What your child will learn
Identify the kinds of information that are private — full name, home address, school name, birthday, phone number, and photos of their face
Apply the Ask-a-Grown-Up rule whenever a game, app, or popup asks for any personal information, even when the popup offers a prize
Refuse photo requests from new online "friends" and tell a trusted grown-up — only share photos with a trusted grown-up's OK
Pick a privacy-safe username that does NOT include their real name, school, or birth year
How this mission works
Cipher-Jr. is filling out a "fun online quiz" that keeps asking for full name, address, school, and birthday. Across four picture taps, kids help Cipher-Jr. decide what is safe to share ("My favorite ice cream flavor," "My favorite color") versus what to keep private ("My home address"), what to do when a popup asks for the school name to claim a prize (ask a grown-up), and how to write a privacy-safe username ("SoccerFan7," not "FirstnameLastname2016"). Pass 3 of 4 to earn the Personal Info Guardian badge and 125 XP. Designed for Kindergarten through Grade 2 — read-aloudable sentences, picture tap-cards, no typing required.
What students actually encounter
A quiz asks "Which of these is personal information?" — My home address, My favorite ice cream flavor, My favorite color, My favorite cartoon.
A new online friend asks Cipher-Jr. for a photo. What does Cipher-Jr. do?
Cipher-Jr. is making a username. Which is safest — "SoccerFan7" or "FirstnameLastname2016"?
Cipher is with them the whole way
When a student gets stuck on Personal Info Guardian, Cipher appears with a mission-specific nudge — no spoilers, just a hint toward the right thinking. Make a wrong choice, and Cipher explains the real-world consequence. Finish the mission, and Cipher generates a personalized performance debrief based on exactly how the student played it.
ISTE alignment
Young learners identify what kinds of information are private (full name, home address, school name, birthday, phone number, photos of face), apply the Ask-a-Grown-Up rule when any app, chat, popup, or online stranger asks for them, and build privacy-safe usernames that do not include their real name or birth year.