Code Tales, Vol 4: Privacy of Personal Digital Data

📚 Code Tales series is designed to empower students to identify and explain key ethical principles and their application to emerging technologies through storytelling, creating digital artefacts, and unplugged activities. The pedagogy empowers students to gain Digital Literacy and learn meta-skills. An adventure of epic proportions that brings a unique confluence of Life skills and Technology rooted in Ethics.

🦉 What are meta-skills and why should students be learning about them?
Meta skills or meta competencies are higher-order cognitive skills such as Creativity, Self-awareness & Resilience that create adaptive learners and act as a key to unlock the development of other technical skills. So as students’ progress through their education, it is important to recognize and explore the development of these skills.

💻 Isn't Digital Literacy the same as Computer Literacy?
The three pillars of digital literacy include, (a) finding and consuming digital content, (b) creating digital content, and (c) the ability to share and communicate it effectively.
Students will create a digital portfolio showcasing their understanding of ethical principles and their application to emerging technologies.

In this book, Code Tales, Vol 4 : Privacy of Personal Digital Data, we focus on exploring the importance of safeguarding personal information and understanding data collection practices. 🦸

Students will learn about online privacy and security, relating it to “The Hen and the Golden Egg” story. They will explore how to build strong "houses" of digital protection. In our increasingly digital world, privacy and security have become fundamental concerns. As the students begin to navigate online spaces more independently, understanding these concepts is crucial for their safety and well-being.

Tweens create Ethical Tale based games and animations on MIT Scratch3.0 coding platform, one of the most popular programs in primary schools on the National curriculum. To create the games in this book, children will need a desktop computer or a laptop. The games require a proper keyboard so will not work well on a tablet or iPad. It is recommended that children should be supervised when using the internet, especially when using a new website.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand the importance of protecting personal information online.
• Learn basic strategies for maintaining digital privacy and security

Curriculum Links:

💻 Computing: Data Protection, Cyber-security basics
Students learn about protecting personal information online and basic cybersecurity concepts. They explore different types of personal data and why it is important to protect them. Students also learn about common online threats like phishing and how to recognize them.

👧 Math: Password strength, basic cryptography
Students explore password strength and simple encryption techniques. They learn how to create strong passwords using combinations of numbers, letters, and symbols. Students also engage in basic cryptography activities, learning how information can be encoded and decoded.

🏇 Language Arts: Storytelling, technical writing
Students analyze “The Hen and the Golden Egg” and write technical guides for online safety. They discuss how the story's theme of security relates to online protection. Students practice writing clear, step-by-step instructions for protecting personal information online.

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