The lessons and activities in this section help learners explore their identities, engage with others (both individuals and the larger collective) online in empathic, ethical, and positive ways, and counteract the risks the digital world may come with to protect their physical and mental health.
Students will learn how to keep their online information more secure by using and maintaining strong passwords. Students will learn about the principles of strong password design and the potential problems of password sharing.
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View PageStudents will learn what information verification is and why it is important for news consumers to verify the stories they read or view.
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View PageStudents will define what a scrape (a copy from an original) is and explain why this can make the verification process more difficult.
View PageStudents will learn how to keep their online information more secure by using and maintaining strong passwords. Students will learn about the principles of strong password design and the potential problems of password sharing.
View PageStudents will learn about malicious online users who might attempt to use security weaknesses to gather information about them.
View PageStudents will learn what information verification is and why it is important for news consumers to verify the stories they read or view.
View PageStudents will learn about a five-step checklist they can use to verify the origin, source, date, location, and motivation of a news image or video.
View PageStudents will define what a scrape (a copy from an original) is and explain why this can make the verification process more difficult.
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