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FBI Summer 2021 High School Programming

Interested in learning a bit more about your local FBI? The FBI Denver Field Office will be hosting a few programs for high school students this summer!

New in 2021, the FBI Denver Field Office will be conducting several Cyber Security Teen Bootcamps (CSTB) in Colorado and Wyoming. During each CSTB, attendees will hear presentations on cybersecurity/privacy and have hands-on training with a MacBook Pro, virtual Windows 10 PC, iPhone 11 and a Google Pixel phone. Each session will be limited to ten students, will occur at venues based on the locations of the majority of interested parties, and will be facilitated by the FBI Denver Chief Security Officer Michael Mercer, who has more than 13 years of experience in cyber security and privacy.

If interested in participating in a CSTB, please email Community Outreach Specialist Leah Hapner at dn_outreach@fbi.gov with the following information by May 28, 2021:

  • Name
  • Birthdate
  • 2020-2021 school name
  • 2020-2021 grade/year in school
  • City of residence (if in Denver metro, please indicate neighborhood/area name)
  • Contact email (ensure email address will be accessible during the summer) and phone number

We want to hear how your girl is using her Girl Scout skills by taking initiative, caring for the community, and Girl Scouting at home. She can send in her story here.

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Cybersecurity with Bank of America

Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors are invited to participate in a virtual program to earn their Cybersecurity Basics badge with Bank of America’s cybersecurity experts on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 from 12 – 3 p.m.

Register now: https://gscolorado.formstack.com/forms/cybersecurity_with_bank_of_america_virtual_10_07_2020

Girl Scouts will learn about cybersecurity and how you can protect yourself when using the internet, email, and your phone. Examine the latest tools and techniques for preventing cyber threats and learn what it takes to work in this fast-paced field. Learn about the threats facing consumers and corporations and obtain hands-on experience in the basics of data security using core skills and best-practice techniques. Discuss popular social media apps and explore how photos and messages are never completely deleted.

Please note – this program is hosted by Bank of America and Girl Scouts from across the county are invited to participate.

You will receive information about how to log into the virtual session via email prior to the program date.

All attendees must have a current Girl Scout membership.

Questions? Email aimee.artzer@gscolorado.org.

If you are having trouble completing registration, please contact inquiry@gscolorado.org or 877-404-5708.

We want to hear how your girl is using her Girl Scout skills by taking initiative, caring for the community, and Girl Scouting at home. She can send in her story here.

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I am a Cyber Hero

Submitted by Lexi

Western Colorado

Glenwood Springs

I found the Cyber Hero cybersecurity patch work interesting. I learned how messages travel and how important it is to be careful. It is important because you don’t want the information to get to the wrong people.

I love the Girl Scouts! It has a lot of fun activities to learn new and  interesting things.

By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours.

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Brownies sharpen their cyber skills while meeting virtually

Submitted by Lorell Duteil

Metro Denver

Lakewood

My troop completed several of the cybersecurity badges as Daisies, but now as Brownies, we have recently started using web-conferencing to hold our meetings and decided to refresh and grow our cyberdefense skills since so many activities have moved online due to COVID-19. We completed the castle activity and also talked about the layers of security on our computers and digital accounts! All the girls made pictures of the creative castle protections and showed them off over the web cam!

We are learning to be strong computer users and tech savvy leaders!

By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours.

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We (virtually) earned the “Cybersecurity” patch

Submitted by Laura Falin

Metro Denver

Littleton

Even though our Brownie troop can’t meet in person due to COVID-19, we met online and did activities to earn our “Cybersecurity” patch. The girls shared different things that have layers, clothing when we go outside, baking cakes – and we talked about how the computers we’re using so much right now also have layers of security to protect us.

The girls also drew pictures of castles – some of them had moats, and guards, and security cameras, and sharks, and all kinds of things to protect the castle. We talked about how computers have passwords and usernames, and how the school computers the girls are using have (fire)walls to keep out websites that aren’t appropriate for kids.

By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours.

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Troop 76136 learns about cybersecurity

Submitted by Jodi Balfour

Northern & Northeastern CO

Erie

Our troop of 12 Brownies enjoyed drawing castles with “layers of security” to protect them. We heard some very creative ideas, such as surrounding the castle with thorny vines, alligators in the moat, secret underground passages through a maze, and more! One girl wanted to wear a disguise and described it as creating an online avatar that didn’t look exactly like her. Everyone had fun and learned about some ways to be safe online.

By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours.

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Troop 45213 is cyber ready

Submitted by Laura Fetterman

Pikes Peak

Colorado Springs

Our troop got together and learned how to protect ourselves and information online. We learned that protecting our information is just like protecting a castle. You need to use passwords and parental locks to helps us be safe. We also learned how a computer passes information by playing a relay game with puzzle pieces. Each piece represented a pixel and each girl had to take “pixel” from one table to the other until the picture was complete. It was a lot of fun!

Our girls are ready to take on the next challenge in coding and share what they’ve learned with others!

By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours.

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Cybersecurity Connection

Submitted by Stephanie Cote

Metro Denver

Northglenn

Troop 66796 completed the Junior level of the cybersecurity patch requirements! They learned the vastness of the network of the Internet and the connection needed to send a message from one to another. The process showed the girls that there are many lines and servers needed for connection. They also learned “that messages going to a bad server voice back.” Because the girls wanted to include the whole troop, they discovered the time and effort needed for global connection.

The girls took the activity to another level by exploring the movement of the messages and changing the levels of down servers (as seen in the photo). They also thought of the cyberspace from our troop level to the global level.

By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours.

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Cyberheroes

Submitted by Nicki Meldrum

Northern & Northeastern CO

Windsor

Troop 76011 learned about layers of cybersecurity by drawing castles with their layers of protection. The girls had a blast creating castles decked out with security cameras, moats, alligators, and pickles! (Yes, pickles!!) They learned the importance of passwords and the how and why of protecting our information on the Internet. Next, they used that information to explore the Internet safely.

By completing this activity, the girls will earn this special cybersecurity patch. Learn how to earn yours.