Trend Micro, in partnership with COGG, launch their Cyber Academy in the Irish language as Seachtain na Gaeilge kicks off-

To coincide with Seachtain na Gaeilge Trend Micro, in partnership with COGG (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta), are celebrating the launch of their Cyber Academy as Gaeilge. The decision to make this valuable resource available in the Irish language was made in an effort to create an inclusive space for young Gaeilgeoirí looking to educate themselves on online safety. This academy is aimed at children aged 7 to 11 years and is comprised of 11 all-important topics, covering everything from passwords and camera safety to kindness, misinformation and time online.

Since launching in October of 2021, Trend Micro’s Cyber Academy – which forms part of their ISKF (Internet Safety for Kids & Families) program –has become a vital resource both in and outside of the classroom, providing teachers and parents with a powerful tool to improve children’s safety and awareness online. Offering both video-based lessons and learning materials designed to engage and improve children’s digital literacy skills, each short episode can be delivered on-demand by a teacher in the classroom or a guardian at home.

Each episode consists of:

·       A three-minute animated video

·       A conversation guide/Q&A for kids

·       A Kahoot! Quiz to reinforce learning in an exciting way

·       A fun downloadable activity sheet featuring elements such as crosswords, coloring and wordsearches

Marking the launch of the Cyber Academy as Gaeilge a group of Transition Year students visited the Trend Micro Cork headquarters. During the visit, these TY students were coached on all elements of the Cyber Academy, along with presentation skills and tips, by members of the Trend team. This exercise showcases yet another initiative spearheaded by Trend Micro, which will see volunteers from the company host training workshops with Transition Year students, who will in turn visit their sister primary schools and present the Cyber Academy as Gaeilge to the relevant class groups.

In a further effort to spread the word about this exciting new resource, Trend Micro and COGG are hosting a FREE webinar for schools as Gaeilge, on Tuesday 19^th March at 1.30pm. The virtual webinar, which is aimed at 3rd to 6th class pupils and available to schools all around the country, will cover two of the Cyber Academy topics: Pasfhocail (Passwords) and Fíordheimhniú déshraithe (TwoFactor Authentication).

This practice of building an ever-growing chain of knowledge surrounding safety and wellbeing in the virtual space has long been a mission of Trend Micro, and one that is gaining momentum across numerous different languages; the launch of Cyber Academy as Gaeilge marks the platform’s nineteenth translation, with lessons already available in English, Japanese, Filipino, Spanish, Italian and more.

Ensuring that each ‘as Gaeilge’ lesson was accurately and appropriately translated was Frank Ó Tormaigh, Education Officer (Digital) with COGG, who worked tirelessly with his team to create this valuable online tool for students across the country, both Gaelscoileanna and English-speaking primary schools.

Speaking about the project, Frank said: “Trend Micro’s Cyber Academy is a wonderful resource for young people – and one that is particularly pertinent in today’s internet-obsessed world. To take something so positive and informative and make it accessible to our young Irish speakers has been an incredibly rewarding experience. As representatives of COGG, our role is to continuously celebrate the use of the Irish language across multiple educational contexts, and as such, this project ticked every box for us.”

Commenting on their foray into the Irish language, Avril Ronan, Trend Micro Global Programme Manager for Internet Safety for Kids & Families, said: “We are so proud to be launching this amazing resource for Irish speakers as Seachtain na Gaeilge is being celebrated across the country. It’s incredibly important to our identity to sustain and promote our beautiful language at every opportunity, and to do so while also educating our young population on how to navigate the virtual world is the icing on the cake.”

She added: “Our new resource also falls nicely in line with the Department of Education’s CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) initiative, which encourages schools to use the Irish language outside of formal Irish lessons, to improve both competence and confidence. The free webinar on March 19^th is the perfect example of this, offering what we hope will be a fun change to a regular Irish class!”

To register for this free upcoming webinar visit www.trendmicro.com/internet-safety/eventsga , to access the kids’ Cyber Academy directly as Gaeilge and much more, visit www.trendmicro.com/internet-safety/ga

Ag teacht le Seachtain le Gaeilge tá Trend Micro, i gcomhpháirt le COGG (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta) ag seoladh an Cyber Academy as Gaeilge. Rinneadh an cinneadh an acmhainn luachmhar seo a chur ar fáil i nGaeilge mar iarracht spás cuimsitheach a chruthú do Ghaeilgeoirí óga atá ag iarraidh oideachas a chur orthu féin ar shábháilteacht ar líne. Tá an acadamh seo dírithe ar leanaí idir 7 agus 11 bliana d’aois agus tá sé comhdhéanta de 11 ábhar ríthábhachtach, ag clúdach gach rud ó phasfhocail agus sábháilteacht ceamara go cineáltas, faisnéis mhícheart agus am ar líne.

Ó seoladh é i mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2021, tá an Cyber Academy ó Trend Micro – atá mar chuid dá gclár ISKF (Sábháilteacht Idirlín do Leanaí & Teaghlaigh) – ina acmhainn ríthábhachtach laistigh agus lasmuigh den seomra ranga, ag soláthar uirlis chumhachtach do mhúinteoirí agus do thuismitheoirí chun sábháilteacht agus feasacht leanaí ar líne a fheabhsú. Trí cheachtanna físbhunaithe agus ábhair foghlama araon a thairiscint atá deartha chun scileanna litearthachta digití leanaí a mhealladh agus a fheabhsú, is féidir le múinteoir sa seomra ranga nó caomhnóir sa bhaile gach eipeasóid ghearr a sheachadadh ar éileamh.

