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Do you know how to protect your smart phone from hacking? Do you know most people don't have a password on their smartphone? Realize that the new goldmine for identity thieves and hackers is in your pocket and you may not even have to take it out to be hacked. Be aware and educate yourself but don't panic.

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I highly recommend that teachers of kids 10 and under download the Got 2B safe Educational safety kit to help prevent child abduction. The kit is free and is cosponsored by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. With the work my children are doing on the #endslavery - MayDay event, it would be great if you'd consider helping keep kids safe. There is also a classroom makeover contest you can sign up to win as well.

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The UK is looking to lock down children's access to raunchy music videos with similar blocking platforms as are used to keep children out of gambling sites. I have to admit the content on Youtube is often surprising as well as the fact I can get it on my TV via ROku box without any sort of rating system. I think we'll see a reconciliation between online video and regular "television" continue to converge with the free for all Internet world changing in the next few years.

From the Telegraph...
"It is understood the Prime Minister is considering new rules that would oblige websites hosting such videos to introduce robust age verification systems similar to those used to safeguard children online gambling.
Music videos are currently exempt from classification under the Video Recordings Act 1984 and 2010, which means that – unlike films – there are no restrictions on children buying any but the most graphic music videos.
There are currently no legal restrictions on children downloading music videos of any kind.
The Prime Minister is understood to be “disappointed” with the music video industry’s response to a Government report that warned of the greater “sexualisation of childhood”. The study highlighted the corrupting influence of such short films.

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An excellent screencast from Flickr about location based safety on Flickr.

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If you run a computer lab, you would do well to train your students how to use a portable fire extinguisher. This training video is one you can use. Forward this to teachers and those with computers, in particular.

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Daniel Donahoo from the UK shares his views on safety and the Internet. I think we err on the side of being a bit extreme in many cases. Students, often, err on the side of cluelessness. I think wisdom is somewhere in the middle between blue lipped, panic stricken parents, and relaxed, photo snapping Facebookers.
"Our obsession with online safety for children is excessive. It is driven by group-think and fear, generated by media and interested parties who often ignore any rigorous evidence-based approach to the issues, or even bother to explore a simple risk analysis. Back in 2007 I wrote a book called Idolising Children, wherein I argued that we have an unhealthy obsession with children and youth culture. An obsession that sees adults trying to preserve an idea of childhood and youth that doesn't actually exist while simultaneous trying to act out their own youthful fantasies and cling to idealised concepts of youth. It is all about lotions, potions and younger looking skin. It is about what we as adults want childhood to be -- innocent and stress free. Rather than recognising it for what it is -- the process of learning, of taking risks and making mistakes on the way to becoming a capable and confident adult.

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If you are a parent or homeschooler, you'll have time to use this powerpoint between now and New Year's. This is a lesson about how to design a poster for firework safety.

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Some nice resources on creating a safe social network page. A document and an Interactive Whiteboard powerpoint file to use.

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This is a good list but instead of the IRL requirement for friending - I do think that those they don't know IRL need some verification.

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Tips from the FTC about using public wireless networks - this is important information for students and adults to know.

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Great article about the different levels of cyberstalking and privacy concerns.

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I've moved a discussion that has emerged from the "wall" area of my page to the discussion board. There is quite a conversation going on about how we can keep our children safe. JOin the conversation if you're on facebook.

"Cool Cat Teacher A great conversation has emerged on the homepage of this area about how to keep our kids safe on facebook. If we have a lot of friends and our children have set their settings to "friends of friends" can see their information - anyone you friend now has access to your children.

How do you friend your kids on FAcebook and keep them safe?"

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On-line safety lessons for students from AVG antivirus software.

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This is is a very important study from the U.K. and Office of Standards in Education in 2009 entitled "The Safe use of new technologies" showed that where provision for e-safety was outstanding all used ‘managed’
systems to help pupils to become safe and responsible users of new technologies."

This is being cited EVERYWHERE. Take a look.

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A school receiving e-rate funds must now:

"‘(iii) as part of its Internet safety policy is educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.’."

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YOu can now search Google images by style - some educators think this could make image searching safer.

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Again, as a health thing, you shouldn't REALLY put a laptop on your lap. I have a food tray that I use when I use my laptop in the recliner. In addition to claims that it causes infertility in men, it is also not good for your laptop to cover the ventilation holes with your clothing (or that little bit of pudge on your thighs.)

This is something to mention to laptop users as part of digital health and wellness with digital "citizenship" and safety.

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Article by Vicky Hennigan - an up and comer in the parent edublogger category about the use of twitter for missing children alerts. Don't know a lot about how this would work but think that perhaps there are applications for having public twitterboards for such things.

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