DIGITAL SKILLS WORKBOOK The Prince’s Trust Personal Development and Employability Qualification: Entry Level 3

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CONTENTS

Tracking Sheet ........................................................................................................................ 3 Top Tips for Success .............................................................................................................. 6 Welcome! ................................................................................................................................ 7 Understanding E-Safety .......................................................................................................... 8 Online Behaviour .................................................................................................................. 12 Passwords ............................................................................................................................ 15 Use of Digital Skills ............................................................................................................... 17 Digital Communication .......................................................................................................... 20 Finding and Presenting Information ...................................................................................... 23 Developing Your Own Digital Skills ....................................................................................... 26

Tracking Sheet

PLEASE LEAVE THIS TRACKING SHEET BLANK UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED THE BOOKLET. YOUR TEACHERS/ SUPPORT STAFF CAN HELP YOU TO FILL IT IN WHEN YOU RETURN TO SCHOOL. TEACHERS! TASKS 1.3 AND 3.2 REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION WHICH WILL NEED TO BE SUBMITTED ALONGSIDE THIS BOOKLET. THESE CAN BE SLOTTED IN OR ADDED AS APPENDICES

The aim of this unit is to ensure learners are confident in using their digital skills to find, present and share information, are aware of the wider uses digital skills have within a workplace and understand some of the implications to using technology as a form of communication, both positive and negative.

Entry Level 3

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To do this you must Page number Assessment date 1. Understand e-safety

1.1 State what is meant by "e-safety"

1.2 Give examples of positive and negative online behaviours

1.3 Give examples of features that make a password secure

2. Understand uses of digital skills and tools

2.1 Give examples of tasks which require digital skills

2.2 State the advantages and disadvantages of different digital communication tools

3. Be able to use digital tools to find and present information

3.1 Use the internet to find information on a subject from different sources

3.2 Present information using digital tools

4. Be able to review own digital skills and identify areas for development

4.1 Give examples of own digital skills that need to be developed

4.2 Identify ways to develop these digital skills

Assessor feedback

Declaration I confirm that the details above are correct, that the evidence submitted is the learner’s own work and that the learner meets all the requirements for the unit:

Learner Name Learner Signature

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Top Tips for Success • You can print this booklet and complete it by hand or fill it in electronically.

• Try to complete all of the suggested activities if you can. These will help you to gain a better understanding of the topic and will help you to answer the questions and complete the assessment tasks.

• Assessment tasks will be labelled throughout the booklet and these MUST be completed.

• Make sure that you have read a task/question carefully and are doing EXACTLY what it asks you to do. This is important because key words help us to measure how much you have understood, and to decide which level you are working at. For example, if you have “listed” when you were asked to “describe” then your work will not pass the final assessment. Your teachers can check this for you when you return to school.

• Use your own words (unless you are specifically asked to search for information). We check that work is not copied from the Internet or books and your work will fail if you are found to have taken text from other sources. Copying others’ work is called “plagiarism” and this is taken very seriously.

• If you do include research from the Internet, books or magazines, make sure that you say where you found the information. E.g. “Quote” – From (name of book/magazine) by (author’s name) OR “Quote” – From (website name) at (website address)

• If you use photographs as evidence, make sure you write a short annotation to explain what you are doing in the picture. If you get stuck, you should have contact information for your school staff. If they aren’t sure of the answers, they can contact an Exec at Prince’s Trust to ask for help.

Welcome! In this unit, you’ll be learning all about digital skills, including how to stay safe online, how to best use the internet for research and how to use technology to present information.

What are digital skills? First up, let’s see what you think Digital Skills is all about. TASK: Write down or type as many words as you can that are connected to digital skills. We’ve included some examples to help get you started! Computers Communication

Understanding E-Safety

E-Safety is more important than ever. But what is it? TASK: Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAY8uDBCd3k If the link is working, you can also search for ‘What is E-Safety?’ on YouTube. It is the first result.

What are the four questions asked in the video? 1.

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How can these questions help you to stay safe online? I think these questions can help you to stay safe online because…

What is meant by E-Safety? 1.1 ASSESSMENT TASK Use the tick boxes to choose the correct definitions of e-safety. There are four correct definitions for you to find.

E-Safety is about

playing Fortnite withmy friends

E-Safety is about not sharingpersonal details online

E-Safety means always having

strong passwords for youronline accounts

E-Safety is when you Google aquestion to find out the

answer

E-Safety is about not spillingwater on my computer

E-Safety isabout staying

safe when online

E-Safety is about not talkingto strangers on the internet

Online Behaviour Behaving responsibly, kindly and positively is very important in everyday life. That includes when you are online too.

1.2 ASSESSMENT TASK Think about different types of behaviour when you are in school.

• What does it look like when you are behaving well and positively? • What about when someone is behaving negatively?

