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5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers

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5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers The internet has provided teachers with numerous tools to enhance their students’ learning experience. Account Breaches Cybercriminals can deploy a variety of techniques, including hacking and credential stuffing, to unlawfully gain access to online profiles.

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World Password Day — It’s Today!

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Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. If a hacker can access your personal information, he can steal your identity, open accounts in your name, and prevent you accessing your own data and money.

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World Password Day — It’s Coming!

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Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. If a hacker can access your personal information, he can steal your identity, open accounts in your name, and prevent you accessing your own data and money.

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Acceptable or Responsible? What’s Your Use Policy?

Tom Murray

Thus, these documents often become vast lists of ways users can get themselves into trouble, followed by an extensive pyramid of possible consequences. Encourage high levels of access. In addition, high school students are trained as cyber safety mentors to work with students and the community on Internet safety.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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But complying with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- a requirement of E-rate -- doesn't have to be. The E-rate program was put into place to ensure that education institutions have access to the technological resources necessary to keep students and teachers connected. USAC online training video series.

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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

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The student data covered by FERPA includes any files, documents, or records in other formats that contain information directly related to a student. Kevin then moved on to work as an education technology specialist and headed a district’s student data privacy, internet safety, and security initiative. Reg Leichty.

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Observing a 1:1 School

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The rest of the class took notes on the current event in their own Google document, likely shared with the teacher for record keeping. The file was shared with every student in the class so that everyone had access to all of the work and all of the notes generated during class. I think the idea of an AUP test is great!

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