DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP | GRADE 10

Risk Check
for New Tech

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 Essential Question

What privacy risks do new technologies present,

and how do we decide if they're worth it?

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 Learning Objectives

l Identify important benefits and privacy risks that new

technologies present.

2 Decide whether or not the benefits of new technologies

outweigh their privacy risks.

Use the Take a Stand thinking routine to consider both the

3 benefits and the risks of new technologies.

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KEY VOCABULARY

Facial recognition

A type of technology that can use a digital image to identify a

person.

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 WATCH + DISCUSS

● What are the benefits

of this new technology?
● What are the privacy risks?

To watch this video on KQED Education and to continue the discussion, click here.

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 Benefits of facial recognition Privacy risks of facial recognition
technology technology

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GROUP ACTIVITY

Take a Stand
On your own TAKE A STAND
What do you think? Explain your perspective.

As a group STAND BACK

Where do your classmates stand? Listen to their perspectives.

On your own LOOK AGAIN

Look again at your original response. What had you not considered that other people brought up?
(Maybe you changed your mind, maybe you didn't -- that's OK! Either way, you heard other views.
How has your thinking shifted after hearing your classmates' perspectives, even if you haven't
changed your mind?)

As a group LOOK BEYOND

Look beyond this specific case. How does this dilemma remind you of other situations we've
explored in class or that you've seen, heard about, or experienced?

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