Data

Data

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Data Unit
Course
Course
Cyber Society
Subjects
Subjects
Humanities
Grade Levels
Grade Levels
6
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Overview
Data explores the instantaneous nature of sharing information digitally, analyzing the authenticity of data, the value of personal data for businesses like social media and the cybersecurity considerations from data through crowdsourcing. These lessons are appropriate for middle school level.
Cyber Connections
Digital Citizenship
Threats and Vulnerabilities
Storing Information
Cyber Ethics
Personally Identifiable Information
Ethical Integrity
Ethical Hacking
Section Title
Lessons
Accordion Items
Title
Copying and Storing Data
Content

Throughout history, there have been many ways to store and copy data, from our physical bodies (brains) to writing (books) to computers. In this lesson, students will analyze those different ways to store and copy data and determine what differentiates them. Furthermore, students will learn why humans transitioned from one to the other.

Title
Data and Trust
Content

This lesson is about knowing which kinds of data can be considered more trustworthy or less trustworthy. Students will learn some of the cybersecurity risks of engaging with untrustworthy data and the ethical considerations of creating and sharing false data.

Title
The Data Business
Content

This lesson is about the different types of personal data that social media companies collect on their users. Students will identify why their data is valuable to social media companies and how it is used for targeted advertisements.

Title
Crowdsourcing
Content

This lesson will examine how computers and the internet have popularized a new phenomenon called crowdsourcing. Students will learn how crowdsourcing taps into the wisdom of crowds, and how that wisdom can be used in cybersecurity to find vulnerabilities.