Events, Competitions, and Workshops

Registration Deadline:Friday, May 31, 2022
Date: June 9th and June 10th 9am – 5pm
Participant Cost: $50
Professional Education Cost: $60 paid by the Concurrent Enrollment Program.
Register: Contact Michelle Steffens, M.Ed Online Program Manager – CORe (208)426-1896 michellesteffens@boisestate.edu
Location: Boise State University campus.

Parking will be provided.

Lunch will be provided

Join us for a two-day PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT opportunity for high school instructors in any discipline who are interested in Cybersecurity. The workshop will examine the basic concept of a system and how it relates to security principles and practices and will examine the threats to computers, devices, and information systems that seek to access, modify, damage, delete, or withhold personal and sensitive information. It will also provide an understanding of the security defenses an individual and organization can take to mitigate the various threats to computers, devices and information systems. The lesson plans can be offered as a concurrent enrollment course (CPS 100) to support high school students.

TOPICS will include:
• The Internet and Systems Thinking
• Introduction to Information Security
• Personal, Computer, Internet, and Mobile Security
• Cybersecurity Management

Presenters
Sin Ming Loo, PhD, is the Director of Cyber Operations and Resilience
Program and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State
University. He holds a joint-appointment with Idaho National Laboratory.

Eleanor Taylor is the Cybercore Program Manager for Workforce Development
and University Partnerships within the National and Homeland Security
(N&HS) directorate at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). She is responsible
for accelerating and expanding interdisciplinary talent pipeline efforts
to address critical control systems challenges across the nation.

Jana Richens is the Workforce Development Coordinator for Cybercore
Integration Center within the N&HS directorate at INL. She is responsible
for supporting workforce development efforts including intern program
support, STEM outreach and events, and university engagements.

The GenCyber Teacher Camp at Boise State University allows participants to understand security procedures, practices, and threats regardless of their knowledge level in IT/CS. The goal of this non-residential program is to help participants understand the dangers that come with using Internet, social media, and smart devices and increase their knowledge of system vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and protections.

Information Sessions:

We have hosted three information sessions (5-6 PM on March 14th, March 30th and April 20th) via zoom. The information session gave an overview of the camps.

Summer Camps:

When & Where

Two camps will be offered in the Boise State Computer Science Department in downtown Boise (777 West Main St. Boise, ID 83702). Breakfast and lunch is provided each day.

• 1st camp: July 11, 2022 – July 15, 2022, 8:30am-4:30pm
• 2nd camp: July 18, 2022 – July 22, 2022, 8:30am-4:30pm

Objectives

The GenCyber program at Boise State University is designed for secondary education teachers in Southwest Idaho and the Boise area to:

• Create local cyber security awareness
• Build a community of practice to promote cyber security for everyone
• Design, develop, implement, and evaluate lesson plans for teachers in the area of security and privacy
• Provide cyber security resources and make them accessible to the community

Program Goals

• Maintain/expand the secondary teacher community for cybersecurity education we have built in 2017, 2019 and 2021.
• Promote cybersecurity education to as many students as possible by delivering cybersecurity lessons in all subject areas in secondary schools.
• Provide cybersecurity teaching/learning resources and follow-up opportunities to support teacher participants throughout the school year.

Topics

Topics include password protection, phishing, cryptography, virus, Trojans, wireless and network security, and Sphero BOLT robots are taught in class, from which participants are exposed to all ten cybersecurity first principles.

Class Form

Team-Based Learning (TBL), an Evidence-Based Instructional Practice, will be used to create an engaged community of learners.

Preliminaries

All hands-on activities are unplugged and only simple mathematical preliminary knowledge is needed, thus appropriate to all teachers with different backgrounds. In addition, pre-camp materials are shared, allowing participants to gain some preliminary knowledge.

Stipend and Credits

Teachers selected to participate in these workshops receive a $750 stipend:

• $500 (summer camp) + $50 (parking support)
• $100 (post-camp activity 1 in Fall 2022)
• $100 (post-camp activity 2 in Spring 2023)

In addition, two professional education credits are offered and participants take home a Sphero BOLT.

Find out More and Where To Apply Here