As parents and teachers, we know our students are growing up in a digital age so there's a lot of discussion about how to teach children to be safe online. Conversations about online safety usually revolve around inappropriate websites, Facebook privacy settings, stranger-dangers, and thinking twice before you click and text that friend a compromising […]
Should Students Use a Pseudonym or Their Real Name When Working Online in the Classroom
Imagine a world where people don’t judge you based on your race, your gender, the way you look, or the clothes you wear. Instead, you’re judged based on the quality of your ideas and how well you’ve expressed them. That’s one of the potential benefits in having your students use an anonymous pseudonym when writing […]
Classroom Blog Security: Prevent students hacking your site
There are two situations where you might want to think about classroom blog security and restrict access to your educational website to just a few specific computers. First, you might want to restrict the entire blog so it can only be accessed by people using school computers. Second, you might want to restrict the login […]