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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

In a 2021 study by McAfee, the cyber security software company, over three-quarters of American parents wished schools would do more to educate their children about online safety. Rabin’s solution was to ban cell phone usage. Parents also want to see changes.

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

Waterford

Studies show that’s hard on our cognitive load, so people who multitask consistently end up taking longer to shift their attention and having a harder time filtering out irrelevant information,” she writes.[5]. Using the Internet for research will increase student enthusiasm about finding things out on their own.[7].

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Mindfulness and Screen Time

Digital Promise

One set of useful resources comes from Project Zero research director Carrie James , a sociologist at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who studies ethics and citizenship online and works with a network of educators. According to James, we need to negotiate new terms of engagement with the digital world. Thinking through dilemmas.

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World Password Day — It’s Today!

Ask a Tech Teacher

A study in the UK found that the average person has around 118 accounts. It’s a great activity for class when addressing internet safety. I’m challenged to remember my password much less remember to change it regularly. Why change passwords. symbols, numbers, letters, capitals, numbers, and more).

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World Password Day — It’s Coming!

Ask a Tech Teacher

A study in the UK found that the average person has around 118 accounts. It’s a great activity for class when addressing internet safety. I’m challenged to remember my password much less remember to change it regularly. Why change passwords. symbols, numbers, letters, capitals, numbers, and more).

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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. We do know that it’s still less of a problem than in-person bullying, that the range that the National Academy found for in-person school-based bullying is 18-31% of U.S.

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Who Is The Enemy?

The Web20Classroom

They give you the standard answer, "Our IT Department feels that because of CIPA this site needs to be blocked for the safety of our students and the security of the network." Edchat last night centered around a discussion of how to balance the needs of learning vs. the needs for Internet safety and network security.