Online Security Module
Overview
The lessons and activities in this section help learners to know how to manage the security of their devices, applications and passwords. They will be able to use Security Checkup features to manage their online accounts and will recognize when their own or others’ accounts may be compromised and know what steps to take next.
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Passwords
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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Cybersecurity, Phishing, and Spam
Students will learn about malicious online users who might attempt to use security weaknesses to gather information about them.
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What is Verification?
Students 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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The Verification Steps
Students 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.
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Versions of Media Texts
Students 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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Passwords
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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Cybersecurity, Phishing, and Spam
Students will learn about malicious online users who might attempt to use security weaknesses to gather information about them.
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What is Verification?
Students 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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The Verification Steps
Students 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.
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Versions of Media Texts
Students 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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