Can you name 3 examples of positive & negative behaviour at school? Positive Behaviour

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Negative Behaviour

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Do you think any of the positive and negative examples of behaviour can happen online too? Discuss this with at least one other person at home and explain your answer in the box below.

Identifying positive and negative online behaviour

1.2 ASSESSMENT TASK

Kamal and Alisha are online.

Kamal is behaving positively but Alisha is behaving negatively. Use the tick boxes to match up the sentences with each person.

Sentence Kamal or Alisha? Some celebrities really annoy me. I love writing mean comment about them on Instagram.

TICK BOX

I often go online to keep up to date with current affairs.

A boy at my school fell over today. I took a video of it. I’ll post it on all my WhatsApp group chats!

Wikipedia is great for my homework. I just copy and paste from there without reading it.

If I’m doing something interesting, I like to post it on my Instagram story.

I like chatting with my friends online to see how they are.

Kamal Alisha

Passwords

A good way to keep information safe online is to use a strong password. You should also remember to log out of any websites/social accounts/online banking after using them on a different device.

Password Top Tips:

1.3 ASSESSMENT TASK Have a look at the passwords below. Which one do you think is the strongest? Which one is the least secure? Fishandchips

FishandChips

F!sh&Ch!p525

FishandChips25

The strongest password is…

Now write down three things the password contains that makes it strong

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Design a poster that encourages young people to use the internet safely.

If you have access to a computer, you can make your poster on that, or if you would prefer you can use a piece of paper.

You can draw pictures on your poster, or you can find pictures online.

However, you must write using your own words!

Your poster should include the following information:

• What E-Safety is • Why E-Safety is important • Two examples of positive online behaviour • Two examples of negative online behaviour • Advice on how to make a strong password

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Use of Digital Skills

We use digital skills for many different tasks every day. Have you done anything this week that used digital skills? Has anybody at home?

TASK: Ask someone at home how they have used digital skills this week and write or type their answers below:

I have asked:

They have used digital skills this week by:

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Tasks Which Require Digital Skills

2.1 ASSESSMENT TASK Below is a list of different tasks you might do every day. List the five tasks that involve digital skills in the box provided on the next page.

Playing basketball Producing music Travelling on the tube Sending emails

Making a vlog Finding a route on your phone

Reading the newspaper

Looking something up on Google

Making breakfast Sending a photo to a friend on WhatsApp Shopping for gifts

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The five tasks that involve digital skills are…

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Digital Communication

The way that we communicate with each other has changed so much over the last 20 years. But can you imagine how much it has changed over the last 20,000 years?!

TASK: Watch the video below. Are there any forms of communication that you don’t recognise? If you can, search online what they are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ay2Qy3wBe8 If the link isn’t working, you can search for ‘A Brief History of Communication’ on YouTube. It is the second result

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TASK:

From left to right, match up the forms of communication with the picture below. We have completed one for you to help get you started!

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4. Instant messaging on a laptop

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Examples of Digital Communication Tools

These days, we use technology all the time to communicate with other people.

2.2 ASSESSMENT TASK: Write or draw/insert a picture in each empty box of a method of using technology to communicate with people.

Make sure you label each picture.

Communicating Using Technology

Email

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Finding and Presenting Information

In this section, you’ll be using the internet to research information on a topic and using a computer to present that information.

3.1 ASSESSMENT TASK

Imagine that a friend wants to buy a new phone and has asked you for advice on which one to get. Research which phone you think your friend should buy and fill in the information below:

Make of phone

Model of phone

Dimensions of phone

Storage space

Information about camera

Price

Why it is a good phone

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Any disadvantages

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Present Information Using Digital Tools

Now you’ve done some brilliant research, it’s time to present it!

3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK Create a PowerPoint presentation showing all of the information about the phone that you have researched.

If you need a refresher on your PowerPoint skills, or if you aren’t very confident, this video explains it very clearly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Tku3_RGPs If the link doesn’t work, you can search for ‘Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial – Beginners Level 1’ on YouTube.

Your presentation must include:

• at least four different slides • all of the information that you have written in the table • at least two different pictures of the phone

CHALLENGE! Can you also include some animations in your presentation?

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Developing Your Own Digital Skills Well done on making it this far in the course!

4.1 ASSESSMENT TASK Below you’ll find all of the topics that we’ve covered in this course. In the box by each topic, write a number between 1-5 depending on how confident you now feel with that topic.

• 5 means you really understand the topic • 1 means you don’t feel confident at all with the topic

Understanding E-Safety

Behaving positively online

Making a strong and safe password

Using digital skills in everyday life

Using technology to communicate

Finding and presenting information online

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4.2 ASSESSMENT TASK

Now write down at least one topic of Digital Skills that you would like to improve and why.

I would like to improve:

Because…

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You have completed the Digital Skills workbook. Don’t forget to keep hold of the workbook so that you can take it to school and show it to your teacher!

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