Gaggle Speaks

Ideas, news, and advice for K-12 educators and administrators to help create safe learning environments.

Student Safety Social Media

Is the Blue Whale Game Really Causing Kids to Kill Themselves?


close
01 May 2018

Is the Blue Whale Game Really Causing Kids to Kill Themselves?

Last week, our Safety Management team received a considerable number of inquiries from educators concerned about the game “Blue Whale,” which has oste...


By     Tara Skoglund
09 Apr 2018

How St. Mary Parish Schools Keeps Students Safe on Office 365

It's easy to put Dr. Susan Dupre in a group of passionate educators that cares about the well-being of students inside and outside of the classroom.


By     Gaggle
05 Apr 2018

How to Keep Your Students (and Teachers) Safe on Facebook

Every day, students and teachers provide information to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram, whether they are chatting w...


By     Gaggle
27 Mar 2018

When EdTech Is as Easy to Use as Chalk

At Tech & Learning Live in Princeton, NJ, last October, Mike Jamerson, Director of Technology at Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (IN),...


By     Gaggle
21 Mar 2018

Digital Citizenship's New Imperative

Although most agree that online safety is critically important, historically it has proven to be an afterthought in educational technology. The develo...


By     Corey Tutewiler
13 Mar 2018

Cyberbullying Never Sleeps: How to Protect Kids at School and at Home

We’ve all seen that scene in a movie where a kid comes sprinting down his street, pursued by a snarling bully. Just as the bigger, meaner kid reaches ...


By     Rob Yoegel
09 Mar 2018

Moving from Banning Technology to Embracing Technology

Despite the advancements of technology and its proven contributions inside schools and districts, there’s still pushback on the utilization of mobile ...


By     Gaggle
01 Mar 2018

Compliance Rules and Email Archiving: What You Need to Know

I’ve written in the past how archiving can minimize litigation costs for school districts through eDiscovery and with the ability to handle Freedom of...


By     Patrick O'Neal
20 Feb 2018

Making Sense of the Common Sense Census

Jeff Mao, former Senior Director of Outreach at Common Sense Media, provided one of my favorite analogies a few years back. We were talking about how ...


By     Rob Yoegel
12 Feb 2018

How Four School Districts Keep Their Students Safe on G Suite for Education

More than a year ago, Google introduced G Suite for Education. Formerly known as Google Apps for Education, the company touted the name change emphasi...


By     Gaggle

Let Us Know What You Thought About This Post.

Put your comment below.