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July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | digital citizenship | smartphone
Beyond cyber safety

Digital citizenship starts with safety - but it doesn’t end there.

 
July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | Fortnite | online gaming | krunker | primary school
'Krunker' has landed. How will your school defend itself?

Move over Fortnite. There’s a new free-for-all game that’s blowing up in schools and homes all over Australia. Think Call of Duty-style first-person shooter with a Roblox-like aesthetic that anybody can play free in their browser, on ...

 
July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | Mobile Apps | screens in school | sexting | online pornography | sexual assault
Child-on-child sexual assault rising in schools

Child-on-child sexual assaults are on the rise “across all education sectors and demographics” in what experts are saying are copycat attacks - as kids re-enact the pornography they’ve viewed online.

 
July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | classroom management | distraction | BYOD
What exactly can - and must - schools do to keep students safe online?

Across Australian states and territories, there is a growing consensus that educators have a duty of care to protect students from online harm, just as they do in the offline world.

 
July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | Mobile Apps | gender | cyberbullying
Bullying and gender: It's not what you think

Move over, mean girls. Turns out the popular stereotype that females have a monopoly on backbiting, social exclusion and cruel gossip is just that: a stereotype. Boys do the exact same thing.

 
July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | phone ban | classroom management | distraction | smartphones
Senior educator endorses use of phones to enhance learning

If we ban phones from classrooms, are we passing up an opportunity for learning?

 
July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Mobile Apps | Parental Controls | online predators
Never smile at a crocodile

“As a former police officer of twenty-two years and undercover internet detective, as well as a father, I am uniquely qualified and passionate about informing parents of the online risks to their children. I’ve arrested over a thousand ...

 
July 20, 2019 school holidays | Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | Mobile Apps | Parental Controls
5 ways teens are keeping busy these school holidays

With a month of freedom fast approaching, teens will be looking for ways to entertain themselves during the school holidays.

 
July 20, 2019 Cyber Safety | Cyber Experts | Mobile Apps | screens in school | sexting | BYOD | cyberbullying
Responding to cyberbullying: The top 10 tips for schools

One in five Australian students are victims of cyberbullying, and one in four reports of online harassment include “direct threats of violence or harm,” according to e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant. And the problem is becoming ...

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