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Avery's Inbox - BTEC IT U1 LA-D

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A full 90-minute lesson pack built around Avery’s Inbox, a free browser-based simulation in which students take on the role of a professional receiving workplace emails that each present a real legal and ethical dilemma. For every scenario, students choose to Report, Stay Silent, or Leak — then see the immediate and long-term consequences, followed by a plain-English breakdown of the legislation that governed the situation. Directly mapped to Unit 1 Learning Aim D: Protecting Data and Information, including: Data Protection Act 2018 / UK GDPR Computer Misuse Act 1990 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Freedom of Information Act 2000 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (whistleblowing) The simulation covers 20 scenarios in total, each grounded in a specific UK statute. Students encounter the legislation not as a list to memorise but as something that either supports or complicates what they thought was the right thing to do — which is precisely the kind of applied understanding Unit 1 rewards. The pack includes: 16-slide presentation — introduces the app, walks through a worked example (Scenario 0: an NHS data breach) in full, and frames the law-vs-ethics distinction that runs through LA-D Detailed 90-minute lesson plan — seven phases with teacher and student columns, differentiation guidance, circulation prompts, and assessment for learning notes A4 teacher reference card — all 13 laws covered, lesson flow at a glance, anatomy of each scenario’s legislation panel, curriculum mapping, and answers to common student questions The app is free, requires no login, and runs in any browser. Students can use phones, tablets, or laptops. The pack is designed for KS4 and KS5 — core for BTEC IT Year 12/13, but accessible from Year 10 upward.