This webinar is part of a series for NSW secondary teachers that examines some of the most pressing civic, political and social issues in 2026.
What do students mean when they say “privacy”? Often, it’s simple: don’t look at my phone, don’t share my messages, that’s personal. This session starts from that everyday understanding, then shows how privacy becomes more complicated once information moves between friends, schools, employers, governments, and digital platforms.
We unpack why the same information can feel acceptable in one context and wrong in another and give teachers practical ways to teach privacy as a real‑world HSIE issue, not just an online safety lesson.
What can teachers take straight into lessons?
- A values‑mapping activity: students compare how different groups define privacy (teenagers, parents, schools, governments, platforms, journalists) and explore why those definitions clash.
- A “privacy in context” routine: the same information, different settings. Students test what changes when something is shared with friends, a teacher, an employer, or “everyone”.
- A fast, adaptable scenario toolkit: short dilemmas (e.g. a group‑chat screenshot, school monitoring software, AI‑generated rumours) analysed using four prompts: What’s at stake? Who benefits? What’s the trade‑off? What would a fair rule look like?
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