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Curriculum Alignment

Digital Privacy Audit Worksheet

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Key alignment areas
Digital Tech
Primary learning area
Phases 3-4
Most useful progression range
Strong fit
“Students understand how digital systems collect, use, and share information, and they make informed decisions about privacy and safety.”

How this handout aligns

The audit makes data collection visible and pushes students to connect permissions and sharing habits with real digital safety decisions.

🔐 Privacy💻 Digital citizenship🧭 Informed decision-making

Best used in digital citizenship, online safety, and introductory data-awareness work.

Strong fit
“Students manage themselves in increasingly complex contexts by reflecting on choices, consequences, and responsible action.”

How this handout aligns

The action-plan section supports self-management and practical next steps, not just awareness.

🫶 Hauora👤 Managing self📋 Action planning

Useful when digital wellbeing and personal responsibility need to be made concrete.

Supporting fit
“Students recognise that data and knowledge can affect people, whānau, and communities, and that care is needed in how information is used.”

How this handout aligns

The whānau and cultural data section helps students see that privacy is relational as well as personal.

🌿 Whānau context🪢 Relational responsibility📚 Data awareness

Strongest where kaiako want to frame privacy through relationships and community care, not just individual caution.

Puna Kōrero — Sources

Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Learning Media.

Ministry of Education. (2021). Te Mātaiaho: The Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. Ministry of Education.

Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. (2021). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners. Teaching Council.