dangers presented are potential rape.
    He praised her to make her feel good about herself.
    One can easily change their character and avatar online and can be anyone.

    ReplyDelete
  6. -The fact that people can be different from how they are on the internet.
    They can also ask you to do indecent things through the internet.

    -She was tempted by sweet talk (praising the person and make them feel
    good) and led to believe that he really cared for her

    -I can call myself John on Facebook even though it is not my real name.
    There is also no face to face communication so no one can know who you
    really are

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  7. 1. The nature of cyber dangers are that they are unpredictable and it is very dangerous.
    2. She must have felt that the man was very important to her and that made her feel like that doing anything was possible for him.
    3. The way that people ask for request can sound suspicious and if people have not thought much about it, the way they perceive it can be different

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  8. 1.Sexual harassment

    2.She did not know who the person was and did not bother to do background research of the man.

    3All you need to impersonate as a different person is to create another accounts,update fake information,use photos of other people,block off all people who knows your real identity.

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  9. 1. The nature of the cyber danger is sexual harassment.

    2. This is because she probably felt lonely and the man was very nice to her, so she succumb to the man's trap easily.

    3. This is because online, you can change your name to anything, and know one really knows who you are, so pretending to be someone else is very easy.

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  10. 1. The nature of dangers in cyber-bulliying is that all your photos may be held as blackmail, and there may be sexual harassment, and rape. The results of this may include, but is not limited to suicide, or depression.


    2. She was seduced into believing that this man is a potential husband, and that she should meet up with him. Also, the girl is very naivé, and not street smart. These conditions led her into becoming the victim.


    3. It is easy, as you can just put a fake name on your profile, and trick other people that you are indeed that person.

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  11. 1. Sexual harassment.
    2. The opposite party was kind to the victim online and mede the victim
    think he was good hearted.
    3. One can lie online as the victim does not know the other person in real
    life and can only judge the other person according to his/her front
    online.

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  12. 1. Sexual Harassment through online platforms
    2. The 'predator' acted kind and give compliments to the victim so as to attract her.
    3. It is easy as we can easily change our personality or how we look online so as to attract victims.

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  13. 1) Sexual Harassment is the nature of the video

    2) She trusted other people easily, and fell prey to his crimes.

    3) No one knows your true motive or true side, you can be anyone, you can act as anyone. People are also very naive, believing what everybody says.

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  14. 1. The nature of cyber dangers presented in the scenario is getting sexual harassed.

    2. She got lured by the online stranger and believed that he was okay. The stranger also spoke to her by praising her so that she will like the stranger and follow what he tells her to do.

    3. It's easy to assume a different persona online as one can forge their identity online, and people would believe them since it would seem reliable and real.

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  15. She succumbed so easily to the temptations that eventually led her to be a victim as she is still young, and does not know the dangers. You can write anything for your personal information, so it is easy to assume a different persona online.

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  16. 1. Sexual harassment and abuse

    2. She did not know about the dangers of meeting strangers.

    3. When online, only the person's username is revealed. However, the the person's age, gender and personality is in the dark. So, a 40 year-old man can pose as a 20 year old woman.

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  17. 1. The cyber dangers that are presented are sexual harassment.
    2. The person had told her that she was beautiful.
    3. You are not meeting the person face to face and it is easy to assume a different persona online.

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  18. The cyber danger is Sexual harassment
    2.This is because the person gained her trust by praising her
    3.You can easily change your name or change your identity when you are online.

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  19. 1) The nature of the cyber dangers are that you can't know the intentions of the people chatting to you and that may lead to problems such as harassment.

    2) I think she succumbed to the temptations as she wanted more friends and thus she started to chat to others, thus she fell for the man's trick and got into trouble.

    3) It is easy as you can easily go anonymous in chat and start chatting to other random people online.

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  20. 1. Sexual harassment.

    2. She probably felt lonely and the man was kind to her, so she easily fell for the man's trap.

    3. Online, you can change your name and no one really knows who you are, so pretending to be someone else is very easy.

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  21. • The girl in the video is taken advantage of and fooled online.

    • She must have felt that the man cared for her and he used compliments to attract her.

    • They could hide their true self online and fake as someone else.

    ReplyDelete