Cybersmart Curriculum 

We are learning to:

• Understand what the Kawa of Care is;

• Know the Chromebook keyboard shortcuts;

• Know how to take full and partial screenshots and insert them into a Google Drawing;

• Create bookmarks for all our learning links in Google Chrome and bookmark folders;

• Use our webcam to take photos and record videos;

• Keep our Google Drive up to date.  It is important to aways name and file your documents into the right place; 

• Use Google Drawing more confidently; and

• Use Google presentations to create animations for our blogs.

We are learning to:

• Promote ourselves positively online by writing a blog profile.

• We are learning to distinguish between personal information that should be kept private and personal information that can be made public. 

• Understand the concept of a digital footprint; everytime we look at, click on, upload, download, comment or share, leaves a footprint. 

• Include all elements of a quality blog post when blogging to engage our audience. 

• Advertise ourselves positivity online by sharing our blog; create and embed a vlog style video on our blog. 

• Use images to show some of our favourite things so that readers can learn more about us. 

• Review what it means to have a Smart Footprint.

We are learning to:

• Share comments that are positive, thoughtful and helpful;

• Understand the etiquette for using Google meet;

• Effectively comment and communicate with Google Docs; 

• Write emails following proper email etiquette;

• What to do when we receive an email or comment that we don’t like; it’s not positive, thoughtful or helpful or makes us feel sad and uncomfortable;

• How to identify scams and phishing emails when on the internet.  You will learn what to look out for and what to do when you are on the internet.

• Reply to comments in our blog that are positive and keep the conversation going; thank you, answer and question. 

We are learning to:

• Give creditors of images the credit they deserve when we use their images in our work;

• Create our own images in Google Drawing;

• Create our own images in Sumo Paint;

• Use Google Search more efficiently: use keywords and the right words, find articles and websites for kids, use CTRL+F to find information on a webpage;

• Summarise and reference the information we find online. We are learning not to copy and paste or plagiarise other people's work. 

• Assess the reliability, accuracy and validity of information we find online.  When looking for information online, take into consideration: 

  • When the information was written;

  • Who it was written for; and

  • What purpose the information was written for.