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Are Schools Helpless, Hapless When it Comes to IT Privacy and Security?

Doug Levin

As we look to lessons learned about how schools responded to the issue of internet safety beginning some twenty years ago, my read is that the current set of solutions and responses being advanced today to address privacy concerns can only be kindly described as ‘in need of improvement.’

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Internet Safety Labs Advances Mobile App Safety for K-12 Students, Families and Educators with New App Microscope

eSchool News

SAN DIEGO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Internet Safety Labs , a non-profit organization dedicated to independent software product safety testing, today announced a big leap forward to help ensure mobile app safety for K-12 students, families and educators with the introduction of the App Microscope.

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Stand with Common Sense: Take the Digital Citizenship for All Pledge

Graphite Blog

Take the Digital Citizenship for All Pledge to join Common Sense Education and thousands of educators across the world addressing internet safety issues this year. Interested in learning more about our advocacy efforts around digital citizenship and media literacy? I Want to Take the Pledge.

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Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

edWeb.net

” Instead, librarians can help families learn how to maintain a healthy balance and become good digital citizens. Key topics include cyberbullying, information literacy, digital footprints, and overall Internet safety. She is committed to sharing and modeling the importance of digital citizenship with students.

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Making Media Literacy Central to Digital Citizenship

MindShift

In fact, 68 percent of teachers are using video in their classrooms, and 74 percent of middle schoolers are watching videos for learning. We need to move from a conflation of digital citizenship with internet safety and protectionism to a view of digital citizenship that’s pro-active and prioritizes media literacy and savvy.