for K-12 educators and administrators to help create safe learning environments.
With the 2018-19 school year underway, children K-12 will be increasing the time spent on both school-provided technology and personal devices. Many parents find it difficult to keep up with the latest in social media, websites, and apps. Since these tools are constantly changing, they can pose a threat to the safety of children in...
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There is currently no federal law against cyberbullying, but all 50 states have laws against bullying in general—and every state except Alaska and Wisconsin includes an explicit reference to cyberbullying in their anti-bullying laws.
One our most popular blog posts pondered the question, “Which online learning environment is better for schools, G Suite for Education or Office 365?” Here are three factors to take into account when picking the ecosystem where your students will live their academic lives.
Here are a four tips for educators on how to tackle this tricky subject of student safety on school-provided technology with parents.
A new study found that when it comes to cyberbullying among teens, girls are not only more likely to be victims than boys are, but they are more at risk of developing emotional problems as a result of cyberbullying.
Dr. Susan Dupre recently took time from her busy schedule to talk about how Gaggle is being used as a teaching tool inside St. Mary Parish Schools when students in grades 5-12 use Office 365 for email.
Students and teachers might assume that their data is just broadcasted on their favorite social network and shared with their friends, but what they post often is shared with third-party vendors. To understand how this happens, consider how Facebook manages users’ content.
At Tech & Learning Live in Princeton, NJ, last October, Mike Jamerson, Director of Technology at Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (IN), provided an evocative image for technology in the classroom: Edtech should be as easy to use as chalk.
