Learning kitGrades 6-8

Computer science: cybersecurity and privacy

Your data, your rules

Guard your identity, see how a profile of your interests gets built, find the hidden data inside a photo, shop for apps by what they ask for, and take stock of everything online about you. Ages 11 to 14 or grades 6 to 8.

Time
About 90 minutes, in one or two sittings
Steps
5 steps
You need
A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.
Unlock the kit, $5 I have a code

$5 for one learner: every step, the CryptoLab activities that check the work, the printable lesson, and the certificate with a page of the learner's own work.

An interests profile run through a hash: the words turn into a scramble of colored squares that cannot be read back.

The 5 steps

  1. 1Guard your identityRead and quizYour identity online is every piece of information that says who you are. Guarding it means deciding who gets which pieces.
  2. 2Create a profile based on your interestsBuild and checkApps and advertisers build a profile of you from what you like, watch and search. Build one yourself and see what it gives away.
  3. 3Learn about metadataRead and investigateMetadata is data about data. A photo, a message or a document can carry facts you never see on screen.
  4. 4Shop for apps in a life-sized app storeShop smartBefore you install an app, read what it asks for. Each permission is a key to part of your phone.
  5. 5Inventory your digital presenceTake stockYour digital presence is everything online about you: accounts, posts, photos others posted, and old profiles you forgot.

Work on a computer. The apps need a keyboard and a bigger screen than a phone: a laptop, desktop or Chromebook. You can pay here and open the emailed link on the computer.

One learner

Unlock the kit, $5

  • All 5 steps, worked on screen, with a lesson you can print if you like paper
  • CryptoLab activities that check the work as it is done
  • A numbered certificate with a page of the learner's own work: your profile check, your app choices and your digital presence inventory

We email a link that opens the kit on any computer. No account needed. We keep the email only to send the kit and certificate links: privacy.

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Co-ops and classes: unlock it for a group

One payment and one code. Each learner types the code to unlock the kit on their own computer, and gets their own certificate at the end. Your pack page shows who has started and finished.

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Questions

What does the learner do in Your data, your rules?

It has 5 steps: 1. Guard your identity; 2. Create a profile based on your interests; 3. Learn about metadata; 4. Shop for apps in a life-sized app store; 5. Inventory your digital presence. Guard your identity, see how a profile of your interests gets built, find the hidden data inside a photo, shop for apps by what they ask for, and take stock of everything online about you. Ages 11 to 14 or grades 6 to 8.

What age is it for?

Grades 6-8. About 90 minutes, in one or two sittings.

What is needed?

A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.

Is there a certificate?

Yes. A numbered certificate with a page of the learner's own work, for your records or a portfolio. It is not course credit.

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