Not familiar with Phishing? Phishing is when someone sends out an email to unwilling victims to trick them to giving up personal information. Emails will look like they came from your employer, bank, or even your friend. Typically, the victim would click on a lnk which could then lead up to malware introduced to your computer or even identity theft. Here are some tips from Kaspersky.com on how to protect yourself from Phishing attacks: Always check the link before clicking. Hover over it to preview the URL, and look carefully for misspelling or other irregularities. Enter your username and password only over a secure connection. Look for the “https” prefix before the site URL, indicating the site it secure. If there is no “s,” beware. Even if a message or a letter came from one of your best friends, remember that they could also have been fooled or hacked. That’s why you should remain cautious in any situation. Even if a message seems friendly, treat links and attachments with s
Technology can (and should) improve student engagement as well as promote individual learning. It should also dramatically improve collaboration amongst students as well as with instructors. Online forums, sharing documents, & collaborative projects (across multiple subject areas) are just a few ideas that can be easily incorporated into almost any classroom. Life skills are also enveloped by using technology. Students will, inherently, develop and showcase digital presentations, learn to differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources, and maintain proper “netiquette” (online etiquette) while collaborating or even simply writing emails to teachers and/or one another. From a teacher’s standpoint, having virtual lesson plans, grading software, online and/or electronic media accessible to students saves a lot of time. This time can be better used to focus on those students who are struggling. Having a virtual learning environment (like Google Classroom) can enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing between students as well as staff members and parents/guardians. It’s very beneficial to be able to pull up student work in real time for evidentiary purposes at meetings and conferences.
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