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SECTION 3: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY (ICT) (cont’d)

Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities

To facilitate students’ attainment of the objectives of this Section, teachers/facilitators are encouraged
to engage students in the teaching and learning activities below.

1. Using a screenshot of a student’s offensive comment about a teacher/peer on social media as
stimulus, engage students in a discussion on cyberbullying.

2. Allow students to observe short clips about various forms of computer systems misuse (for
example, hacking and identity theft) then engage in discussions on cybersecurity.

3. Encourage students to write a report to be placed on the school’s notice board to describe the
threats associated with each specific vulnerability discussed in class.

4. Have students classify countermeasures into appropriate categories: physical or software
related. Have students derive definitions of physical and software counter measures, based on
classifications.

5. Engage students in a poster-making competition in which they illustrate good personal security
practices.

6. Engage students in a web quest where they explore different scenarios that will culminate in
obtaining authentic and reliable online sources.

7. Engage students in a debate where they explore the implications of companies utilising
automated kiosks to transact business. Have students discuss the effects of job loss versus
productivity gained in skilled and unskilled categories.

8. Engage students in a project where they visit/research various businesses to determine the
extent to which technology is being used in different positions.

9. Have students conduct research on cybersecurity and then present their information in a panel
discussion format. (Students should be able to pose questions to the panel members).

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