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Mindfulness and Screen Time

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The nagging sense that we’re not quite steering this ship plagues educators, too, who may find themselves dropping everything to manage the fallout of interpersonal crises that play out in the digital realm, erupting with little or no warning.

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

Waterford

It’s just up to educators to help them succeed in finding answers while staying safe in a digital environment. The term was coined by author Marc Prensky to describe a person who grew up surrounded by technology and is familiar with the Internet from an early age on. The educational system structure was designed for that analog world.

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How To Protect Your Privacy As An Online Student.

EdTech4Beginners

It has radically transformed education. Students have the convenience and flexibility to study online. However, online education has also created a host of new challenges. They can gain access to your online education accounts, which may have your billing information, personal contact details and other sensitive information.

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

eSchool News

That certainly eliminates the issue, but it doesn’t allow students the opportunity to learn about the safe and responsible use of the internet (digital citizenship) in a controlled environment. Facebook access for older students studying marketing tools).

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Viral Messaging: Putting Digital Citizenship to the Test

Tech Helpful

Turning A Viral Hoax Into A Lesson on Internet Safety Over the last week, you have probably seen some reference to the “Momo Challenge,” hidden messages in Youtube videos, and calls for technology companies to police their systems to protect kids. Case Study: What is the #MoMoChallenge?

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Bullying and Cyberbullying: The Things You Need to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

So they looked at a whole range of research – lots of different studies – and that was the range of kids who were affected by it, in both cases. Some educators tend to just flip out and say, “Take away the phone! The biggest mistakes educators can make when dealing with bullying. Vicki: That’s still too many.

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Social Media Ed, Sex Ed, & Digital Responsibility

The Daring Librarian

According to a recent study & Mashable : "About 80% of children between the ages of 0 and 5 who use the Internet in the United States do so on at least a weekly basis, according to a report released Monday from education non-profit organizations Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop." Do I get points for that?