Word search on “Computers and Privacy” now available
With only a few days left until the start of Choose Privacy Week (May 2-8), we want to encourage as many individuals and libraries as possible to participate! A new tool that makes this easy for teachers and librarians is the “Computers and Privacy Word Search” (download PDF here).
Developed by librarian and intellectual freedom advocate Gail Weymouth, the word search provides a simple way for libraries to take part in Choose Privacy Week. Simply print the one-page PDF and make it available at the circulation desk or other access point in the library! Or use it as part of a library program that explores some of the terms included. The word search can help create a “teachable moment” for library users who may be unfamiliar with terms like phishing, encryption, and spyware. Libraries are the perfect places for people to learn more about these important issues!
How are you celebrating Choose Privacy Week in your library or community? Let us know at .
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Sample privacy lesson plans now available
Choose Privacy Week begins on May 2, 2010! If your community would like to participate but hasn’t planned anything yet, it’s not too late! ALA is offering numerous resources for you to take part, including sample lesson plans now available for free download.
Four sample school library lessons from the Choose Privacy Week Resource Guide are now freely available for download! Click here to download a PDF containing sample lesson plans for grades K-2, grades 3-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12.
In addition, ALA will release a fantastic video on May 1st, just in time for Choose Privacy Week! We hope that libraries and others will share the video online and host events to discuss the issues it raises. In addition to “man on the street” interviews, the finished video will feature individuals like Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow, and ALA President Camila Alire discussing privacy. Click here to view a short trailer introducing this film.
Finally, please let us know how you will be celebrating Choose Privacy Week in your community! Visit our Events page for ideas on what’s happening elsewhere around the country, and contact us at to share your own ideas and success.
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Tell us about your Choose Privacy Week events!
As we draw nearer to the inaugural Choose Privacy Week (CPW; May 2-8), we could use your help! Please let us know what events are happening in your library (or nearby libraries) to celebrate Choose Privacy Week. Please send an email to Angela Maycock with the details of your local event. We’ll be compiling and sharing event information on this site so people in communities across the country can find out where to go to participate in this exciting campaign.
If your community is interested in participating, but hasn’t yet put a program together – it’s not too late! We’ll be releasing a video prior to CPW that you can show as part of a library event; it will be a “program in a box” for libraries who want to introduce privacy issues, whether in person or online. You might wish to host a community forum on privacy – visit our civic engagement page for free downloadable resources. We also know that many libraries have other innovative ideas for programming and events, and we are eager to learn about what you have planned!
Also, please help us spread the word by forwarding this message to any library- or privacy-related lists or social networking sites that you might be part of!
Thanks for your assistance. We look forward to hearing from you!
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