Troublesome technology vocabulary

Troublesome technology!

Daisy is tapping away on her tablet.

Woah is that a new video game you’re playing on your tablet? Let’s have a go!

The tablet screen shows a digital version of the student character stood at the game menu screen.

looks like we need a password to enter the game. It should be something secret and secure.

We’re in! Hey our friends are here too, it must be an online game. So we’re connected to the internet.

What else can connect to the internet?

Items appear that can connect to the internet.

Phones, computers, televisions, smart speakers.

So many devices and so much information.

But not everything we see is true and it’s important to stay alert for things that might be trying to trick us.

Like this advert pretending to be an email.

Or this pop-up trying to get us to enter our personal information.

The digital world can be addictive so it’s important to not have too much screen time.

Back in the real world we see the parent frustratedly tapping at a tablet before throwing it down in anger.

Oh dear.