Title: digi.komp12 Beispiel
Course: Password Safety

Englisch

Password Safety

9. Schulstufe

Take a look at the image below.
What do you see? What do you expect from the next two lessons?

Use AnswerGarden to share your ideas.

Your teacher will provide you with a link for a website called Answergarden.

Task 1

Can you guess my Password 1.0?

Take a sheet of paper and write down a secret. Think of a password to protect your secret - write it down as well. Fold the paper to hide what you wrote.
Work with a partner and try to guess their password. If you are correct, he/she has to unfold his/her paper to let you know their secret.

Use yes/no questions only.
Change roles after half of the time has passed.

Task 1.1

Discussion

After doing Task 1 with your partner, take some time to think about the following questions:

1. Were you able to guess your partner's password?
2. Do you know his/her secret?
3. Why do you think you were able/not able to guess it?
4. In real life, what problems could a bad password cause?

Your answers will be discussed in class.

Task 2

Video: How to Create a Strong Password

Watch the video with headphones and complete Tasks 2.1 and 2.2.

Task 2.1

True/False

Read the given statements and decide whether they are true or false.

Task 2.2

Pair Work

Get together with a partner to answer the following questions:

1. What makes a password easy to guess?
2. How can you make a strong password and at the same time easily remember it?
3. What else do you need to keep in mind to protect your password?

Your answers will be discussed in class.

Task 3

Can you guess my Password 2.0?

Repeat the password exercise from Task 1. Try to choose a strong password this time.
Can your partner still guess your password?

Use yes/no questions only.
Change roles after half of the time has passed.

Task 3.1

Discussion

After doing Task 3 with your partner, take some time to think about the following questions:

1. How did you choose your password?
Did something change from before?
2. Were you able to guess your partner's password?
Why? Why not?
3. Are you thinking of changing some of your passwords now?
Why? Why not?

Your answers will be discussed in class.

Task 3.2

Bonus

Test the strength of your password on the following site: https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Which password would take the longest to crack?
Can you make your password even more secure?

Task 4

Informational Poster

Work together in pairs.
With your partner, decide on 5 password rules you think are important.

Design an informational poster and present your poster in class.

To create your poster you can either use colored pencils on paper or a program of your choice on the computer. If you use pictures from the internet, make sure you are allowed to use them (CC-license)!