Brief description of the activity/assessment
Students work in groups to explore the Data Detox Kit. It includes three different topics (privacy, security and wellbeing) with multiple pages to read and some activities to try. Then each group presents to the rest of the class the key things they have learned, either as a role play or as a presentation.
Instructions document – Step by step instructions for the students
Ways to assess student work
Formative (graded or ungraded)
Sample explanation for students about how this activity develops their digital literacies
After this assignment, students will develop critical awareness of digital privacy, security and wellbeing risks and be able to apply more thoughtful behavior to protect their privacy and security and enhance their digital wellbeing. The assignment asks students to contextualize the tips in the Digital Detox Kit to the Egyptian context, and to promote awareness to others of the most significant risks and behaviors, so there is an element of evaluating all the possible dimensions and choosing the most salient to share, as well as thinking creatively of how to present this persuasively to others in a live presentation and a digital artifact.
Faculty support material
Average preparation time for faculty
30 minutes
Average time it takes students to complete this activity
2-3 hours
Necessary tools/technologies
Depending on what they use to create their digital artifact, students may need video recording/editing or audio recording/editing or cartoon creation or infographic creation to present their findings and share their ideas and reflections.
Possible adaptations
Faculty can make use of the kit to initiate a persuasive/rhetorical essay assignment, where students focus on some aspects of privacy, security or wellbeing and argue for it drawing from additional research beyond the Data Detox Kit.