🎒 Phase 1 - Anticipation
💬 Visual + Poll
⏱ 6 minutes
Task 1 - The Invisible Backpack
Look carefully. Do not name the person and do not judge them. What story is the internet building from these clues?
Step 1 - A fictional profile, in silence
No talking yet - just watch
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A game username
📍
A location tag
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A liked video
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A school badge
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A birthday post
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A sports photo
Step 2 - Write three things you think you know about this fictional person
Inference 1
Inference 2
Inference 3
Step 4 - Anonymous wonder-question poll
One tap · no right answer
Can something deleted online still affect your digital identity?
Yes
No
Not sure
Interesting… hold onto your answer. We're about to meet the digital footprint hiding behind that question.
Bridge to Phase 2 - Encounter
Wonder begins with a surprising gap between what we think we share and what others may infer. Let's follow one click and see where it leads.
What happens in Task 1
A 6-minute Phase 1 - Anticipation activity. Students silently observe six clues from a fictional online profile, write three inferences about the person, reflect on which clue revealed the most and which could be misunderstood, then answer an anonymous wonder-question poll.
🎯 Learning objectives
To create curiosity and emotional engagement without giving definitions yet, and to help students notice that small online actions accumulate into a picture of a person.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- Illustrated vocabulary cards and text-to-speech available
- The scenario can be reduced to three clues for lower cognitive load
- Voice or oral responses accepted for the inference and pair-share prompts
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Teacher displays six printed clues or describes the fictional profile aloud
- Inferences and pair-share done verbally in pairs
- Poll taken by a show of hands, kept anonymous by asking students to close their eyes