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Cyber Security

This page contains all the ideas, information and resources specific to Cyber Security in Scotland.

Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety (CRIS)

Our Digilearn.scot site contains all the ideas, information and resources for supporting Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety, as this sits within the Digital Literacy Experiences and Outcomes.

Go to the CRIS site

Cyber Security Opportunities and Community Posts

Introduction to Cyber Security for Teachers – Funded places available!

The CPD award Introduction to Cyber Security, jointly funded by Education Scotland, was created for ALL primary and secondary teachers and designed to give background knowledge and understanding related… Read more

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Cyber Security

This page contains all the ideas, information and resources specific to Cyber Security in Scotland. Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety (CRIS) Our Digilearn.scot site contains… Read more

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Level 4 Resources for Cyber Fundamentals and Internet Safety

Education Scotland have collaborated with Girvan Academy in South Ayrshire to produce a set of resources that combine the SQA level 4 units in Cyber Security Fundamentals… Read more

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Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour with Stop It Now

Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour (TAHSB) is unfortunately an issue that educators deal with on a daily basis. It impacts on friendships and relationships of… Read more

Cyber Resources – Cyber Centurion

Cyber Centurion provides a range of cyber resources:   CyberCenturion – Cyber Security Challenge UK Cyber Challenge in a Box – Cyber Security Challenge UK… Read more

Cyber Chef

CyberChef – the Cyber “Swiss Army Knife” is GCHQ’s intuitive web app for analysing and decoding data. CyberChef – the Cyber “Swiss Army Knife” –… Read more

Cyber Resources – CS4FN

Here are some articles and content from CS4FN to engage learners with cyber security: Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: cs4fn Magazine+: Issue 24: Cyber… Read more

Sign up for CyberFirst Girls Development Days!

This year’s CyberFirst Girls Competition was a great success with over 6,000 entries from across the UK! And we’re not stopping there – girls that… Read more

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TEACHER’S REFLECTIONS ON CLPL – UHI INTRO TO CYBER SECURITY ONLINE COURSE FOR TEACHERS

“Courses like this are vital to give teachers the skills and confidence to deliver Cyber Security to their pupils.” by Darren Brown, Computing Science Teacher… Read more

CYBER SECURITY CLPL UHI

CLPL – Introduction to Cyber Security at UHI

This module is aimed at qualified primary and secondary teachers who wish to develop the knowledge, understanding and problem-solving skills related to teaching basic cyber… Read more

CYBER SKILLS LIVE

The Cyber Skills Live site offers interactive ethical hacking challenges for learners to test their cyber security skills. Keep an eye on their site for… Read more

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Level 4 Resources for Cyber Fundamentals and Internet Safety

Education Scotland have collaborated with Girvan Academy in South Ayrshire to produce a set of resources that combine the SQA level 4 units in Cyber Security Fundamentals and Internet Safety.  These resources reinforce our belief that every learner should have the knowledge and skills to use the internet and online services safely, allowing them to spot potential risks and recover from any potential harm, they face while using online services. 

 

 

The following teaching resources have been created:

 

Assessment evidence  

The assessor will use the portfolio approach to generate evidence that learners have achieved these units. 

A learner must complete the Getting Started with Online Accounts booklet, one of the relevant ”Getting Started with Chromebook/iPad’ booklets (depending on what device they have set up), and then the assessor must complete an observation checklist for every learner:

  • Assessor answer booklet  
  • Observation checklist  
  • Learner profile  

 

The teacher answer booklet and prior verification certificate can be downloaded from the SQA secure site.

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Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour with Stop It Now

Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour (TAHSB) is unfortunately an issue that educators deal with on a daily basis. It impacts on friendships and relationships of everyone involved. However, it is important that educators understand what it is, how to identify it, and how to support the learners involved. 

Stop It Now! Scotland is part of a child protection charity that believes that the key to preventing sexual abuse is awareness among parents and community members. They work to build public confidence in recognising and responding to concerns about the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.

