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Middle Schoolers Train for the Cyber Threats of Tomorrow

NOVA Labs, the digital companion to the PBS science show NOVA, is preparing middle school students from across the country to thwart cyber attacks and data breaches.

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A high school student in Roscoe ISD, which has provided a laptop for every student with money from wind farm subsidies.
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NOVA Labs, the digital companion to the PBS science show NOVA, is preparing middle school students from across the country to thwart cyber attacks and data breaches. The free web-based game, which allows students to role-play a chief technology officer of a start-up social network company, is an attempt to make the highly technical field of cyber security accessible to learners as early as possible. (Fast Company)

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