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Friday, April 18, 2008 5:32 AM

Boston Public Schools Cyber Safety Program

The Boston Public schools have a very nice cyber safety program with a home on the Internet. This site has resources for teachers, students and families. These resources include posters and presentations that can be downloaded and used. While they are
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:19 AM

Advertising Free Wiki Space at WetPaint

One of the problems with many "free" Internet services is that they are supported by advertising. Generally that is a pretty minor issue and for most applications where "free" as in no out of pocket costs is a requirement its a non-issue. In schools though
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Friday, November 02, 2007 5:10 AM

Top Posts From October

Well October was an interesting month. In some cases I was pretty good at predicting which posts would get the most interest and in others I was pretty far off. I did think that the free download book on creating websites that sell would be popular but
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:42 AM

Cyberbullying - Let's All Fight It

I came across a moving video on cyberbullying last week. It is remarkably well done and tells the story that cyberbullying is bullying and that it really hurts people. The video can be found here . There you will also find a teacher's guide to help use
Posted by Alfred Thompson | 1 Comments
Monday, October 15, 2007 6:02 AM

Phun with Phishing

OK maybe phun (or even fun) isn't quite the word but some people at Carnegie Mellon University Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory have come up with an educational game to teach young people about phishing attacks called Anti-Phishing Phil . It's a
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Monday, September 10, 2007 8:05 PM

Department of Learning Prevention

Earlier I reported on a teacher who was seeing some interesting and positive results by letting students use tools (computer software tools) that are often blocked or banned in schools. Today we learn the other side of this coin. Ben Chun reports in his
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Friday, August 24, 2007 11:30 AM

FREE School Security Resource Kit

While supplies last elementary and secondary schools can order a free security resource kit from Microsoft. The kit includes " a CD packed with informational resources, including fat sheets, flyers, and video resources - a multimedia collection of material
Posted by Alfred Thompson | 2 Comments
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:39 AM

Kids Are Smarter Than You Think They Are

I gave a couple of talks on Internet safety last week. I spoke to a group of middle school students and a group of third and fourth graders at a summer technology camp. As always I learned a lot from teaching kids. I asked the younger kids for examples
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:46 AM

ClubTech - Technology Programs from the Boys and Girls Clubs

Last week I met with someone from the national headquarters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to learn about their ClubTech programs. These programs are designed to teach young people technical skills and to integrate technology into the core program
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:58 AM

Parent's Guide to Windows Vista

Most new PCs these days are coming with Windows Vista on them. If you are a parent, especially if your children are younger, this can be quite a boon to you as there are many new security features in Vista that can be helpful to parents. Blake Handler
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:47 AM

Hacker High School - Security Awareness for Students

A link to the Hacker High School web site went to the AP CS list the other day. It is an interesting site with lessons and exercises about computer and network security. It appears to be designed to be used in either a classroom or a computer club or
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Friday, November 03, 2006 5:42 AM

How to break into and destroy someone's database!

OK did that title get your attention? I suspect that if one started a classroom discussion with "How would you like to break someone's online database?" one would get the full attention of every student in the room. Well the fact is that doing this is
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Friday, October 13, 2006 1:23 AM

National Cyber Security Awareness Month

This month is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. A joint program between Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) National Cyber Security Awareness Month is a campaign to help increase Internet security. This month there will be
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Friday, August 25, 2006 2:42 AM

Internet Safety Videos

The netsmartz.org web site is a joint effort of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. They have a number of excellent videos on cyberbullying and the risks of strangers children can meet online.
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