Q3 Safeguarding Your Devices: Completing the Quest
Completing this Quest
In this Quest, you learned about computer updates, malware, and spyware. You have completed this Quest when you have:
- Explained why it's important to regularly update your software and operating system to keep your devices running safely and smoothly.
- Described how software updates make my devices more secure by fixing problems and closing security gaps that hackers might use.
- Defined what malware is and identified common types like viruses, spyware, and ransomware that can harm my devices.
- Recognized the different ways malware can get onto my devices and understand how these threats can put my personal information at risk.
- Identified warning signs that my device might be infected with malware, such as unexpected pop-ups, slow performance, or unusual behavior.
If you use the Student Portfolio, fill in the slide corresponding to the Quest you just completed. You should already have a copy or download of this portfolio created and saved in your Google Drive or Microsoft files.
Check off this Quest on the 21t4s roadmap if it is used in class.
I am ready to go on to Quest 4.
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
a. Articulate and set personal learning goals, developing strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes
c. Use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies, are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies
3. Knowledge Constructor
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions
5. Computational Thinker
c. Break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving
d. Understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions
Websites and Applications
Websites
- 10 Must-Know Tips for Cleaning Every Electronic Device the Right Way
- Cybersecurity Lab Game from NOVA Labs
- Free Antivirus Protection for 2023 from PC Magazine
- MacWorld Best AntiVirus for the Mac
- What You Should Know about Tech Support Scams Article
Videos from Outside Sources
- How to Avoid a Tech Support Scam - Federal Treade Commission YouTube (3:06)
- Malware - Computer Skills for Kids and Teens YouTube (9:21)
21t4s Videos
21t4s Documents & Quizzes