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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.

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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

cyber security

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

level 4 prior verified assessments at level 4 cyber

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

uhi cyber course reflections

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

level 4 prior verified assessments at level 4 cyber

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.

stop it now technology assisted harmful sexual behaviour professional learning

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

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

More Scratch

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

The Oxford University Computing Challenge

The Oxford University Computing Challenge is an invitation challenge for those learners who score in the top 10% of the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge.
However, even if you’re not invited there are some great computational thinking challenges for your learners from last year that you can access and use freely.

 

Challenges – OUCC

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 entered the 2020/2021 competition are now eligible to attend free Development Days and continue their CyberFirst journey.

 

The CyberFirst Girls Development Day initiative is inspired and led by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ to encourage understanding of the different specialisms within cyber security and equip the girls with practical, in-demand skills.

 

On the day, the girls will be role-playing as cyber security experts working for a fictitious app company, Sirius Cyberworks. Unfortunately, disaster has struck and there has been a serious breach of the company network – a new flagship app has been leaked.

 

The girls’ role is to work through four different parts of the company, uncovering how the leak happened whilst learning new cyber skills along the way.

 

The development days are running throughout October and:

  • are open to girls now in S2/S3 in Scotland
  • consist of a series of fun, interactive one day face-to-face courses; or two half-day virtual sessions (depending on the preferred delivery model)
  • feature guest speakers and videos from trailblazing women leaders working in the cyber industry

 

Places fill up fast, so make sure you secure yours as soon as possible. Reserve your place today with your priority booking voucher code: CFSCOT2021

 

Click here to find out more and reserve your place or share with any friends or family who may be interested.

Barefoot computing

Barefoot Computing

Did you know that Barefoot run online workshops that are free to attend?

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Developed by teachers and backed by research, Barefoot helps boosts primary teachers’ subject knowledge, saves them time and brings computing to life in the classroom. It empowers primary school teachers across the UK to deliver the computing curriculum brilliantly with free workshops, helpful online guides and engaging lessons.

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