With their experience of delivering the Rosa project in Glasgow, they were are an obvious choice to support us to develop our TAHSB professional learning course. This course is designed to support educators to:

  • develop their knowledge and awareness of TAHSB
  • increase their confidence in identifying and categorising the TAHSB they are dealing with in school
  • take action to help the learners they are supporting with TAHSB

Enquire about TAHSB training

School guidance document for responding to TA-HSB

Education Scotland Tackling TA HSB Digital Resource

Everyone Can Code

When you teach code, you’re also teaching logic, creativity, and problem solving—skills all students need for the future. The Everyone Can Code curriculum from Apple introduces students to the world of coding through interactive puzzles, playful characters, and activities for both in and out of the classroom. And from the start, they’ll learn to code in Swift, the same programming language used by professionals to build powerful apps.

Everyone Can Code is a set of free resources built around the Swift Playgrounds app that inspires students to code and solve real-world challenges. It includes teacher and student guides that offer flexible, engaging lessons designed to work for an hour or an academic year.  There are complementary Swift Coding Club materials for after school clubs.  App showcases give aspiring coders a chance to celebrate their ingenuity with the community, whether they’re learning in or out of the classroom.

 

Learn more about Swift Playgrounds

View the Everyone Can Code curriculum

Visit Everyone Can Code

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UPCOMING APPLE WEBINARS

Tech We Can: Tech for the Planet lesson resource

Tech She Can is delighted to share the brand new Tech We Can lesson, ‘Tech for the Planet’ which is out now!

“Since the COP26 climate summit earlier this month, topics such as sustainable living and protecting the future of our planet have dominated the news agenda, as well as entering our everyday conversations, including those taking place in schools and among young people.

Our latest free on-demand Tech We Can lesson, ‘Tech for the Planet’ aims to show some of the innovative ways in which technologists around the world are using technology to protect our air, reduce waste, help clean the oceans and preserve our wildlife. It also highlights role models working in these areas – Lucinda Jones from Unilever and Mikya Rozner from Tesco – which we hope will inspire young viewers to consider a future career in technology.

You can watch the lesson, aimed at 8 – 14 year olds, and taught by Becky Patel and Katie King here.

If you’d like to explore other Tech We Can educational resources, for use at school or at home, please head over to techwecan.org and complete a short registration form to gain access to a wide range of on-demand lessons and lesson packs. Each explores the use of technology in a different area – from sport, to food and outer space – and highlights the types of careers that students could go into in the future.

Go to Tech We Can resources

Barclays Code Playground – resources for Scratch

Barclays Code Playground aims to make learning to code easier for everyone and has resources and support to help teachers get to grips with Scratch for teaching computing science.

They provide interactive live classes, free online resources, access to detailed lesson plans and you can also book a school visit with one of their Barclays Digital Eagles.

Visit the site

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Callysto Data Science

Callysto is a free, online learning tool that helps Grades 5-12 students and teachers in Canada learn and apply in-demand data science skills including data analysis, visualization, coding, and computational thinking. Why not try out these Weekly Data Visualizations?

 

What do you and your students need to use Callysto?

  • A computer
  • A secure internet connection
  • An internet browser (Google Chrome or FireFox are ideal)

 

Go to Callysto

Everyone Can Code – Inclusive App Design Activity

Great apps start with great ideas.

Inspire your students’ great ideas with an hour‑long Inclusive App Design Activity. Learners will identify problems they care about, then plan, prototype and share app ideas that everyone can access and understand.

Each step features additional resources and tips to simplify the lesson for early learners or extend the activity using the Everyone Can Code App Design Journal for years 5–9 or the Develop in Swift App Design Workbook for year 10 and up. Learners also have the option to experiment with code for their app ideas in the Swift Playgrounds app.

Educators Steve Bunce, Matt Hanlon, and Lyndsey Balfe are hosting a special #CodeWeek webinar on 21st August 6pm CEST to go into these resources in detail. You can register for the event here

See the activity on Apple Teacher Learning Centre

Download the App Design Journal

Download the App Design Workbook

Computer Science For Fun (CS4FN) – Women in Computing Resources

CS4FN is a fantastic site full of free resources for teaching computing science, including some great lists of articles and resources highlighting the important role women have in computing.

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Computer Science and Electronic Engineering: The Women are here!

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: cs4fn Magazine+: Issue 23: Women in Computing

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Ada Lovelace: Computer Scientist without a Computer

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Ada Lovelace: Visionary: Computational Creativity

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Sorry to bug you: Grace Hopper

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: A gendered timeline of technology