What if GuidlinesVersion 1 August 23, 2012
East Midlands Specialist College Group
E-Safety Project
What If? Guidance Notes and Questionnaires
What If?is a set of three PowerPoint slideshows for LLDD learners depicting scenarios of false identity and deceit which could be encountered when using social networking sites.
Each slideshow has a ‘before and after’ section. The first section is an online conversation with a character as it would have taken place and the second section provides the ‘real’ version of the character and their situation. Each slideshow comes with a set of questions designed to stimulate discussion ‘before and after’. The questions are in a Word document and are freely editable and adaptable to suit different student groups.
To use What If?, download the zip files from our website at
Unzip the PowerPoint and WMV video files into a folder together and then open and run the PowerPoint.
Summary of the three scenarios
Simon
Simon is an old man posing as a handsome 20 year old. He claims to not get out much because he is studying. He tries to find out where the person he is talking to hangs out and if they like going to the cinema.
Lisa
Lisa is a man with an old laptop posing as an attractive 18-year-old girl with an iPad. She claims her dad can get free cinema tickets and asks for the person’s address so she can send them. She also pretends to be a cat-owner.
Jane
Jane is an older woman posing as an attractive 17-year-old, complete with bikini-clad holiday photos. She claims to live in a cottage in the country with her parents and is a dog-lover. In reality she is alone in a dirty dingy room.
Questionnaires
Simon
Take 1 / Take 2What’s this person’s name?
Do you think it’s a man or a woman?
How old is this person?
Do you think he’s good looking or sexy (or both)?
Are you going to tell him where you hang out?
Would YOU like to go to the cinema with him? / Would your answers be different now?
Lisa
Take 1 / Take 2What’s this person’s name?
Do you think it’s a man or a woman?
How old is this person?
Do you think she’s attractive?
And sexy?
What is she offering you?
Are you going to give her your address?
Will you go out for a coffee with her? / Would your answers be different now?
Jane
Take 1 / Take 2What’s this person’s name?
Do you think it’s a man or a woman?
How old is this person?
Do you think she’s attractive or sexy (or both)?
Are you going to tell her what college you go to?
Where do you think she is now? / Would your answers be different now?
Produced for the East Midlands Specialist College Group E-Safety Project
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