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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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The 6 C’s of Cybersafety: How to Keep Students Safe Online

EdTech Magazine

Educational technology is now a staple of most learning experiences. Combine that with social media identities, and the digital footprint of today’s students has become almost as important as the real thing. Digital citizenship and internet safety are buzzwords in the education space.

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23 Great Lesson Plans for Internet Safety

Graphite Blog

Educators' approach to internet safety in the classroom has changed as the technology and our use of it continues to evolve. In the past, digital citizenship lessons on internet safety focused more on dos and don'ts, like do create safe passwords and don't talk to strangers online.

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12 Great Lesson Plans for Internet Safety

Graphite Blog

Educators' approach to internet safety in the classroom has changed as the technology and our use of it continues to evolve. In the past, digital citizenship lessons on internet safety focused more on dos and don'ts, like do create safe passwords and don't talk to strangers online.

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17 K-8 Digital Citizenship Topics

Ask a Tech Teacher

Education is no longer contained within classroom walls or the physical site of a school building. Today, education can be found anywhere, by teaming up with students in Kenya or Skyping with an author in Sweden or chatting with an astrophysicist on the International Space Station.

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Social Media & Data Privacy: How can we keep our students safe online? Featuring @Mike_Allton

TeacherCast

In this episode of Educational Podcasting Today, we take a look at the state of Social Media with our guest Mike Allton. The post Social Media & Data Privacy: How can we keep our students safe online? The post Social Media & Data Privacy: How can we keep our students safe online?

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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.