The Cybersecurity Hour
Because your internet security requires a start
What is the cybersecurity hour?
It is a project based on the “Hour of Code” that seeks to bring parents, tutors, teachers and students closer to the area of cybersecurity through gamification. The idea of this project is that its learning instances are reused by schools and maintained over time. For this reason, every time an activity is added, the scientific method must be applied to gradually improve the toolkit and support material for those executing the activity.
Fundamental characteristics
Objective
Students learn how to protect themselves online and acquire the necessary knowledge to surf the Internet safely.
Methodology
Educate children about cybersecurity in a scientific and entertaining way, using an experimental methodology to gradually improve the tools used.
Hypothesis
Using gamification techniques to teach cybersecurity basics to teens 13 and older will produce better results than traditional methodologies.
Start playing and learning!
Interland
It is a Google game designed for people between 10 and 16 years old. It is composed of 4 realms to cover in a general way aspects such as phishing, password management, internet behavior and information to learn.
Hacknet
It is an immersive hacking simulator based on computer terminals that seeks to show how easy it can be to perform a successful attack on another device.
Space Shelter
This is another teaching application from Google that allows you to learn about various aspects of cybersecurity based on situations that an astronaut must face.
Cyber Scouts
It is a platform designed by the government of Spain to teach aspects of cybersecurity to both adults and children, seeking to verify the user's knowledge with activities of incremental difficulty to discern between safe and unsafe cybersecurity practices.
How do I register my school to participate?
In order to participate with your school it is necessary to fill out the registration form. Once the registration has been made, the selected activity will be carried out on the agreed day.
What will the day of the activity be like?
Our team will be in charge of the direction of the activity as well as the necessary material for its realization. After the activity there will be a moment for the participants to evaluate and give feedback on the activity, so that in other occasions the learning process will be more enriching.
