Program
Cybersecurity
Becoming Digital Heroes — staying safe online, protecting your information, and making responsible choices with technology.
Students become Digital Heroes: learning how to stay safe online, protect their information, recognize safe and unsafe situations, and make responsible choices while using technology.
Learning objectives
- Understand what online safety means and why it matters
- Create strong passwords and keep them private
- Recognize what counts as personal information
- Identify suspicious messages, links and situations
- Practise digital citizenship and kindness online
- Demonstrate safe habits when using technology
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Course lessons
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Hello Digital Heroes!
What cybersecurity and digital citizenship mean. Vocabulary: computer, internet, safety, digital hero. Activity: design a Digital Hero badge.
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My Secret Password
Strong passwords versus weak ones, and why they stay private. Activity: build a password from a favourite animal, colour and number.
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Stranger Danger Online
People online may not be who they say. Protecting personal information and telling a trusted adult. Activity: sort statements into safe and unsafe to share.
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Spot the Scam!
Recognizing fake messages, suspicious links and pop-ups. Activity: identify which emails are safe and which are suspicious.
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Be Kind Online
Respect, digital etiquette and cyberbullying awareness. Activity: create kindness posters.
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Cyber Hero Mission
A six-station final project covering passwords, scam detection, protecting a computer, email safety and kindness — ending in certification.