TRETC 2025: Full Schedule

9:15am EST

Hacking Education: Integrating picoCTF into Your Cybersecurity Curriculum

Monday January 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:45am EST

Hacking Education: Integrating picoCTF into Your Cybersecurity Curriculum
Join us for an interactive workshop designed to empower high school educators with the tools to bring cybersecurity into the classroom. This 45-minute session introduces the basics of Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions and demonstrates how picoCTF’s free, accessible platform can seamlessly integrate into programming or cybersecurity curricula. Educators will gain practical insights into engaging students with hands-on problem-solving challenges that foster critical thinking and technical skills. The workshop concludes with a short practice CTF, allowing participants to experience firsthand how these challenges work in an educational setting. Whether you're new to CTFs or looking for fresh ways to enhance your lessons, this session will equip you with everything you need to get started. With help from Carnegie Mellon grad students, you can become a hacker too! Don't miss this opportunity to inspire your students and prepare them for a future in cybersecurity!

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the basics of Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions:
Educators will learn what CTFs are, how they work, and why they are effective tools for teaching cybersecurity concepts and problem-solving skills.
2. Incorporate picoCTF into classroom curriculum:
Participants will explore strategies for integrating picoCTF challenges into their existing programming or cybersecurity lessons to engage students and enhance learning outcomes.
3. Facilitate student participation in CTF activities:
Educators will gain hands-on experience with a practice CTF, enabling them to confidently guide their students through similar challenges and competitions in a classroom setting.

Speakers

Megan Kearns

Academic Outreach Program Director, Carnegie Mellon University

Taylor McCampbell

Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in having the picoCTF program (https://picoctf.com/) from Carnegie Mellon in your school please talk with me. picoCTF is cyber security learning platform and is completely free and designed to be as accessible as possible. Further, we love to get in the classroom and give cyber security lessons to students, assist teachers with resources... Read More →

Monday January 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:45am EST
Oliver, Room 114

Workshop, Create & Explore

Company Carnegie Mellon University
Audience Middle School Educators (6-8), High School Educators (9-12), Computer Science Educators, Administrators, EdTech Leaders
Subject Cybersecurity

1:45pm EST

De-mystifying AI in Education: Practical Tools for Teachers and Learners

Monday January 20, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm EST

Oliver, Room 114

In this interactive 90-minute workshop, participants will explore practical, hands-on strategies for integrating AI into their teaching practices to empower both educators and students. Designed for teachers at any tech-comfort level, this session will focus on building personalized learning systems that address key concerns such as misinformation, academic integrity, bias, and equitable access.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify common teacher concerns about AI and explore how to overcome these challenges.
2. Experiment with AI tools that enhance lesson planning, student feedback, and classroom management.
3. Create personalized use cases for integrating AI in their unique educational environments.

Speakers

Sarah Zipf

Research Project Manager, Penn State University

Sarah Zipf, Ph.D., is a researcher with Teaching and Learning Technology, at Pennsylvania State University. In this role, she researches educational and instructional technology, learning spaces, and online education. Zipf is an adjunct instructor for the Penn State World Campus... Read More →

Tiffany Petricini

Associate Teaching Professor, Penn State University

Tiffany Petricini is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Communication at Penn State Shenango and Program Coordinator of the Penn State Western Corporate Communication Consortium. She is co-chair of Penn State’s Joint Standing Committee on Responsible and Effective Use of Artificial... Read More →

Monday January 20, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm EST
Oliver, Room 114

Workshop, Create & Explore

Company Penn State University
Audience Appropriate for All Audiences
Subject Integrating AI into the Classroom

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