Teaching cybersecurity skills to special needs children with Alana Robinson

2021-09-26

Internet safety for kids is hard enough as it is, but what about Internet safety for children with special needs? How do you teach strong password creation for children with learning disabilities? How do you teach children how to separate fact from fiction when they have a different grasp of social cues? And how do you make sure these lessons are not only remembered for years to come, but also rewarding for the children themselves? Today on Lock and Code, we speak with Alana Robinson, a...

Internet safety for kids is hard enough as it is, but what about Internet safety for children with special needs?

How do you teach strong password creation for children with learning disabilities? How do you teach children how to separate fact from fiction when they have a different grasp of social cues? And how do you make sure these lessons are not only remembered for years to come, but also rewarding for the children themselves?

Today on Lock and Code, we speak with Alana Robinson, a special education technology and computer science teacher for K – 8, about cybersecurity trainings for children with special needs, and about how, for some lessons, her students are better at remembering the rules of online safety than some adults.

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