How can teachers and students better protect their online privacy?
Student data privacy is a complex issue that can baffle the best of us, but have no fear! There are some simple things any teacher can do to quickly identify and manage online privacy risks, protect student confidentiality, and be more FERPA- and COPPA-compliant. Learn these basic digital citizenship habits and then model them for your students.
Quick Privacy Checks Anyone Can Do: Tutorial Video and Student Worksheet
Do you want to be more mindful about privacy and security but don't know where to start? Our tutorial video and student worksheet show you and your students a few quick, key privacy risk factors to look for on websites.
Tutorial: Simple Privacy Evaluation of a Website
Some simple things to look for when assessing how risky a website might be for your privacy. If...
Student Worksheet (Gr. 8-12) : Protect Your Privacy
Use this worksheet to help build students' internet safety and critical thinking skills....
Privacy Lesson Plans for Elementary and High School Classrooms
Check out these two great digital citizenship lessons that help students understand the importance of privacy policies and how to analyze websites.
Lesson Plan: Privacy Rules (Gr. 3-5)
Students learn that websites must protect their private information, and to identify these secure...
Source: Common Sense
Lesson Plan: What's the Big Deal About Internet Privacy (Gr. 9-12)
Students explore the concept of privacy in their everyday lives, and as it relates to using the...
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Social Media Tips for Teachers and Schools
Whether you're social media-curious or already using it in your classroom, you've probably wondered about how your social media use affects your students. Learn how to share the cool stuff happening in your classroom while protecting students' privacy.
Protecting Student Privacy on Social Media: Do's and Don'ts for Teachers
Learn how to keep student information confidential on social media.
Video: Protecting Your Students' Privacy on Social Media
Social media can be risky, but these risks can be managed with informed, intentional use.
Chromebook and Google Account Privacy Settings: Step-by-Step Instructions
These two guides were created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help parents and educators set up students' Chromebook and G Suite accounts to protect students' privacy and data.
Guide to Google Account Privacy Settings for Students
Have students use these privacy settings on their Google accounts.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Guide to Chromebook Privacy Settings for Students
Recommended privacy settings for students' Chromebooks.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Set Good Privacy Habits: EdTech Privacy Evaluations and Tools to Check Out
Ready to be more vigilant when it comes to privacy? Use our in-depth privacy evaluations to look into tools you're using or thinking about using, and then read about actions you can take and tools you can use to safeguard you and your students.
Privacy Evaluations
Explore our in-depth privacy evaluations of 100+ popular edtech tools.
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The Five Days of Privacy
Ready to protect your privacy daily? Here are some tools to try and simple steps to take.
Source: Common Sense