In this article, you’ll hear the story of a unit carried out as part of the Media Literacy course, taught in Secondary 3 (Grade 9) in a public school in the Québec City region. In addition, strategies used by hackers, including some made possible by the arrival of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), will be explained. Who knows, maybe this article will inspire you to discuss cybersecurity with your students! 

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Most educators don’t spend their days thinking about cybersecurity. Between classroom management, learning objectives, and so much more, it usually doesn’t rise to top priority. But as technology evolves and continues to become more integrated into every aspect of our lives— including mental health and biometrics—and cybercrime increases and sometimes targets schools, cybersecurity is something we need to be mindful about and help students understand. 

Schools and their stakeholders, like all organizations, have an individual and collective responsibility to equip themselves on two fronts: a robust and secure digital infrastructure and, above all, thoughtful and professional use by their users. Here are some useful resources to help with that huge task.