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The CyberFirst Girls Competition aims to inspire girls interested in technology to pursue a career in cyber security.
The competition is a team event. Each team, of four girls in S2, tackles challenges from cryptography and logic to artificial intelligence and networking for the chance to be crowned cyber security champions.
Well done to everyone who took part but a special congratulations to the top 10 scoring Scottish schools and St Kentigern’s Academy from West Lothian who were this year’s top Scottish school!
Top 10 schools in Scotland for S2 Girls CyberFirst Competition 2023
Education Scotland is the proud regional partner with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CyberFirst programme.
Find out more about our work and how your school can register to be a recognised CyberFIrst school here: about CyberFirst partnership.
How to report harmful conduct
If a user thinks they have been potentially harmed on the platform they should be aware of how to report this to the platform and potentially the police and trusted adults.
These links explain how to report users and content on the most popular platforms:
go to cyber resilience toolkit home
The main risk of streaming and video platforms is consuming and the potential harms are inappropriate content or misinformation and disinformation (fake news).
Twitch, TikTok and YouTube are the most popular apps for viewing streams and videos.
Main features
Platforms like Twitch, TikTok and YouTube offer a way to connect with, and view content, from people across the world. Increasingly these are for brands or individual ‘influencers’.
These platforms also offer direct messaging and the ability to ‘tag’ other people in the posts or comments – usually with @username.
It might be useful to think of these services in the context of their main media:
Risk and potential harms
Ofcom data suggests that the most common potential harms on these types of platforms are:
The presence of brands and ‘influencers’ adds the potential harms of scams and influenced or pressurised spending.
Because they offer direct messaging and the ability to ‘tag’ other people in the posts or content there is also a potential harm of abusive or bullying messages.
How to set up an account
Almost any app will require the same details to create an account and access its content:
There may be requests for additional information, such as name, address or phone number – these are not always required.
These links explain how to register for and set up an account on the most popular platforms:
Using platform settings to manage risk
Each platform will have a setting for security and privacy – this can be used to control a number of aspects, including:
These links explain how to use settings to reduce the potential risks of unwanted contact, being tagged in abusive or bullying content, or seeing inappropriate or unwanted content on the most popular platforms:
How to report harmful conduct
If a user thinks they have been potentially harmed on the platform they should be aware of how to report this to the platform and potentially the police and trusted adults.
ABUSIVE OR THREATENING MESSAGES SHOULD BE REPORTED TO POLICE SCOTLAND
Online Reporting Form | Police Scotland
These links explain how to report users and content on the most popular platforms:
Resources and activities
Although not specifically teaching resources, these guides from Shore (The Lucy Faithfull Foundation) can support discussions and are useful to point learners to for information on harmful sexual behaviour, such as unwanted contact or unwanted sexual messages:
What to do if…
Thinkuknow by CEOP is the national website for learning about child exploitation and online protection (CEOP). Their learning resources site offers information and resources for learners, families and educators.
These are a selection of the resources for different ages:
Main features
Platforms like Snapchat and Whatsapp offer a way to send direct messages to individuals or group chats. These can include text, voice notes, photos or video.
It might be useful to think of these services in the context of their main media:
Risk and potential harms
Ofcom data suggests that the most common potential harms on these types of platforms are:
With these harms, it is important to differentiate between problematic behaviour and harmful behaviour where there is a risk to safety, such as an adult contacting a child.
The presence of brands and ‘influencers’ adds the potential risk of scams and influenced or pressurised spending.
How to set up an account
Almost any app will require the same details to create an account and access its content:
There may be requests for additional information, such as name, address or phone number – these are not always required.
These links explain how to register for and set up an account on the most popular platforms:
Using platform settings to manage risk
Each platform will have a setting for security and privacy – this can be used to control a number of aspects, including:
These links explain how to use settings to reduce the risks of unwanted contact and cyberbullying:
How to report harmful conduct
If a user thinks they have been potentially harmed on the platform they should be aware of how to report this to the platform and potentially the police and trusted adults.
ABUSIVE OR THREATENING MESSAGES SHOULD BE REPORTED TO POLICE SCOTLAND
Online Reporting Form | Police Scotland
These links explain how to report users and content on the most popular platforms:
Resources and activities
Prevention is better than fixing problematic behaviour and these resources might be useful to get learners thinking about how their behaviour may affect others:
Be Internet Legends curriculum
Common Sense Edcuation
Meet Heart of the Digital Citizens!
Our Digital Citizenship Pledge
Childline
Friendship problems
Although not specifically teaching resources, these guides from Shore (The Lucy Faithfull Foundation) can support discussions and are useful to point learners to for information on harmful sexual behaviour, such as unwanted contact or unwanted sexual messages:
What to do if…
Thinkuknow by CEOP is the national website for learning about child exploitation and online protection (CEOP). Their learning resources site offers information and resources for learners, families and educators.
These are a selection of the resources for different ages:
How to report harmful conduct
If a user thinks they have been potentially harmed on the platform they should be aware of how to report this to the platform and potentially the police and trusted adults.
These links explain how to report users and content on the most popular platforms:
Resources and activities
Our Learner Digital Skills Toolkit has a section on information and media literacy with advice and resources to use in class Finding and checking – learner digital skills toolkit
This includes Project Real resources for understanding misinformation and disinformation Project Real
This section contains a series of three documents designed to support educators in delivering the Scottish Government Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy (2016). The three documents detail:
- The support document aims to make clear the digital knowledge and skills that learners require to be digitally competent. Being digitally competent means being able to use the most common devices and apps. It is… …
- The toolkit document outlines the skills and knowledge that comprise digital literacy in the General Teaching Council Scotland (GTCS)'s standards. The skills are organised into three levels: Essential skills that are required by every teacher… …
- This document aims to support educators in evaluating their use of digital to enhance learning and teaching. It takes features of How Good is Our School and exemplifies how digital can be used to enhance… …
Open to all early years practitioners, primary school teachers, and secondary school teachers who teach Computing.
During this unmissable event, you will have the opportunity to hear from industry experts who will share insights into future career prospects and to attend practical breakout sessions designed to empower you with innovative teaching methods for the classroom
The conference will be held on Saturday 11th November at 10am simultaneously at the following venues;
When registering, you can choose the nearest venue to you.
The proposed agenda for the day is as follows:
A Microsoft Form will be sent to you nearer the event to allow you to select the three workshops that best suit your needs from a list and to allow you to select your dietary requirements.
Use this link to sign up for your nearest event
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