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Kobayashi Maru Cybersecurity Learning on CyberRange With Immersive Cloud Based Simulations (9-12)

Engaging students with cybersecurity education can be a scary prospect. How do you give them hands-on learning opportunities when dealing with potentially dangerous code? Field Effect is an Ottawa based cybersecurity company that has created a state of the art online cyber simulation system called CyberRange.  This presentation will give you an opportunity to explore this cloud based immersive simulation software that allows you and your students to get face to face with cyber-attacks without fear in order to better understand the technology. It’s a powerful learning tool and one of the emerging technology pieces used in CyberTitan, Canada’s Student Cybersecurity Competition. This presentation will include access to a variety of cyber-education initiatives being offered (for free!) by ICTC.

Target Grades: 9-12

Making Classroom Coding Come to Life – Mindstorms, Spike, VexVR (7-8)

The thesis of this STEAM presentation is that by allowing coding to come to life, i.e. physical applications and manipulations in 3D space, students can better visualize, make deeper learning connections, and have fun! The presentation shows how teachers can cover the elementary coding curriculum (emphasis on Intermediate) using robotics applications, through Lego EV3 Mindstorms & Spike Prime, and VexVR (all web-based Scratch-based programs) to give examples of activities that teach students about loops, conditional statements, subprograms, data analysis, and more. I will also have a small component that explores using Google Sheets/Excel to also compute/collect data and will also make connections to Micro:bits. I also give examples that cover other math strands (e.g. Spatial Sense). 

Target Grades: 7-8

Creating a Platformer for Steam In Unreal Engine with High (7-12)

In this session, I will go over what it took to release a fully functional game on Steam. Steam is the largest online network for PC games in the world. Our group of novice students with the help of their teacher, Marc Dubeau, designed a game to be released on Steam. Discussions on coding, game design, team work, collaboration and how to do something really hard. The game will also be demoed and played for participants.

Target Grades: 7-12

Thriving in the Age of AI (9-12)

This course consists of 6 modules that will teach your students about basic and advanced concepts in AI. The modules will cover topics related to machine and deep learning, core skills, the application of AI, societal impacts and and ethical concerns, and why AI and humans should work together. There are also activities to allow students to apply their knowledge of AI throughout the course.

The content consists of video and text delivery along with activities, tools, resources and self-check quizzes at the end of sections to test your knowledge.

Target Grades: 9-12

Artificial Intelligence – Ethics of AI (9-12)

The new AI Revolution comes with amazing promises and also great challenges. In this session, participants will be introduced to the ethical issues related to the use and impact of this new technology in our daily lives. Additionally, we will explore and discuss a number of AI tools and their implications for the classroom.

Target Grades: 9-12

STEM Roundtable Discussions in Computer Science Classes (9-12)

STEM Roundtable Discussions are a way for classes to meet the “Computers & Society” or “Topics in Computer Studies” expectations through whole class or small group discussions.  It is an alternative to presentations or student-made websites, and it also provides a nice break from screens.  I will present how to set up, select topics, assess and differentiate the strategy.

Target Grades: 9-12