While the internet, technology and collaboration provides teachers and students with a wide range of learning opportunities, it is also an avenue for breeding social vices and cyber crimes and bullying. This article seeks to equip the teacher with measures to take into consideration while integrating technology into the teaching and learning process to ensure students' privacy and safety. Some of these measures include;
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How to Protect Students While Integrating Social Media in Classroom Instruction and Assignments. (n.d.). Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/02/how-to-protect-students-while-integrating-social-media-in-classroom-instruction-and-assignments/
- It Starts with Policy- Explain schools' AUP
- Content Filtering & Malware Protection
- Consider Education-Specific Alternatives to Mass Market Social Media Tools
- Remain aware of what your children are doing online.
- Establish rules related to Internet use.
- Stay tuned-in to school policies regarding online interactions.
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How to Protect Students While Integrating Social Media in Classroom Instruction and Assignments. (n.d.). Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/02/how-to-protect-students-while-integrating-social-media-in-classroom-instruction-and-assignments/