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DIGITAL SKILLS

WORKBOOK

The Prince’s Trust Personal Development and

Employability Qualification: Level 2/SCQF Level 5

NAME

SCHOOL

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CONTENTS

Tracking Sheet ........................................................................................................................... 3

Top Tips for Success ................................................................................................................. 6

ACTIVITY: Using the Internet to find and share information ............................................. 7

What is E-Safety? ...................................................................................................................... 9

1.1 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................ 10

1.2 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................. 11

1.3 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................. 12

Your Digital Footprint ............................................................................................................... 13

ACTIVITY .......................................................................................................................... 13

Passwords ................................................................................................................................ 15

ACTIVITY: CREATING A PASSWORD ........................................................................... 15

Present Information Using Digital Tools .................................................................................. 16

3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................ 16

Digital Skills in the Workplace ................................................................................................. 17

2.1 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................. 17

3.1 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................. 18

3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................ 20

Finding, Sharing and Using Information Online ...................................................................... 22

Activity: Using Digital Skills to Plan a Holiday ..................................................................... 22

3.1 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................ 22

3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................ 23

2.2 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................ 24

3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK ................................................................................................ 25

Putting it Together for the Future............................................................................................. 26

ACTIVITY: FUTURE LEARNING ..................................................................................... 26

What Have You Accomplished? .............................................................................................. 27

ASSESSMEMT TASK 4.1 and 4.2 ................................................................................... 27

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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! THERE IS 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.

Level 2/SCQF Level 5

Learner name

Centre name

To do this you must Page number Assessment date

1. Understand e-safety

1.1 Explain what is meant by "e-safety" 9

1.2 Describe the consequences of positive and negative online behaviour

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1.3 Explain what features make a password secure

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2. Understand uses of digital skills and tools

2.1 Describe tasks that require digital skills

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2.2 Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different digital communication tools

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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

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3.2 Present information using different digital tools

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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

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4.2 Describe ways these digital skills can be developed

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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

Date signed

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Assessor Name Assessor Signature

Date signed

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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 that 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.

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ACTIVITY: Using the Internet to find and share information

Spend 5-10 minutes using the website “A Google A Day” to

practise your Googling Skills. Some of the questions are quite

tricky, but the game has hints to help you out!

Some of the questions are quite tricky, but the game has hints to

help you out! You can find “A Google A Day” below:

http://www.agoogleaday.com/

Once you have played a few rounds, choose one of the topics you

Googled and use the Internet to search for 5 facts about it.

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My topic was…

My top five facts are…

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Where might you share this information online?

Give 3 examples of places where people might share information

online.

1.

2.

3.

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What is E-Safety?

Now that you have some ideas about how to find and share information online, can you identify some advantages and disadvantages of being able to do this?

Advantages What are some positive results of being able to quickly access and share information online?

Disadvantages What are some negative results?

Watch this short video about Digital Footprints.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P_gj3oRn8s)

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1.1 ASSESSMENT TASK

Explain what is meant by e-safety.

Explain: As if you are telling somebody else. Make sure that they have

all of the information they need.

(Remember: If you look this up online, you need to write your answer in your own words) E-safety is...

Have a think (or talk to people in your home) about…

• Why is privacy important?

• Have you ever been in a situation where information that

should have been private was shared?

• What information should stay private?

• And which information is it OK to share

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1.2 ASSESSMENT TASK

Give examples of negative online behaviour. (What shouldn’t you do

online?)

And describe the consequences of negative online behaviour. (what

might go wrong if you do these things?)

Describe: give details.

Examples of negative online behaviour

Consequences

Use the Internet (or ask others) to find out about different ways to keep your information safe online.

Can you give some examples?

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1.3 ASSESSMENT TASK

Explain what features make a password secure.

Explain: As if you are telling somebody else. Make sure that they have

all of the information they need.

If you’re not sure, you can look this up.

Features that make a password secure are…

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Can you explain how these might help to make it secure?

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Your Digital Footprint ACTIVITY

Think about what information about you might be online.

