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Risk Check for New Tech (UK)

What privacy risks do new technologies present and how do we decide if they're worth it?
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New tech, like location services and smart devices, helps make our lives easier and opens opportunities that didn't exist before. But these innovations also come at a cost -- especially to our privacy. Help learners consider the benefits and drawbacks of these new technologies -- and decide whether they're ultimately worth it.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Identify important benefits and privacy risks that new technologies present.

  • Decide whether or not the benefits of new technologies outweigh their privacy risks.

  • Use the "Take a Stand" thinking routine to consider both the benefits and the risks of new technologies.

Key Vocabulary: facial recognition  
facial recognition:
a type of technology that can use a digital image to  identify a person

Lesson Plan

50 mins.

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Lesson last updated: August 2022