That Blue Square Thing

This is an archived page. It's probably got quite a lot of old stuff on it and may be quite out of date.

Cyber Café Screensaver

This is a way of teaching some e-safety stuff along with some skills.

The project is to build an e-safety screensaver which will run on the computers in a cybercafé in a library. The idea probably needs some explanation.

There are the same sorts of slides for each lesson, but it would be good to get a logo making task in to this as well. At least. There are some important technical setup points about using PowerPoint as well.

1 – Personal data

What is personal data and why it's important to look after it.

PDF iconProject brief 1 – the project brief gets added to each lesson

PDF iconSlides from class 1 – key knowledge for the lesson

PDF iconWriting frame 1 – a writing frame to help

PDF iconSheet to write on

2 – Social engineering

Different ways of being scammed.

PDF iconProject brief 2

PDF iconSlides from class 2

PDF iconWriting frame 2

Lesson 2 might be the place to get the logo task in. This could be expanded in lots of ways.

PDF iconLogo client brief

This uses these two resources:

Image iconLaptop image to download

PNG image iconLock image to download

3 – Hacking

What hacking actually is.

PDF iconProject brief 3

PDF iconSlides from class 3

PDF iconWriting frame 3

Can you hack George?

PDF iconWhat you know about George

Link to hack Georgewiki link

To dem a brute force attack:

PDF iconBrute force Python code

4 – Malware

Different types of malware.

PDF iconProject brief 4

PDF iconSlides from class 4

PDF iconWriting frame 4

5 – Protecting yourself

Ways of staying safe.

PDF iconProject brief 5

PDF iconSlides from class 5

PDF iconWriting frame 5

WebQuest

In case there aren't enough computers available.

PDF iconWebQuest

PDF iconWebQuest slides