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How to Track My Child’s Location

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Now that so many children carry smartphones, do you track your child’s location? With the rise of smartphones and other technological advancements, keeping track of your child’s location has become more convenient than before. These apps use smartphones’ GPS capabilities to offer location information.

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Smartphones in the classroom

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In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom?

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5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers

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They can take over both your personal and work-related accounts, from your emails and social media to online teaching platforms. Phishing Attacks Fraudsters frequently use misleading emails, phone calls, SMSs, social media DMs, and other digital channels to deceive victims and extract confidential information.

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22+ Tips on How to Work Remotely

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All it took to get these remote systems started was a problem that required a solution and flexible risk-taking stakeholders who came up with answers. Here’s what I came up with: have necessary apps on iPads and smartphones to make access the internet easier. And then, of course, there’s COVID shut-downs. have redundancy.

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Digital Citizenship: The Critical Call To Educate and Prepare 21st-Century Learners

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Although this generation can navigate the digital world with ease, it is unreasonable to assume young people fully understand how to leverage technology for best possible outcomes. Research shows that most youth use the Internet to view media outlets and to communicate with friends through social media applications.

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How to Grow Global Digital Citizens

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With the rise of online games, web-based education, and smartphones that access everything from house lights to security systems, it’s not surprising to read these statistics: In 2013, 71 percent of the U.S. These are the global demands of digital citizenship. population age 3 and over used the Internet.

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End of Year Maintenance: Update Your Online Presence

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This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Buying new systems takes a long time and doesn’t fix the problem that the old one wasn’t kept up. Here’s what you’ll get: 19 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer.