Start by displaying or distributing page three of the Privacy Pursuit booklet and reading through the instructions. Have students do the “Scavenger Hunt” activity together as a class.

Then have students discuss: What does it mean if a toy is connected to the internet? If you were playing with a talking doll or toy, what could the people who make it learn about you know?

Let students discuss this for a few minutes and then explain that when something is connected to the internet, we say it is a networked device. That means it is connected to devices that are connected to other devices, so that every device that is connected to the internet is connected in some way to every other connected device.

Point out that being networked also means that those connections go two ways. If you are playing with a networked toy, for instance, or watching a video on a networked device like a phone or tablet, the computers they’re connected to are sending things to you (what the toy will say or do next) but you are also sending things to them (what you say to the toy, what video you choose, how much of it you watch, and so on.)