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5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers The internet has provided teachers with numerous tools to enhance their students’ learning experience. Cyber threats, in particular, can expose both educators and learners to new kinds of risks that could endanger their privacy and security. However, it’s not without a few downsides.

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Sextortion: Your Students Are at Risk, Teachers Can Help

The CoolCatTeacher

Get Netsmartz, the free program to help educate teachers, parents and students. Educate yourself. The time to talk is when they get their smartphone. This free course is designed to help you teach the latest in internet safety and digital citizenship for your students. So, I recorded a show. Talk to kids.

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What a Teacher Can Do About Cyberbullying

Ask a Tech Teacher

You’ll enjoy her latest article on how to address cyberbullying with your students: Cyberbullying refers to a situation in which a teen, preteen or child is embarrassed, humiliated, harassed, threatened, tormented or otherwise targeted by another on interactive technology such as smartphones or social media. What the Teacher can do.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

Waterford

Through computers, smartphones, and tablets, we have a wealth of information at our fingertips that can be both entertaining and intellectually stimulating. When your child is playing an educational video game or video chatting with a relative, for example, that is active screen time. Sources : Sigman, A.

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How Common Sense Is Helping NYC Welcome Cell Phones into Schools

Graphite Blog

The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) is one of them. Individual schools can decide whether they want to incorporate students’ personal technology into classroom learning and can implement a "bring your own device" (BYOD) program. Empower students to use their devices in safe and responsible ways.

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10 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have

Educational Technology Guy

This past January I wrote "10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have" and I have decided to modify it for the "10 Tech Skills Every Educator Should Have". Overall, educators need to understand some basics about technology and that it is not a be-all-end-all solution to everything in a classroom. Here''s my list.

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Teens and Screens - Recommended Resources for Parents and Teachers

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

How do I talk to my kid about Internet porn? • How do screens -- such as TV and smartphones -- affect my kids’ sleep? • Ramirez - 2012 Action in the Classroom • Effective Digital Citizenship Education - Vicki Davis --A work in progress, check back soon at mauilibrarian2.com How do I get my teen to read more books? •