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How can I teach about cyber security in the primary classroom?

Cyber security provides an increasingly important and relevant context for teaching key areas of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies and ICT Capabilities. Here we highlight a few example ideas from our latest cyber security MOOC for K-6 Teachers. 

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ACA Cyber Security Challenges for High School Students

The Australian Computing Academy has released a number of exciting cyber security challenges free for school students.

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Careers with Cyber Security

Cyber Security Magazine

Wondering what Cyber Security career options are available for your students?

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Upcoming Webinar - Hey Google, How do I teach AI in the classroom?

Are you curious about teaching Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning in the classroom but not sure where to start? We engage with AI every day, from using virtual assistants to help us find information quickly to playing with the latest social media filters!

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How Do You Plan an Education Research Study?

Dr Rebecca Vivian and her international K-12 Computer Science (CS) education colleagues were accepted to present a special workshop session about conducting K-12 quantitative computing education research at the 2020 SIGCSE (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) Conference in the US in March. The session aimed to up-skill interested researchers and educators new to research. 

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Celebrate Scratch Month with CSER's Scratch Challenges

30 day challenge of Scratch

Scratch is a fun and visual programming tool developed by MIT used by children in over 150 countries and available in over 40 languages.

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Thank you to our CSER Project Officers

CSER team photo

The CSER Team is made up of a group of passionate Digital Technology fans from the education sector based across Australia. Drawn together by a common purpose to support teachers and students in this critical area, we have been so fortunate to work with thousands of teachers and schools for the past 3 and half years. Our team members have spent countless hours preparing engaging interactive workshops, travelling far and wide by car, plane, train and sometimes ferry to reach teachers in both metro and remote locations. 

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Thank you Eva!

Eva

A big thank you and farewell to Eva from the CSER Lending Library. Eva has played a central role in the smooth running of the CSER Lending Library, processing loan requests, setting up kits and communicating with schools.

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CSER is moving into a new phase of teacher support - An update!

As a valued member of our community, we would like to share with you an important update about the face-to-face and lending library components of our K-12 Digital Technologies Education program as we transition to a new phase of teacher and school support.

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COVID-19: CSER Resources and Information to Support Teachers

Thank you for being a part of the CSER community

Thank you to all the teachers out there, you are doing a great job! The CSER team has been working on some additional resources to support our wonderful teacher community through these unprecedented times. 

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