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

Waterford

The great news is that digital natives want to learn. It’s just up to educators to help them succeed in finding answers while staying safe in a digital environment. This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible.

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The Key to A Successful Online Safety Policy

Securly

of students we surveyed did not know what web filter their school was using, if at all. Well, teaching the school community about their web filtering system will optimize internet safety features and help students/teachers maximize web resources. To learn more about online student safety, subscribe to our newsletter: .

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6 Student Suggestions to Improve Web Filtering

Securly

The following are real student responses from an international survey we conducted during Summer 2015. Note: our survey participants included both Securly and non-Securly users. The filter should see if the page has any learning stuff on it. Digital Citizenship Education. “I Quick Whitelisting. “At Image vs. Text.

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How to Grow Global Digital Citizens

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. population age 3 and over used the Internet. population age 3 and over used the Internet.

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How To Protect Your Privacy As An Online Student.

EdTech4Beginners

It has radically transformed education. However, online education has also created a host of new challenges. You need to be carefully sharing any personal information over the Internet. You may not believe that sharing a specific detail is a big deal, but people can often learn a lot more about you. Leave a comment below.

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A safer Internet?

Learning with 'e's

According to a recent BBC survey of 3500 parents and children, only 8% of parents thought their children had seen something upsetting on the Internet. The BBC''s Webwise site also has some great resources on Internet safety. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. The statistics are shocking.

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Getting Real About the Teen Depression-Cyberbullying Connection

techlearning

According to the Mayo Clinic , the true causes of teen depression are: biological chemistry hormones inherited traits early childhood trauma learned patterns of negative thinking Surely some of the learned patterns of negative thinking can stem from some interactions students have online, especially cyberbullying.