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Lower primary (ages 5-7)

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Lower primary (ages 5-7)

Introduction

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Understanding what students are doing online and how they use online technologies is a valuable starting point for teaching cybersafety. The ACMA has three resources to assist teachers in finding out about students’ online activities. These are:

  • videos of children discussing their use of computers and other technologies and educators discussing the role of schools in developing cybersafety programs for this age level
  • research about children’s technology use
  • a Student technology audit. Educators can use this to establish how their students use computers and other technologies.

To support cybersafety teaching, the ACMA has developed a Cybercitizen profile for 5–7 year olds. It outlines four ‘capabilities’:

  • digital media literacy
  • positive online behaviour
  • peer and personal safety
  • e-security

The Teacher resources section provides a proposed Learning pathway and education resources to enable effective, age appropriate teaching across each of the four capabilities.