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World Password Day — It’s Today!

Ask a Tech Teacher

On January 1, 1983, when the Internet was invented, mankind agreed to a binary choice: Invent passwords or forever regret their absence. Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. Why change passwords.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Children face increasingly packed schedules, so they’re more likely to multitask—by frequently task-switching and/or using different kinds of media at the same time. Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10].

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World Password Day — It’s Coming!

Ask a Tech Teacher

On January 1, 1983, when the Internet was invented, mankind agreed to a binary choice: Invent passwords or forever regret their absence. Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. Why change passwords.

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How To Protect Your Privacy As An Online Student.

EdTech4Beginners

Students have the convenience and flexibility to study online. They can gain access to your online education accounts, which may have your billing information, personal contact details and other sensitive information. Here are some risks you must be aware of: Hackers often use personal information to access their victims’ accounts.

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Why protecting students at school is much more than just internet monitoring

eSchool News

However, on the flipside, access to the wider internet may mean that there is a temptation for students to access websites with inappropriate content–or use it as a platform where negative behavior can escalate, such as for cyberbullying or other undesirable activities. Big Brother vs Protection. Click here to learn more.

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Are Curriculum Specialists in Edtech Denial?

techlearning

Here is how I responded: "Education technology – or edtech – is the study and practice of effective teaching and learning processes and strategies that incorporate devices, apps, programs, and media. These include accessing, analyzing, and interpreting digital resources. Edtech Defined Recently I was asked to define edtech.

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It’s late 2015 and we’re still overblocking the Internet

Dangerously Irrelevant

It’s late 2015, we’re still overblocking the Internet, and the blame is on us as administrators… I read a post recently that stressed yet again how access to the wide range of the Internet is an equity issue. Image credit: Save the Internet Net Neutrality protest , Steve Rhodes.