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Essential tips for teachers: Cybersecurity

The latest series of the Hello World podcast is back alongside issue 29 of the Hello World Magazine, with the theme focused on ‘Safety & Security’.

In this episode we continue our Teacher Tips mini-series where we share practical, actionable tips from teachers around the world.

Hear from US based educator Victoria Berkowitz, who shares her experiences and strategies to effectively teach digital safety to her students.

Meet our guests

Laura James

Laura James is a Learning Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, creating engaging content for the Ada Computer Science platform. With over a decade of classroom experience, she brings practical insight from UK secondary schools to her work.

Victoria Berkowitz

Victoria is a software developer turned Computer Science teacher based in Minola High School in New York, where she has taught game design, robotics, AP CS principles, and cybersecurity. She is an an NCWIT Educator Award winner and a recipient of the CYBER.org National Educator award.

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