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5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2024

5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers The internet has provided teachers with numerous tools to enhance their students’ learning experience. They can take over both your personal and work-related accounts, from your emails and social media to online teaching platforms. However, it’s not without a few downsides.

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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2022

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 K–12 Schools Can Use Next-Generation Content Filtering to Keep Students Safe

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 8, 2019

Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in 2000, tying E-rate program discounts to a school’s internet safety policy. Even in the absence of a federal update, K–12 administrators can look carefully at their current internet safety policy. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 04/08/2019 - 10:41.

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What Educators Need to Know Right Now About Digital Citizenship

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2019

Anne Collier on Episode 456 and 457 of the 10-Minute Teacher Anne Collier, Founder and Executive Director of The Net Safety Collaborative and SocialMediaHelpline.com , shares what we need to know about social media in this two-part series. NetRef offers powerful Internet monitoring software that I recommend for schools.

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Creating a safe environment for online learning

Neo LMS

MAY 25, 2021

While remote learning technologies are great, there are dangers associated with online learning, including cases of cyberbullying and criminals that use the information they find online to commit identity theft. Teachers should be cautious about what they share on social media as well. That advice goes both ways.

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Understanding the legal implications of using web filters in K-12 schools

Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A web filter for schools is commonly used to provide this safety for everyone who uses devices connected to the internet. With filtering and blocking software becoming a mainstay in public education institutions, it is important to understand the legal implications of these tools. What are CIPA guidelines for filtering?

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10 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have

Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 12, 2012

Overall, educators need to understand some basics about technology and that it is not a be-all-end-all solution to everything in a classroom. Technology can help teachers differentiate and provide new experiences for their students. Technology can also help students better understand a concept and provide extra help for them.

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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 24, 2023

Last month, a lawsuit was filed by California parents alleging another online monitoring software company illegally collected students’ personal data, including location data, without their consent and sold it to third-party vendors. We will always treat that data with the utmost security and privacy.

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World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2018

More than a million cases of child identity theft are reported every year and, as school districts continue to introduce students to new technology and advanced digital curriculum, Internet safety education is becoming an increasingly essential tool when preventing cybercrime. What are the risks.

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Exploring the Benefits of Implementing BOYD in Education

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Bring Your Own Device (BOYD) is becoming an increasingly popular option for schools as they look to give students more access to technology. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is often used interchangeably with other acronyms such as BYOT (Bring Your own Technology), BYOPC ( Bring your Own PC), BYOP ( Bring Your Own Phone).

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Acceptable or Responsible? What’s Your Use Policy?

Tom Murray

JUNE 1, 2017

As a former technology director (Tom) and high school principal (Eric), we’ve seen some fascinating ways that students have tried to bypass the filter, have seen search terms that would make even college students blush, and have had a vast array of conversations with students about the appropriate use of digital tools. So what’s your take?

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Best practices for managing web filtering in a digital learning environment

Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

In order to protect learners, it’s essential for a K-12 district or school to use web filtering software. It allows learners to use the internet safely so they don’t come across content that’s inappropriate or dangerous. Hāpara’s content filtering solution for schools only takes a few minutes for technology administrators to set up.

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How To Protect Your Privacy As An Online Student.

EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Technology has always been a driving force of change. If they have your email address or full name, they can use Spokeo to get your address, social media profiles, estimated income and other personal information. Listen to Browser Security Software Warnings. Use a Firewall and Malware Protection Software.

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11 Essential EdTech Action Steps for Back to School

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 19, 2016

Simple Updates to Your Classroom Procedures and Workflow sponsored by EdTech Software From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Technologies can transform; even simple technologies can make a significant impact. Try Shelfit from EdTech Software. Try Shelfit from EdTech Software.

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It’s late 2015 and we’re still overblocking the Internet

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 5, 2015

One of my doctoral students’ dissertations at the University of Minnesota , for instance, found that overzealous school filtering prohibited student access to online content essential for satisfying state Social Studies and Health curricular standards. Image credit: Save the Internet Net Neutrality protest , Steve Rhodes.

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Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

With the proliferation of technology in school and at home, parents are looking for direction on how to keep their kids’ media habits in check. Librarians, who are often at the front lines of media and tech in schools, can provide that crucial guidance. This article was modified and published by eSchool News.

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The surveillance of our youth

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 21, 2019

Should we install keystroke logging software or monitor everything that youth search for on the Internet? We can think of numerous reasons why students might search the Internet for things that they don’t want their parents to know about, just like they talk daily about things that they don’t want their parents to know about.

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How K–12 Schools Can Use Next-Generation Content Filtering to Keep Students Safe

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Understanding the legal implications of using web filters in K-12 schools

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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Exploring the Benefits of Implementing BOYD in Education

Acceptable or Responsible? What’s Your Use Policy?

Best practices for managing web filtering in a digital learning environment

How To Protect Your Privacy As An Online Student.

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It’s late 2015 and we’re still overblocking the Internet

Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

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