- Corrinne Sande
- Director, Computer Sciences and Information Systems, Director/PI, NCyTE Center, CAE National Resource Center
- Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges supplement (C5)
- https://www.ncyte.net/c5-lessons
- National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center, Whatcom Community College
- Stephen Miller
- Professor and Director Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NCyTE Co-PI
- Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges supplement (C5)
- https://www.ncyte.net/c5-lessons
- National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center, Eastern New Mexico University - Ruidoso
- Janice Walker
- Cybersecurity Special Projects Director
- Catalyzing Computing and Cybersecurity in Community Colleges supplement (C5)
- https://www.ncyte.net/c5-lessons
- National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center, Whatcom Community College
Public Discussion
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Corrinne Sande
Director, Computer Sciences and Information Systems, Director/PI, NCyTE Center, CAE National Resource Center
Hello Everyone,
Thank you for viewing our showcase on the new AP CSP: Cybersecurity Course, endorsed by the College Board and now available through CodeHS. This course allows cybersecurity topics to be introduced as part of a standard AP CSP course. NCyTE has also developed stand alone cybersecurity lessons that can be used in any computer classroom.
Bernard Yett
Janice Walker
Cybersecurity Special Projects Director
These new AP CSP Cybersecurity course / lessons explore cybersecurity applications in Javascript, but CodeHS is also developing a Python version of the lessons which will be available later this summer as an additional resource for teachers.
Stephen Miller
Professor and Director Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NCyTE Co-PI
The AP CSP Cybersecurity courses/lessons include the following resources found on the NCyTE website:
Bernard Yett
NATHAN KIMBALL
Curriculum Developer
Your new AP course appears to be a powerful on-ramp for students looking specifically at careers in cybersecurity, but also, I would think that a cybersecurity background would be important for anyone in a CS field. What are the ways that have helped you connect with CS HS teachers to build the bridges between HS and college experiences?
Stephen Miller
Professor and Director Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NCyTE Co-PI
Hi Nathan,
Yes the AP course is a great on-ramp for students pursuing careers in cybersecurity, Information Technology, and or computer science. It is also great for cybersecurity awareness in other careers. The ways NCyTE has connected with CS HS teachers are presenting at conferences focused on K-12, NICE K-12 Conference for example, here is the link:https://www.k12cybersecurityconference.org/
We also connect through NCyTE members, resources, and CodeHS Career Development workshops, here is link on NCyTE website:https://www.ncyte.net/resources/cybersecurity-c...
Hope this answered your questions.
Aman Yadav
Professor
Great to see cybersecurity as a CSP course. I was wondering what kinds of professional development and support do you provide for teachers? Is there a cost for schools to offer the course?
Stephen Miller
Professor and Director Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NCyTE Co-PI
Aman,
To answer your cost to schools question. No, the course is free to teachers, once they sign up for a free teacher account on CodeHS (see https://codehs.com/signup/begin). Some schools pay to get Pro accounts, which come with some nice extras, but a free teacher account is all you need to do everything in our course.
Stephen
Stephen Miller
Professor and Director Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NCyTE Co-PI
Hi Aman,
We provid resources and professional development through NCyTE members, resources, and CodeHS Career Development workshops, here is link on NCyTE website:https://www.ncyte.net/resources/cybersecurity-c...
High Schools may join NCyTE here is the link: https://www.ncyte.net/membership-application-hs
Hope this answered your questions.
Stephen
Bernard Yett
Janice Walker
Cybersecurity Special Projects Director
Aman, NCyTE Center has also funded two free four-hour professional development workshops for high school teachers to learn more about teaching the AP CSP Cybersecurity course and lessons: one on Wednesday June 9 and another on Thursday June 24. You can learn more about them at
https://www.ncyte.net/ncyte-news/news/ap-csp-cyber
Janice
Janice Walker
Cybersecurity Special Projects Director
Hello All,
NCyTE offers many other free and informative resources for high school and community college educators, including:
- "How to" guides for how to run middle and high school camps
- 34 interactive lessons, designed to to help students grasp difficult concepts, that can be incorporated into cybersecurity classes
- Transfer pathway models
- Community College internship model
- A workforce study on where cyber alumni are getting hired and in which work roles
- military occupation specialty (MOS) pathways to credit
We invite you to visit our resources page at https://www.ncyte.net/resources
David Lockett
Albert Einstein Fellow
Good to see cybersecurity as a CSP course. While some schools may offer curriculum in technology, cybersecurity isn’t typically covered. The cybersecurity field encompasses many different jobs that require varying skillsets.
Janice Walker
Stephen Miller
Professor and Director Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NCyTE Co-PI
David,
A good resource for cybersecurity work roles in the NIST NICE Framework. Here is a link to the framework and also a tool that looks at the work roles and pathways.
https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/...
https://niccs.cisa.gov/workforce-development/cy...
Stephen
Janice Walker
Cybersecurity Special Projects Director
And such a timely topic to be boosted in curriculum nationwide. NCyTE has also developed interdisciplinary content via YouTube to help educators address cybersecurity both at basic levels of day-to-day computer use to risk applied to other fields. New topics include Securing your Digital Life and cybersecurity threats in maritime, national airspace, small unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) and supply chain risk management.
https://www.youtube.com/c/NCyTECenter