Methodical Specifics of the Subject Distance Camp Organization “Young Cryptograph”

Abstract

The paper is concerned with problem solution regarding career counseling of schoolchildren and the interest cultivation in cryptography of the maximum number of schoolchildren from various settlements. Currently, the subject online training sessions applying distance learning technology are the most relevant. The said type of work has its own methodical specifics based on the principles of digital pedagogy. It is carried out via educational platforms, subject web-sites using social services. The paper presents the best practices of short-term subject online training session during holidays. The relevant training session is dedicated to provide schoolchildren with the basics of cryptography. Schoolchildren are given the opportunity to evaluate the versatility of mathematics, its significance for applied disciplines, discover knowledge in the field of protection and information encryption. Interest in the relevant discipline is determined by the possibility of encoding and passing secret information distantly, mastering the methods of cryptography. Students and schoolchildren are trained in the form of online activities such as Student Master Classes, Web quests “Young Scout”, Video conferences, Creative tasks, exciting games with “QR codes”, “Young cryptographer”, “Sherlock Holmes”. The paper identifies new methodological tools to improve results of studying cryptography, gives descriptions of tasks. The best practices of organizing a subject session in a distance camp in a pandemic are presented.