Baseline 3 - Digital Literacy

You receive an email with an attachment that says 'Winner' but you don't remember entering any competition. What do you do?

• Reply to the message asking them to stop sending you mail.
• Open the attachment, you've won something!
• Delete the email without reading it.
• Forward the email to a friend, it will be funny to trick them too.

You are using the web to find some information for a homework project.  You find some really useful stuff.  What should you do?

• Cut and paste it into your work.  No one will know that you didn’t write it
• Believe what you read – everything on the web is true
• Check a second website to see if the information is true. 
• Don't bother doing the homework, this is too hard.

A friend sends you an email with an attachment.  What should you do?

• Open it straight away.
• Read through the message to see if the attachment is mentioned before opening it.
• Open it because you are pretty sure you have anti-virus software.
• Delete the email, all attachments are bad.

A stranger sends you a rude picture that makes you feel uncomfortable. What should you do?

• Reply to them asking them to stop sending images like that and delete the picture.
• Forward the message onto somebody else, so you look “cool” too.
• Tell my teacher/parents/carer and show them the picture.
• Ignore the picture.

You are surfing the internet when a banner pops up, telling you that your computer is infected with a virus. What should you do?

• Ignore it.  They’re likely to be selling something and wanting to pass your information onto others.
• Click on it straight away and download the program they recommend to solve the problem.
• Just click on the banner to see what it’s all about.  No harm in that is there?
• Panic, my computer is going to break.

You are designing your own personal online space.  What should you do?

• Cover it with photos and add your address and phone number so people who read your page can contact you.
• Just add general information about your hobbies and interests but don’t add any detailed information.
• Add your email address so people can tell you what they think of your page.
• Just add pictures of you and your friends at school, that's safe right?

You are designing your own personal online space.  What should you do?

• Cover it with photos and add your address and phone number so people who read your page can contact you.
• Just add general information about your hobbies and interests but don’t add any detailed information.
• Add your email address so people can tell you what they think of your page.
• Just add pictures of you and your friends at school, that's safe right?

You come across a website by accident that makes you feel uncomfortable.  What should you do?

• Panic because it is your fault that you found yourself on this page.
• Close the browser window immediately.
• Tell a friend so they can look at the same page.
• Hit the stop button on your web browser then the back button. Tell your parents or a teacher.

Somebody sends you a nasty text message about somebody else. What should you do?

• Forward it your friends, after all it is only a joke.
• Tell my teacher/parents/carer about the message.
• Text them a message asking them to stop.
• Ignore the message.

Someone sends you a nasty text message.  What should you do?

• Tell my teacher/parents/carer and refuse to be upset by the message.
• Send them a mean message back.
• Text them a message asking them to stop.
• Delete the message and pretend you didn't get a nasty text.