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5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers

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5 Internet Safety Tips for Teachers The internet has provided teachers with numerous tools to enhance their students’ learning experience. Common Cyber Threats Facing Educators Every profession has had its fair share of internet-based troubles. However, it’s not without a few downsides.

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Sextortion: Your Students Are at Risk, Teachers Can Help

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The time to talk is when they get their smartphone. This free course is designed to help you teach the latest in internet safety and digital citizenship for your students. Learn at your own pace. Why we should talk to kids about what to do after they sext on their smartphones. So, I recorded a show. Talk to kids.

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4 Great Lesson Plans for Internet Safety

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With kids getting smartphones and other devices at younger and younger ages, it's more important than ever to teach them how to use the internet safely. Though teachers and parents are deeply concerned about kids' online safety, we often don't know the best ways to teach these skills.

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What a Teacher Can Do About Cyberbullying

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You’ll enjoy her latest article on how to address cyberbullying with your students: Cyberbullying refers to a situation in which a teen, preteen or child is embarrassed, humiliated, harassed, threatened, tormented or otherwise targeted by another on interactive technology such as smartphones or social media. What the Teacher can do.

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Mozilla Foundation announces some new, free educational resources

Educational Technology Guy

Webmaker Beta is a free, open source Android app that allows smartphone users of any skill level to create original content online. Maker Party is Mozilla's annual global campaign to teach web literacy through hands-on learning. Here is a blog post on Webmaker and you can download it here.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

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Through computers, smartphones, and tablets, we have a wealth of information at our fingertips that can be both entertaining and intellectually stimulating. While older generations needed to learn how to use digital media, our children face a different task: managing and using screen time in healthy ways. Sources : Sigman, A.

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How to Grow Global Digital Citizens

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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.