Tá gach eipeasóid comhdhéanta de:

·       Físeán beoite trí nóiméad

·       Treoir chomhrá / ceisteanna agus freagraí do pháistí

·       Tráth na gCeist Kahoot chun an fhoghlaim a threisiú ar bhealach spreagúil

·       Bileog ghníomhaíochta spraíúil is féidir a íoslódáil ina bhfuil gnéithe cosúil le crosfhocail, dathú agus cuardach focal

Agus seoladh an Cyber Academy as Gaeilge á chomóradh thug grúpa de mhic léinn na hIdirbhliana cuairt ar cheanncheathrú Trend Micro i gCorcaigh. Le linn na cuairte, rinne baill d’fhoireann Trend oiliúint ar na mic léinn Idirbhliana seo ar gach gné den Cyber Academy, mar aon le scileanna cur i láthair agus leideanna. Léiríonn an cleachtadh seo tionscnamh eile atá á stiúradh ag Trend Micro, ina mbeidh oibrithe deonacha ón gcomhlacht mar óstach ar cheardlanna oiliúna le daltaí na hIdirbhliana, a thabharfaidh cuairt ar a gcomh-bhunscoileanna agus an Cyber Academy a chur i láthair as Gaeilge do na rang-ghrúpaí cuí.

Mar iarracht eile eolas a scaipeadh faoin acmhainn spreagúil nua seo, tá Trend Micro agus COGG ag reáchtáil seimineár gréasáin SAOR IN AISCE do scoileanna as Gaeilge, Dé Máirt 19 Márta ag 1.30 i.n. Clúdóidh an seimineár gréasáin fíorúil, atá dírithe ar dhaltaí rang 3 go 6 agus atá ar fáil do scoileanna ar fud na tíre, dhá cheann de thopaicí an Cyber Academy: Pasfhocail agus Fíordheimhniú déshraithe.

Is misean de chuid Trend Micro le fada an lá é an cleachtas seo maidir le slabhra eolais atá ag dul i méid i gcónaí maidir le sábháilteacht agus folláine sa spás fíorúil, agus ceann atá ag méadú móiminteam thar go leor teangacha éagsúla; is é seoladh Cyber Academy as Gaeilge ná an naoú haistriúchán déag ar an ardán, le ceachtanna ar fáil cheana féin i mBéarla, Seapáinis, Filipínis, Spáinnis, Iodáilis agus go leor eile.

Ag cinntiú go raibh gach ceacht ‘as Gaeilge’ aistrithe go cruinn agus go cuí bhí Frank Ó Tormaigh, Oifigeach Oideachais (Digiteach) le COGG, a d’oibrigh go dian dícheallach lena fhoireann chun an uirlis luachmhar ar líne seo a chruthú do dhaltaí ar fud na tíre, idir Ghaelscoileanna agus bunscoileanna Bhéarla.

Ag labhairt dó faoin tionscadal, dúirt Frank: “Is acmhainn iontach do dhaoine óga é Cyber Academy Trend Micro – agus ceann atá thar a bheith ábhartha i ndomhan an lae inniu a bhfuil an t-idirlíon ag baint leis. Eispéireas thar a bheith tairbheach ba ea rud chomh dearfach agus chomh faisnéiseach a ghlacadh agus é a bheith inrochtana dár gcainteoirí óga Gaeilge. Mar ionadaithe de chuid COGG, is é an ról atá againn ná úsáid na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh go leanúnach ar fud an iliomad comhthéacsanna oideachais, agus mar bhí an tionscadal seo thar a bheith oiriúnach dúinn.”

Agus í ag tagairt don Ghaeilge atá á déanamh acu, dúirt Avril Ronan, Bainisteoir Idirnáisiúnta Cláir Trend Micro um Shábháilteacht Idirlín do Pháistí agus do Theaghlaigh: “Táimid an-bhródúil as an acmhainn iontach seo do Ghaeilgeoirí a sheoladh agus Seachtain na Gaeilge á ceiliúradh ar fud na tíre. Tá sé thar a bheith tábhachtach chun ár bhféiniúlacht a chothú agus ár dteanga álainn a chur chun cinn, agus is iontach an rud é sin a dhéanamh agus oideachas a chur ar ár ndaonra óg ar conas an domhan fíorúil a láimhseáil go sábháilte.”

Dúirt sí: “D’fhéadfadh ár n-acmhainn nua a bheith oiriúnach do FCÁT (Foghlaim Comhtháite Ábhar agus Teanga) de chuid na Roinne Oideachais, a spreagann scoileanna chun an Ghaeilge a úsáid lasmuigh de cheachtanna foirmiúla Gaeilge, chun inniúlacht agus muinín a fheabhsú. Sampla iontach de seo ná an seimineár gréasáin saor in aisce ar 19 Márta.”

Chun clárú don seimineár gréasáin saor in aisce seo agus chun teacht ar an Cyber Academy as Gaeilge agus go leor eile, tabhair cuairt ar www.trendmicro.com/internet-safety/ie. Lean foireann Trend Micro ISKF ar líne ar Twitter @TrendISKF_IE nó Facebook/TrendMicroEurope nó Instagram @Trendmicroiskfeurope.