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Course Description

This course equips primary teachers with the knowledge and practical strategies to foster a safe, informed, and age-appropriate digital learning environment. It focuses on proactive cybersafety practices, child-friendly introductions to AI, and collaborative approaches involving parents and caregivers. With the increasing integration of digital tools in early learning, this course ensures that educators understand their role as digital gatekeepers.



Audience

Primary School Teachers 


Teaching Standards

4.5.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically:  Incorporate strategies to promote the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching




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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teaching Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 – Why Cybersafety Starts Early

    • Introduction

    • Children’s Understanding of Technology

    • The Risks of Early Digital Exposure

    • Why Early Cybersafety Education Matters

    • Class Activities

    • Reflection Question

    • Reference List for Module 1

  • 3

    Module 2 – Your Role as a Digital Gatekeeper

    • Introduction

    • What Is a Digital Gatekeeper?

    • Informed Consent: More Than a Signature

    • Managing Digital Environments in the Classroom

    • Building Digital Safety Partnerships with Families

    • Teacher Resources

    • Reflection Question

    • Reference List for Module 2

  • 4

    Module 3 – Safe Use of Devices and Digital Spaces

    • Introduction

    • Digital Safety Through Routine

    • Supervision Without Surveillance

    • Transitions and End-of-Use Routines

    • Student Responsibility and Ownership

    • Class Activity - My Device Use Routine

    • Scenario Activity - What Would You Do?

    • Reference List for Module 3

  • 5

    Module 4 – Teaching Safe Digital Habits

    • Introduction

    • Cybersafety as an Ongoing Practice

    • Modelling Safe and Respectful Digital Behaviour

    • Embedding Safety Through Everyday Curriculum

    • Helping Students Recognise Unsafe Online Situations

    • Class Activity – Teaching Safe Digital Habits

    • Class Activities – Embedding Digital Safety Across the Curriculum

    • Reflection Question

    • Reference List for Module 4

  • 6

    Module 5: Introducing AI in the Primary Classroom — Safely and Simply

    • Introduction

    • What Is AI — and Why Should We Talk About It?

    • Explaining AI to Primary Students: Simple, Safe, and Honest

    • Ethical Considerations and Risks

    • Using AI Safely in Primary Classrooms

    • Embedding AI Conversations in Curriculum

    • Class Activities

    • Scenario Activity - Who Owns the Image?

    • Reference List for Module 5

  • 7

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

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