Cyber Smart

Focus Questions

1. Which website recently launched a campaign to encourage Aussie kids to pledge their commitment to stop bullying?
2. What does cyberbullying mean?
3. How is cyberbullying different to bullying someone face-to-face?
4. Why do you think some people that bully online would never do it face-to-face?
5. What is trolling?
6. What are some strategies kids can use to help deal with cyberbullying?
7. List some positive aspects of social media and communicating online.
8. What do you understand more clearly since watching the story?

Extension Questions

• What are some examples of cyberbullying?
• How is cyberbullying different to bullying someone face-to-face?
• Why is bullying so hurtful and why do people do it?
• What can you do if you’re being cyber-bullied?
• What do you think should be the consequences for people that cyberbully?

Password Power

Focus Questions

1. Why is password security important?
2. What sorts of things are passwords used for?
3. Give some examples of passwords that were on the `worst passwords’ list.
4. Which hotmail password was banned recently?
5. What is a dictionary attack?
6. Complete the following sentence: The best passwords are…
7. Give an example of a strong password.
8. What is phishing and shoulder surfing?
9. What would be your 5 tips for good computer security?
10. Illustrate an aspect of the Password power story.

Internet Trolls

Discussion Questions

1. What is trolling?
2. What does cyberbullying mean?
3. What is the main difference between cyberbullying and trolling?
4. Trolls want to provoke a ________________, it’s often not a ______________attack.
5. How can you deal with cyberbullies and trolls?
6. What do you think is meant by the comment: `Don’t feed the trolls’?
7. What else can you do to stay safe online?
8. How can negative online behaviour make people feel?
9. What do you understand more clearly since watching the story

Digital Footprint

Focus Questions:

1. Give an example of how a person’s movements are tracked.
   
2. Why has online privacy been an issue in recent years?
3. What happened to the Sony Playstation network?
4. What did it mean for Sony’s online users?
5. What sorts of information are people sharing online?
6. How can online activity be monitored?
7. How can information footprints be useful?
8. Give examples of how people can make smart choices online.
9. What do you understand more clearly since watching the story?

Internet Safety

Questions

1. Discuss the story in pairs. What points were raised in the discussion?
2. About how many photos are uploaded online every day?
3. Give an example of a social media app that kids are uploading photos to.
4. How did the kids in the BTN story react to the terms and conditions of Instagram?
5. When you agree to terms and conditions, you’re basically signing a ________________.
6. What has a law firm in the UK done to help kids understand what they’re signing up to?
7. What were the kids surprised to discover about the terms and conditions?
8. Do you use social media? If so, which ones?
9. How has your thinking about changed since watching the BTN story?
​10. Do you think social media companies should be doing more to help young people understand what they’re signing up to?