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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 — Digital Footprints

The trail you leave online, and why it lasts.

Modules (55)

1 Digital account 2 Digital footprint 3 Posts and comments add to your footprint 4 Photos and videos add to your footprint 5 Searches and browsing add to your footprint 6 App and game use adds to your footprint 7 Personal data 8 Personal data stored in online accounts 9 Active and passive digital footprints 10 Cookies and trackers 11 Metadata and location in photos 12 Why companies collect data about you 13 Mapping your own digital footprint 14 Permanence of digital footprints 15 Screenshots and shared copies 16 Who can see your digital footprint 17 Your footprint and your reputation 18 Building a positive digital footprint 19 Managing your own digital footprint 20 Privacy settings 21 App permissions on a device 22 Right to privacy and security online 23 Reading a privacy policy 24 Reducing the data a form collects 25 Age limits on apps and sites 26 What is safe to share online 27 Questions to ask before sharing 28 Choosing a safe username 29 Contact from someone you do not know 30 Too-good-to-be-true offers and pop-ups 31 Seeing upsetting or inappropriate content 32 Cyberbullying 33 What to do about cyberbullying 34 Phishing 35 Messages that ask for your passphrase 36 Using public Wi-Fi safely 37 What can happen if someone gets into your account 38 Keeping your passphrase private 39 Unique passphrase for each account 40 What to do if your passphrase is shared or leaked 41 Logging out on shared devices 42 Online protocol 43 Making a class online agreement 44 Responsible and respectful online sharing 45 Asking before you post a photo of someone else 46 Writing kind and helpful comments 47 Sharing a file online with permissions 48 Collaborating with comments and suggestions 49 Using version history 50 Choosing where to publish content online 51 Ask, Check, Think 52 Asking a trusted adult 53 Think, evaluate, choose 54 Explaining safe online habits in short sentences 55 Making my personal online safety plan

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Printables for this journey

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Issues in Technology Crossword: Is AI using too much power? and more (Part 1 of 2) 10 clues · Is AI using too much power?, How does an AI actually work?, Compression - losing quality or saving space?, Why file size matters and more
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Issues in Technology Word Search: Is AI using too much power? to What is RADCAB? (All modules) 22 words to find · Is AI using too much power?, How does an AI actually work?, Compression - losing quality or saving space?, Why file size matters and more
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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Crossword: Data and networks and Accounts, passphrases and security (Modules 31–40) 10 clues · Modem, Wireless access point, IP address, Data packets and more
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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Crossword: Data and networks and Accounts, passphrases and security (Modules 41–52) 10 clues · Strong passwords, Passphrase, Risks of password re-use, Unique passphrase for each account and more
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Years 5–6 Digital Systems Word Search: Data and networks and Accounts, passphrases and security (Modules 21–52) 20 words to find · Data transmission, Wired transmission, Wireless transmission, Bluetooth for short-range transfer and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Crossword: Analysing and visualising data and Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 31–56) 10 clues · Choosing the right chart, Column and bar charts, Line charts, Pie charts and more
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Years 5–6 Data & Information Word Search: Acquiring and manipulating data to Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 21–56) 20 words to find · Cleaning data, Formulas start with =, Arithmetic operators + - * /, The SUM function and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Crossword: Using digital tools and conventions and Sharing online and managing projects (Modules 87–99) 10 clues · Applying heading and style conventions in a document, Adding alt text to images, Choosing a file format for sharing content, Sharing a file online with permissions and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Crossword: Sharing online and managing projects and Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 100–124) 10 clues · Tracking task progress, Roles and responsibilities in a team project, The iterative cycle: create, test, improve, Cookies and trackers and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Word Search: Using digital tools and conventions to Digital footprint and privacy (Modules 87–124) 20 words to find · Applying heading and style conventions in a document, Adding alt text to images, Choosing a file format for sharing content, Sharing a file online with permissions and more
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Crossword: Staying Safe Online (Modules 137–153) 10 clues · What can happen if someone gets into your account, Longer means harder to guess, Building a passphrase from random words, Passphrases to avoid and more
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Crossword: Staying Safe Online and Digital Footprints (Modules 157–173) 10 clues · Messages that ask for your passphrase, Too-good-to-be-true offers and pop-ups, Contact from someone you do not know, What is safe to share online and more
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Crossword: Digital Footprints (Modules 174–225) 10 clues · Photos and videos add to your footprint, Searches and browsing add to your footprint, App and game use adds to your footprint, Why companies collect data about you and more
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Word Search: Staying Safe Online and Digital Footprints (Modules 137–225) 21 words to find · What can happen if someone gets into your account, Longer means harder to guess, Building a passphrase from random words, Passphrases to avoid and more

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What year level is this for?

This curriculum is aligned to the Australian Curriculum (ACARA) and Victorian Curriculum, spanning roughly Years 3 to 10 — from first sequencing and variables through to object-oriented programming and advanced data structures. Start wherever matches your class's current level; each module builds on the last.

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Is this aligned to a curriculum?

Yes — the module sequence is mapped to the Australian Curriculum (ACARA) and Victorian Curriculum, and a class's progress is reported back against those curriculum bands (e.g. ACARA Years 5–6 sequencing and iteration, Years 7–8 functions and data structures), not just a generic difficulty scale.

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Do I need to know ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 myself to teach this?

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