CANCELLED: CyberSecurity - Designing and Implementing Lessons for your K-12 Classrooms

Providing Training to Plan and Implement Curriculum that Can Support Students Entering the Job Market with Practical Skills

This workshop is for educators interested, excited, and willing to teach students lessons about cybersecurity. Why cybersecurity? Because of the increased use of digital resources in all facets of our lives, the security of our data has increased exponentially. Our role is to expose students at a young age to data care and security.

We will focus on introductory lessons for schools just getting started and looking to spark student interest in problem-solving, coding, and ethical hacking to protect and care for data. Cybersecurity lessons will be delivered using hands-on (offline), student-centered pedagogical strategies. Resources will be shared for districts to pursue deeper curriculum pursuits, camps, and competitions.

This session will be facilitated by Sabrina Smiley who holds a masters' degree in special education and currently works for TeachCyber, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to developing, supporting, and stewarding excellent cybersecurity education around the country.

Cost: $250, no lunch included

Educators can consider using Title IVa funding to register for this event for the effective use of technology to improve academic achievement and digital literacy.

Presenters: Sabrina Smiley and Jenny Daugherty

About the Presenters:

Sabrina Smiley leads Operations for DARK Enterprises. Sabrina earned her undergraduate degree in education and her master’s degree in special education from Ball State University. In 2018, Sabrina began contributing to the DARK Enterprises, Inc. team. She enjoys her role as an editor and copy editor, and she also assists in performing data collection and analysis.

Jenny Daugherty is a Research and Curriculum Lead for DARK Enterprises, Inc. Jenny has over 15 years of experience in K-12 STEM education with expertise in curriculum development, teacher professional development, and educational research and evaluation. She has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on numerous projects in the fields of Cybersecurity, Science, Technology, and Engineering education. Jenny earned her doctoral degree in Human Resource Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she was awarded a doctoral fellowship with the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education.

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