Are there any photos, blogs, comments, ‘likes’, tweets, tags, etc that

you have made or that are about you?

Look yourself up on Google. Try searching your name, nicknames, full name and usernames.

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This is your digital footprint

Did anything surprising come up? What if you add the names of sites that you use, such as Instagram?

Note down some risks of all of this information being available

online? For example, would you want future employers, or

school staff to see information that might be public?

Risks might be…

How could you manage these risks?

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Passwords

There are lots of ways to keep information safe.

A good way to keep information safe online is to use a strong

password, and to remember to log out of any websites/social

accounts/online banking after using them on a different device.

ACTIVITY: CREATING A PASSWORD

Write this activity on a separate piece of paper and then destroy it when

you have a password you can remember.

REMEMBER: Do not keep passwords written down

You are now going to take a simple personal sentence and turn it into a

strong password…

Step 1: Come up with a sentence that is personal to you, e.g. ‘Fish

and chips are my favourite’

Step 2: Take away any spaces: Fishandchipsaremyfavourite Step 3: Change some of the letters to CAPITALS: fiShandChiPsaremYFavourite Step 4: Shorten some words and change spelling: fiShnChiPsrmYFave Step 5: Add numbers and symbols: f1Sh&ChiPs_rmYF4ve

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Present Information Using

Digital Tools

3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK

Create a poster to give other young people advice on how to

stay safe online. Use Paint, Microsoft Word, Publisher or any

other digital design software you have access to.

Make sure you use pictures, colours, and different fonts to make

your poster look exciting, so that it will grab people’s attention.

By making this poster, you are encouraging e-safety. If you follow

these tips and do not take part in cyber bullying then you are being

a good “Digital Citizen”.

Make sure that you save your poster and remember to hand it in,

along with this workbook! If you don’t have access to design

software at home, draw a design on paper and you can turn this

into a digital poster when you can get to a suitable computer.

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Digital Skills in the Workplace

Now that you know how to create a clean and safe online

presence by protecting your information, which digital skills do

you think might be important in the workplace?

2.1 ASSESSMENT TASK Describe tasks that require digital skills Describe: Give details Think about jobs that people might need to do in the workplace using IT. Fill out the table below with your ideas.

Task Task Description

E.g. Creating a PowerPoint People may need to create PowerPoints to have supporting visuals when presenting an idea to colleagues. PowerPoints can be simple or more complicated, depending on the strength of ones digital skills.

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3.1 ASSESSMENT TASK

Use the Internet to find information on a subject from different

sources.

Choose one of the careers below, or a career of your choice:

• Office/Shop Worker (Digital Marketing Officer, Store

Manager, Customer Service Officer, Sales Executive, Charity

Programmes Manager, etc.)

• Architect

• Graphic Designer

• Crime Laboratory Analyst

• Legoland or Fashion Designer

• Digital Engineer

• Zookeeper

• Midwife or Nurse

Use the Internet to find out about the sort of jobs they do every day,

which use digital/computer skills. Don’t forget that these might include

tasks they do on the phone or using special digital equipment.

Use 3 different websites to find information. Print or save the

information that you find. This could be screenshots of the pages.

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Make sure you hand your research in along with this booklet.

Don’t forget to make a note of which websites you used.

The career I researched was…

Tasks that might be involved are…

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3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK

Present information using different digital tools.

If you need a refresher on your PowerPoint skills, or if you aren’t

very confident, this video might be explains it very clearly.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Tku3_RGPs) (or search

YouTube for Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial – Beginners Level 1)

Create a PowerPoint presentation about your chosen career:

This should have a title page and pages giving:

1. One sentence overview of the career 2. Examples of tasks using digital skills in this workplace 3. Examples of computer programs that could be used to help

4. Examples of typical digital skills for specific career (the things

that someone might need to be good at to succeed in this job).

5. A photo of something related to the job

Save or print your presentation and don’t forget to hand it in with

this booklet! If you can, share your presentation with people at

home. A photograph of you doing this would be great to include!

