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World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Neo LMS

More than a million cases of child identity theft are reported every year and, as school districts continue to introduce students to new technology and advanced digital curriculum, Internet safety education is becoming an increasingly essential tool when preventing cybercrime. First of all, have the Tech Talk with your children.

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Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

edWeb.net

Key topics include cyberbullying, information literacy, digital footprints, and overall Internet safety. In addition, empower students to take control of technology by asking them how they could use media in a positive manner to effect social change. She also serves on several committees for ALA, AASL, and TLA.

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Making Media Literacy Central to Digital Citizenship

MindShift

From social media streams chock-full of video and GIFs to FaceTime with friends to two-hour Twitch broadcasts, video mediates students’ relationships with each other and the world. This emergence of video as a high-stakes media form requires a rethinking of what we mean by digital citizenship.