#GameOn Lower Secondary Study Guide

Contents

#GameOn Study Guide for Upper primary 3

Curriculum links 3

English 5

Civics and Citizenship 5

Health and Physical Education 5

Technologies: Digital Technologies 5

The Arts: Media Arts 6

Critical and Creative Thinking 6

Ethical Understanding 6

Information and Communication Technology Capability 6

Personal and Social Capability 7

Episode guide 8

Episode 1: Stealing Grace 8

Episode 2: Ringing Ryan 8

Episode 3: Texting Ollie 9

Episode 4: Telling Dean 10

Episode 5: Asking Claudia 10

Character profiles 11

BIANCA 11

GRACE 11

CLAUDIA 11

JOEL 11

DEAN 11

RYAN 11

ROSIE 11

OLLIE 11

SARAH 12

Glossary 13

Cyberbullying 13

Cyber safe 13

Cybersmart 13

Download 13

Device 13

Gaming 13

Gamertag 13

Hack 13

Offline 13

Online 14

Password 14

Post 14

Profile 14

Ringtone 14

Selfie 14

Social networking 14

Text (text message or SMS) 14

Before viewing #GameOn 15

Class digital audit 15

What’s your digital footprint? 15

Are you cybersmart? 16

Episode 1: Stealing Grace 16

a.Ryan: Found this awesome website for ringtones. All free. Claudia: Yeah right. 16

b.Grace: I promise I didn’t do it. 16

c.Grace: It must have been someone else. Bianca: How? Grace: I don’t know. 16

d.Dean: Nice move Blaster. Joel: I got your back Shield Bearer 9. 16

e. ‘Shield Bearer 9 is leaving the game.’ 16

f.Joel’s mum: You finished your homework? Joel: Yep. 16

g.Rosie: Can I play your game? Dean: No. 16

h.Grace: I didn’t have anything to do with it. 17

i.It is 2.58am and Dean and Joel are still playing Star Warriors. 17

j.Harry: We never hang out any more. Dean: We’re hanging out now. 17

k.Write a paragraph that predicts what will happen next. Your paragraph should include predictions about all of the stories featured in #GameOn. 17

Episode 2: Ringing Ryan 17

l.Teacher: If someone gets hold of your password, if you give out your personal details, you make it easy for someone to pretend to be you. 17

m.Sarah: What you doing? Ollie: Nothing. Sarah: Are you taking selfies again? 17

n.Sarah: Well you wouldn’t send them to someone you’d never met, would you? 17

o.Ryan, our phone is ringing … Ryan, our phone is ringing … Ryan our phone …‘ 18

p.Why does Dean’s teacher call his Aunty Trish? 18

q.Police officer: Remember, don’t give out your number to people you don’t know, think before you send, and free offers are never free. Isn’t that just being smart? 18

r.Harry: Wanna go for a ride after school? We could build some jumps. Dean: I dunno. Level twelve awaits! 18

s.Write a paragraph that predicts what will happen next. Your paragraph should include predictions about all of the stories featured in #GameOn. 18

Episode 3: Texting Ollie 18

t.Grace: You know it wasn’t me, right? 18

u.Harry: I warned him. We used to do stuff together. Now all he wants to do is stay up all night playing that stupid game. 18

v.Ollie: You don’t know all my friends. 18

w.Sarah thinks that her mother should check Ollie’s messages. 18

x.Dean: Why can’t I play my game? Trish: Because it was taking over. 18

y.Joel’s mum: This has to stop. 19

z.Sarah’s friend: Isn’t that your brother? 19

aa.Write a paragraph that predicts what will happen next. Your paragraph should include predictions about all of the stories featured in #GameOn. 19

Episode 4: Telling Dean 19

ab.Sarah calls her brother an ‘idiot’. Is her judgement of her brother’s behaviour too harsh? 19

ac.Sarah wants to tell their mum that Ollie’s photographs have gone viral. Ollie doesn’t. 19

ad.Ryan’s ringtone isn’t free. 19

ae.Explain Grace’s decision to close her page. Do you think this decision was necessary? 19

af.Is Claudia right when she says that ‘it’s not worth making a big fuss’? 19

ag.Ollie’s mum: No more pictures, Ollie? 19

ah.Rosie: I’m glad you’re not allowed to play that game any more. 19

ai.Grace’s dad: Anyone who wants to and knows how can find out about everything you ever do online. Easily. Some things are a bit trickier. Getting onto your homepage, that has to be someone who knew your password. 20

aj.Write a paragraph that predicts what will happen next. Your paragraph should include predictions about all of the stories featured in #GameOn. 20

Episode 5: Asking Claudia 20

ak.Dean: It sort of creeps up on you. Play an extra minute, play an extra ten minutes. One more hour. 20

al.Ryan: I didn’t read the terms—nobody reads the terms! 20

am.Claudia: But it was only a joke! 20

an.Ollie: Sarah says you can’t know who they are or what they want. I shouldn’t have posted my picture. 20

ao.Dean: Good moves, Blaster. Good session. 20

ap.Write a paragraph that predicts what will happen next. Your paragraph should include predictions about all of the stories featured in #GameOn. 20

#GameOn Character interviews 21

Who Are You? 22

Extension activity: What if …? 22

aq.Grace, Bianca and Claudia’s story 23

ar.Joel and Dean’s story 23

as.Ryan’s story 23

at.Ollie’s story. 23

Discussion 23

#GameOn Behind the scenes 26

Investigation 26

au.To identify the types of technology and the number of devices within your household 26

av.To investigate the use of digital technology and online activity of people in your house 26

aw.To identify who is most at risk because of their online behaviour. 26

a.a. Identify each person in your house 27

ax.b. Explain the type of technology that they use, what they use it for, how often they use it and how safe they are when using it 27

ay.c. Conclude by giving each member of the house a risk rating (High Risk, Medium Risk or Low Risk), along with advice you would give to each member of the house to improve their cybersafety. 27

ACMA 27

Cybersmart 27