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What’s your brand?

About this resource

The whole class go through a PowerPoint slide presentation that includes discussion questions. Teacher can also download a lesson plan to generate deeper discussion.

Target audience

Level

Lower secondary

Keywords

Accessing support, Privacy and personal information, Digital reputation, Cyberbullying

Type of resource

PDF slide deck, Lesson plan

Timeframe

40 minutes

Australian curriculum

Key learning areas

Technologies, Health and Physical Education

General capabilities

ICT Capability, Ethical Understandings, Personal and Social Capability

Topic: What’s your brand?

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Media

Our video and resource library has a range of videos and animations to suit your classroom needs.

Australian Curriculum outcomes

Australian Curriculum links

This presentation will address Australian Curriculum Health and Physical Education and Digital Technologies outcomes including: 

  • Evaluate factors that shape identities and critically analyse how individuals impact (ACPPS089).
  • Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (ACPPS070).
  • Investigate the benefits of relationships and examine their impact on their own and others’ health and wellbeing (ACPPS074).
  • Reflect on their role as a citizen in Australia’s democracy (ACHCS074).

It addresses elements of the Personal and Social General Capabilities including self-awareness and self-management and addresses elements of the Ethical Understanding General Capabilities including exploring values, rights and responsibilities.

Social media changes are coming

From 10 December 2025, certain social media platforms won’t be allowed to let Australians under 16 create or keep an account. Under-16s will still be able to see publicly available social media content that doesn’t require logging into an account.

What you need to know:

  • Educators need to be aware that age restrictions may apply to platforms they currently use for educational purposes and to communicate with their school community.
  • The age restrictions are likely to apply to Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, X and YouTube, as well as other platforms. See the latest list.
  • Find out more about the exclusions for educational tools such as learning management systems.
  • Schools may need to explore alternative methods for communicating with parents and students.
  • For further guidance, including if educators will be able to use their own accounts to share age-appropriate education materials, please refer to school or education sector policies and procedures. 

 

Find out more at eSafety’s social media age restrictions hub.