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Common Sense Media Digital Contract – Credit Source: Common Sense Media
Julia Hengstler Sexting Safety Agreement – Credit Source: Julia Hengstler
Phone and Technology Contract for Families – Credit Source: Carrie Goldman
Protect your Privacy on Facebook
Social Media Security Comparison – Credit Source: Rob Sobers
Technology Agreement – Credit Source: cyberwise.org
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Professional Resources
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Participants speak out at ERASE Training Sessions
/in Video /by Lauren HauffMeet lead trainer Theresa Campbell and others as they discuss recent ERASE Bullying Training Sessions held throughout British Columbia. How to best deal with bullying – and reduce its impact – on children and young people was the focus of an ERASE Bullying Summit hosted by Premier Christy Clark at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver. Participants included a broad range of people, from students, parents and educators, to police, community representatives and experts on bullying and student safety.
Learn more: Culture Change Needed to Erase Bullying
Visit the website: ERASE Bullying
See the reporting tool: Report Bullying BC
Theresa Campbell at ERASE Bullying Summit
/in Video /by Lauren HauffMeet Theresa Campbell who attended the ERASE Bullying Summit. How to best deal with bullying – and reduce its impact – on children and young people was the focus of the Summit hosted by Premier Christy Clark at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, British Columbia. Participants included a broad range of people, from students, parents and educators, to police, community representatives and experts on bullying and student safety.
Learn more: Culture Change Needed to Erase Bullying
Visit the website: ERASE Bullying
See the reporting tool: Report Bullying BC
How To Avoid Being Zoom-Bombed
/in Professional Resources /by Lauren HauffYou have probably encountered a Photobomber in your past, right? In today’s virtual world, we’ve seen the evolution of the “Zoombomber,” someone who shows up, uninvited, to a Zoom meeting seeking to disrupt and potentially begin sharing unwelcome content. The New York Institute of Technology gives us a few tips on how to secure our online learning environments:
Click here to view/download How to Avoid Being Zoombombed
Digital Connections with Students During COVID-19
/in Alerts, Professional Resources /by Lauren HauffDuring this pandemic and as we practice physical distancing, it’s more important now than ever that we ensure strong connections with our students. Relationships between adults and students are the most important factor in promoting safe, healthy, and caring school communities. Schools and school districts should continuously be developing innovative strategies to make every student feel valued, respected, safe, wanted and connected during this unprecedented time. For some of our students:
School connectedness is the most important protective factor in a young person’s life.
Click here to view/download the Digital Connections with Students During COVID-19 information package
Raising Digitally Responsible Youth: A Parent’s Guide
/in Parent Resources /by Lauren HauffTechnology changes every single day making it nearly impossible to keep up with it all. This Parent’s Guide to Raising Digitally Responsible Youth gives you what you need to know in 2020 to stay in the loop about the most popular applications (apps) and trends. This information will equip you to better understand your child or teen and help you relate to the digital world that they are living in.
Raising Digitally Responsible Youth: A Parent’s Guide is brought to you by Safer Schools Together and the BC Ministry of Education.
Click here to view/download the Raising Digitally Responsible Youth Guide