University Boils Cybersecurity Concepts Down to Learning Game
The University of Texas at San Antonio is working with elementary school educators to nurture an early interest in cybersecurity, starting with a simple card game. The University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security recently developed Cyber Threat Protector game to teach young children about basic cybersecurity principles. University of Texas at San Antonio
Cyberhygiene has become a focal point of concern for parents and educators as children grow up increasingly dependent on technology.
In light of this, the University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security recently launched Cyber Threat Protector, a tabletop card game designed to introduce cybersecurity safety principles to children as young as 8 years old.
<figcaption> Student Kaison Hockenbarger and teacher Abigail Boyett go over his answers to a multiplication assignment in a Northside ISD classroom. <cite>Credit: Alejandra Casas for The Texas Tribune</cite>
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