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Digital Literacy & Information quiz games for KS3 Computing

6 live games for KS3 Computing, 90 questions. Free for teachers, up to 40 players.

Digital Literacy & Information for KS3 Computing: 6 ready-made live quiz games, 90 questions in all.

The questions cover Checking a website, Search Skills, Bias, Effective Online Communication, Search Ranking & Critical Consumer and Evaluating Sources.

There are 2 quickfire rounds, 2 practice sets and 2 picture rounds. Question types: 43 true or false, 37 multiple choice and 10 fill the gap. 45 questions have a picture.

Pick a set, put the join code on the board and pupils play on their phones. Pupils need no account. Free for teachers, up to 40 players.

The gamesEach set is a fixed list of questions. Open a preview to see a few of them.

Quickfire: Digital Literacy & Information

KS315 questions· Warm-up

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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  1. 1

    Judging online reliability: true or false?

    Something being widely shared online proves that it is true.
  2. 2

    Bias: true or false?

    Bias only exists in opinion pieces and never appears in news reports.
  3. 3

    Website domains and reliability: true or false?

    A .com domain is automatically less trustworthy than a .org domain.

+ 12 more questions in the game.

Practice

Digital Literacy & Information: Search Skills

KS315 questions· Core

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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  1. 1

    Search skills: true or false?

    Using the site: operator (e.g. site:bbc.co.uk) restricts your search results to one particular website.
  2. 2

    Fake news: true or false?

    If a story is trending or has lots of shares, that proves it is accurate.
  3. 3

    Search engine ranking: true or false?

    The very first search result is always the single most reliable and accurate source available.

+ 12 more questions in the game.

Practice

Digital Literacy & Information: Evaluating Sources

KS315 questions· Core

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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  1. 1

    Judging online reliability: true or false?

    Something being widely shared online proves that it is true.
  2. 2

    Which website domain is MOST likely to be a reliable source for official UK government statistics?

    A forum post from an anonymous userA personal blog with no author namedA social media meme accountA website ending in .gov.uk
  3. 3

    Judging online reliability: true or false?

    Checking who wrote a page, and why, is part of evaluating whether it's reliable.

+ 12 more questions in the game.

Quickfire: Safe websites

KS315 questions· Warm-up· all pictures

Plays in 13 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Fossil Hunt.

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  1. 1
    A mock web browser showing a log-in page

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    CloudSafe's real website is cloudsafe.com.

    This page is safe for your password.
  2. 2
    A mock web browser showing a log-in page

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    CloudSafe's real website is cloudsafe.com.

    This page is safe for your password.
  3. 3
    A mock web browser showing a log-in page

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    StreamBox's real website is streambox.com.

    This page is safe for your password.

+ 12 more questions in the game.

Picture round: Checking a website

KS315 questions· Core· all pictures

Plays in 13 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Fossil Hunt.

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  1. 1
    A mock web browser showing a log-in page

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    Learnly's real website is learnly.co.uk. What is wrong with this page?

    The name is spelt wrongNo padlock: it is not secureIt is really a different websiteNothing: it is safe to use
  2. 2

    Learnly's real website is learnly.co.uk. Which page is safe for your password?

    A mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address bar
  3. 3

    StreamBox's real website is streambox.com. Which page is safe for your password?

    A mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address bar

+ 12 more questions in the game.

Picture round: Checking a website, set 2

KS315 questions· Core· all pictures

Plays in 13 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Fossil Hunt.

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  1. 1

    CloudSafe's real website is cloudsafe.com. Which page is safe for your password?

    A mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address bar
  2. 2

    CloudSafe's real website is cloudsafe.com. Which page is safe for your password?

    A mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address barA mock web browser address bar
  3. 3
    A mock web browser showing a log-in page

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    Parcelly's real website is parcelly.co.uk. What is wrong with this page?

    The name is spelt wrongNo padlock: it is not secureIt is really a different websiteNothing: it is safe to use

+ 12 more questions in the game.

How hosting works

  1. Pick a set and a game mode. The questions stay the same; the game changes.
  2. Put the join code on the board. Pupils join at subjecthub.co.uk/play on a phone or laptop. They need no account.
  3. Play for 1 to 7 minutes. You choose the length before you start.

Free for teachers: host these sets with up to 40 players. You sign up once as a teacher.

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