Headline-inspired Content
Hey, who says learning about digital safety has to be boring? Not us. That's why we've created iKeepCurrent. It's a constant source of headline-inspired curricula and professional development mixed with fresh, entertaining content to ignite discussion between educators and students. Even though digital safety is a serious subject, that doesn't mean it can't be engaging and fun.
For Parents
Are social media and chat rooms good or bad? The answer is: it depends! This lesson gives teens four concrete steps for healthy online interaction, as well as underscoring the many benefits of social networking: from increased empathy to decreased feelings of isolation.
Are social media and chat rooms good or bad? The answer is: it depends! This lesson gives teens four concrete steps for healthy online interaction, as well as underscoring the many benefits of social networking: from increased empathy to decreased feelings of isolation.
For Educators
Brimming with common-sense reminders for social media etiquette and safety, this curriculum specifically helps fulfill new FCC requirements for E-Rate funding, which state, “Beginning July 1, 2012, schools’ Internet safety policies must provide for educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms….”
Brimming with common-sense reminders for social media etiquette and safety, this curriculum specifically helps fulfill new FCC requirements for E-Rate funding, which state, “Beginning July 1, 2012, schools’ Internet safety policies must provide for educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms….”
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May 15th, 2012
Ecommerce safety you can bank on
“Clicks,” as in shopping with your mouse, have replaced “bricks,” physical stores, for many shoppers today. It’s an efficient and effective way to save time and money, in many cases.
But you shouldn’t be any less cautious online from your computer or smartphone than you would be in line at a store. Whether buying or banking, ecommerce has risks and rewards.
Read on to find out the simple trick that helps you know whether a website is safe, how to safeguard your personal financial information, how to choose a secure password, why you must build and protect your credit score and how to make PayPal your pal.
Learn more about the steps you must take to avoid getting ripped off or having your identify stolen when engaging in ecommerce!
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Txt + Drv = Total Fail
- March 28th, 2012
2 Seconds Matter: April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Would you let someone cover your eyes for two seconds while you were driving? No way. But it’s no different when you glance down to text, email or check in while cruising down Route 66.
Teens will be surprised to learn that if they are on the freeway going 65 mph, a quick two-second glance to read a text means they have driven nearly two-thirds of a football field without looking. And those precious seconds can kill them, their passengers or the people in other vehicles. More than 3,000 people died, and thousands more were injured, due to distracted driving in 2010 alone.
This lesson discusses eye-opening statistics on the perils of distracted driving and alerts teens to the hazards of looking away from the road, plus offers tips for avoiding the temptation of phone use while driving.
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