Websites I used for research…

Website address What I found out

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If you would like to know more about digital skills for work, the following

article is interesting and has links to other websites where you can find

out about courses and organisations that help young people to develop

their digital skills. You can read the article here:

https://www.theguardian.com/careers/ young-people-need-hone-digital-

skills-futureproof-careers

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Finding, Sharing and Using

Information Online In this section you will be using Microsoft Excel to make a simple spreadsheet. If you need a refresher of your Excel skills, there are lots of videos online, but this one gives you some good tips in under 10 minutes! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cq9zqli8g4) (Search on YouTube for: Microsoft Excel Tutorial for Beginners 1) You can create a spreadsheet in Word by clicking on “Insert” > Table > Excel Spreadsheet.

Activity: Using Digital Skills to Plan a Holiday

You have a budget of £1500 to plan a fantasy 7 night holiday. You

should use the Internet for research and Excel to organise your plans

and calculate your spending. You can go anywhere you like, but you

must stay within your budget!

3.1 ASSESSMENT TASK

Use the Internet to find information on a subject from

different sources.

Decide where you would like to go. Find out a little about your holiday

destination. Find flights, accommodation, activities, car hire/transport if

needed, check the weather and consider what you might need to pack.

Use the Internet to search for information.

Give some examples of pages you used below.

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Websites I used for research…

Website address What I found out

3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK

Present information using different digital tools.

Create a simple spreadsheet to list all of your plans and use it to keep

track of your spending. Make sure you don’t go over budget!

Make sure that you insert your table into this booklet (here), or save it

separately. Make sure that you hand in your table with this workbook.

Think about different places that you might contact to ask for help or

advice when planning your trip. For example, travel agents or tourist

information agencies.

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2.2 ASSESSMENT TASK

Consider the different digital communication tools you could use to get in

touch with travel agents/tourist information agencies etc.

State the advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of each type of digital

communication. Use the table below to record your ideas.

Digital Communication Tool

Advantages Disadvantages

Draft a mock email to send to a travel agent or tourist information service. Explain your travel plans to them, ask a question and attach a file or relevant photograph.

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3.2 ASSESSMENT TASK Present information using different digital tools. Put all of your planning information together into a PowerPoint presentation to share with people you might invite on your trip. Remember to include your budget/spending, research about accommodation and travel, some information about your destination, ideas of activities, and some ideas of what to pack. Save or print your presentation and don’t forget to hand it in with this booklet! If you can, share your presentation with people at home. A photograph of you doing this would be great to include!

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Putting it Together for the

Future

Now you have a good understanding of e-safety, digital skills for

business and how to find, store and present information, it’s time to

think about your own skills and how they might be developed.

ACTIVITY: FUTURE LEARNING

Have a look at the following websites to find out which

opportunities they offer for further learning.

O2 Think Big https://gothinkbig.co.uk/ Future Learn https://www.futurelearn.com/ Coder Dojo https://coderdojo.com/ Do any of the opportunities appeal? If so, which ones?

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What Have You

Accomplished?

ASSESSMEMT TASK 4.1 and 4.2

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

4.2 Describe ways these digital skills can be developed

Choose your favourite computer programme of the ones you have used

so far on this Unit (Power Point, Excel, Paint, or Word, etc.)

Make a chart or table within it, and use your own creativity to present

your answers to the following questions. You should use a combination

of photos, colours, fonts, etc. :

• Which digital skills did you use to complete the tasks of this unit?

• Which digital skills do you personally need to work on?

• How could you develop these skills more?

• Are there immediate opportunities for expanding on the skills that

you would like to pursue? (E.g. online courses, video tutorials etc.)

Don’t forget to hand in your chart/table/presentation along with your

workbook. You might choose to insert it here, or to save it and send it

with your workbook.

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CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed the Digital Skills unit of the Prince’s Trust Personal Development and Employability (PDE) qualification! Make sure you give this booklet to your teacher (either in person or online) for it to be marked. Don’t forget to hand in any accompanying work, such as presentations, spreadsheets or posters with your workbook. Your teacher will check your work and might give you some feedback points to work on. It will then be moderated and you will find out whether or not you have passed. Good luck!

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