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Guidance notes for the presenter
How to use the kit
- The kit is made up of:
- guidance notes for presenters;
- privacy stories with discussion points – download at
- a short film – see the DVD or go tothe link at
- activities – download at
- a quiz – download at
- mini brochures –download at
- posters –download at
- a link to footage of the official launch of the kit and the inaugural presentation. Go to
- You can use the whole kit or pick the parts you want to use and put together a presentation that will work best for you and your students.
- To introduce the issues, start with a stimulating presentation about privacy using one of the stories in the kit or use a story of your own. You can adapt any of the stories in the kit or maybe use a combination of them. There are discussion points with the stories, which you can use during the story by pausing at appropriate places, or save them until the end.
- As part of the presentation, show the short film. You can talk about the film and maybe show it more than once.
- You can have a quiz at the end of the presentation or do quick quiz questions during it. You will know what will work best for your students.
- To follow up, you can take other stories back to the class for further discussion and try some of the suggested activities.
- You can check out footage of the official launch of the kit and the inaugural presentation – this could give you ideas on how you can present the topic.
- There are posters to put up and mini brochures for students to take away.
Presentation notes
These notes guide you on how to present the topic to schools. Invite a guest speaker and have a presentation in front of year groups, individual classes or at a school assembly – whatever works best for your school.
Short film
The short film aims to get studentsthinking about what happens to their personal information. Play the DVD or go to the link at to view the short film.
Quiz
Designed to get students thinking a bit more, do the quiz. This could be during or after the presentation, or take it back to the class for later. Download the quiz at
Mini brochures
Students can take away a brochure that is filled with lots of ways to think about their personal information – their rights, how to safeguard it and what to do if they think something has gone amiss.
Privacy stories with discussion points and activities
Using the privacy stories, have follow up discussions in your class and get into some activities to think further about the issues. Download the stories with discussion points and the activities at
Posters
Posters can be put up around the school.
Footage of the official launch of the kit
You can check out the footage of the official launch of the kit, which includes the inaugural presentation. This could give you some ideas for your presentation. Go to to see the launch.
The presentation
There’s no one “right” way to do a presentation, but here are some ideas based on our students’ feedback about what works for them.
Check out the footage from the official launch of the kit, which includes the inaugural presentation for ideas. Go to and click on the link.
There are four parts to the presentation: the hook, the short film, the story (with discussion points) and the quiz. You can use all the parts of the presentation or just choose the bits you want.
Presentation to whom?
There are different approaches you can take with the presentation. We think it will work best with 13-18 year olds and using it with smaller groups such as year groups. Or, you could present it to individual classes or even the whole school – whatever works best for your school.
The presenter
Start by inviting a guest speaker. The youth privacy group emphasised that one of the most effective ways of getting messages across to young people is for those messages to come from other young people. There are lots of people you could ask to present this topic, but we think it would be best coming from a young person. This could be a senior student at school or a well known local young person – a youth leader, sportsperson, artist or musician for example. There might be a well regarded ex-pupil you could ask – a tertiary student or someone working. You could also think about asking a local celebrity or politician. You could also decide to have more than one presenter.
Whoever you choose, the presenter needs to grab the students’ attention, they need to be someone the students can relate to, they need to be interesting and be able to tell a story and get people thinking.
1. The Hook
Before the presenter tells the story, get the students involved and active. Here’s an activity that could hook the students. Before the presentation you will need to set this up.
Place coloured cards (red, yellow, green and blue) under chairs. At the start of the presentation, ask everyone to look under their chairs to see if they have a card. Then ask the different groups to stand up in turn. For example,
- everyone with a red card represents someone who has put silly photos on their social networking page;
- everyone with a yellow card represents someone who has entered a competition by filling in a form but not checking what the company is going to do with their details;
- everyone with a green card has contacted a company to take them off a mailing list or database; and
- those with a blue card are those who have bought something online by sending their bank details to a company without checking the website was secure.
Discussion point
To get the students thinking, ask them to discuss their cards in pairs or groups: what do the students reckon – is there a problem?
This is just one idea for a ‘hook’ activity – you will no doubt have other ideas.
2. The short film
Next, show the short film. You could have a short discussion about the film afterwards, or save that for after the presentation: what is the film showing us? What would be in your box? Ask students to recount situations they have had with keeping track of their personal information or any problems they’ve had.
You could replay the short film at the end of the presentation.
3. The story
Tell a privacy story – there’s a variety of these available at
The stories are aimed at getting the students thinking about their personal information and what can happen to it:
- What can happen when you pass on your personal details to your friends, businesses or social networking sites?
- What can happen if you are careless with your own or other people’s information?
- Are you are in control of your own information and what rights do you have?
- What can you do if you encounter problems with an organisation or someone handling your personal details?
Tie these questions into the cards if you’ve used them as a hook.
There are discussion points with the stories. You can stop at these during the presentation, or read the story in its entirety and discuss the issues at the end.
The story needs to capture the students’ attention and get them thinking. It needs to be presented in a dramatic, interesting and genuine way.
4. The quiz
After the presentation, have the quiz. Or, you could mix up the quiz questions into the presentation and do ‘quick quizzes’ throughout. Award prizes if you want to.
Mini brochures
Students can take away a mini brochure on the way out.
Follow-up
There are more stories to read and talk about, and activities to do, back in class. Or you could integrate some of these into the presentation. Find these at
Students can also check out the youth section of the privacy website at