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What You Might Have Missed in January–What’s up in February

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You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Creating a safe environment for online learning

Neo LMS

Teachers in all fields saw their lives turned upside down with the arrival of COVID-19, with most having to resort to remote learning. If you must share student information, meeting IDs, video conferencing links, or other sensitive information, it should only be on a secure server and not available to the general public.

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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

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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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How students can safely search the internet

Hapara

The internet gives them countless options, but without safeguards in place, there are risks as they search online. Let’s take a look at how students can safely search the internet. Why it’s necessary for students to search the internet. Why internet safety for students is important. Harmful and violent content.

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How to block websites in K-12 schools

Hapara

Across schools, students use devices like Chromebooks for learning because it has many advantages. It’s essential for schools to keep private information secure and block content that gets in the way of learning. As educators, we have an obligation to create safe environments no matter where students learn. DNS filtering.

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4 Great Lesson Plans for Internet Safety

Graphite Blog

Though teachers and parents are deeply concerned about kids' online safety, we often don't know the best ways to teach these skills. And explaining internet safety effectively will vary according to the age group you're talking to. Ask students which field trips or family outings they've been on.

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129 Digital Citizenship Links on 22 Topics

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Tellagami–a video avatar. Copyrights–BrainPop video. Copyright and Fair Use –Common Sense Media video. Copyright Law Explained (fun video, informative, thorough). Videos on licensing, copyrights, more (from Creative Commons). Bullying—Watch this (videos). Cyberbullying video.