Myedtechbuddy: Transition Edition

TRANSITION EDITION:
Moving On Up

Your personal guide to moving from Primary to Secondary school in a digital age.

Br Daren White (@rangathetrainer) & kindly supported by

About Myedtechbuddy

Hi, I'm Daren. I'm a teacher and academic technologies specialist, a parent and a self-taught edtech enthusiast.

Myedtechbuddy provides a series of courses about educational technology that people can work through at their own pace, on computer or mobile.

It all began as a Google Innovator Project as part of #VIA20 Google Innovator Academy. My original idea was to support teachers in becoming more confident in using technology but this grew to include all school staff and students too.

Moving on up

This edition of myedtechbuddy is designed to help you as a young person preparing to move up to secondary school.

Our aims are simple:

- to help you become safe, competent and responsible digital citizens.
- to help you settle in to secondary school life
- to help you help your teachers to get to know you

all through the use of educational technology.

How myedtechbuddy works

Work your way through the tutorials in this book at a pace that suits you. When you are ready, take the final skills assessment to gain your electronic Thriving Licence.

You can dip in and out any time you like and you don't have to do things in order. None of the tutorials are longer than 8 minutes so they are great little time fillers.

Good luck!

Daren

1. Digital Citizenship
- Spotting fake news
- Passwords and security
- Secure websites and scams
- Data mining
- Social media awareness

2. Mental Wellbeing
- Highlight reel concept
- Transition to a new school
- Cyber-bullying and getting support
- Be an upstander not a bystander

3. Digital Portfolios

Ready To Take your
Thriving Licence
Skills Assessment?

Contents

Earn Your Thriving Licence

After you've worked through the different tutorial, take the Skills Assessment to earn your Thriving Licence.

If you don't pass first time, don't worry, that's not unusual.

You can try again any time until you succeed!

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Key Factors

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- Time Management

- Eye Strain

- Privacy

- Security

- Responsibility

- Scams

- Truth or Lie?

- The Law

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These days more and more people are spending so much time online, it is important that you know how to stay safe on the web. Responsible digital citizens practice critical thinking, know how to protect their personal information, and know how to maintain their privacy.

Also, the use of technology may help you learn better, and it certainly helps your school to function well.

We want you to be safe, responsible and comfortable working online so that you can keep yourself and your friends and family safe.

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1. WHAT IS DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP?

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We also want to make sure you look after your future. There have been many high profile examples of people losing their jobs as adults because of something they posted online as a youngster.

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What to look out for:

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- have you heard of the website the news is on?
- is there a contact us or about us page?
- are the sources of information attributed?
- is the story being reported elsewhere by reputable sources?
- is the spelling and grammar correct?
- is the article dated?
- is the url suspicious?
- are any photos credited to the photographer?
- might the photos have been edited?
- does the article carry the writers full name and email?

If any of this doesn't look right, there's a chance it's fake news.

Checking images:
When you have an image that may have been zoomed in or cropped, try a reverse image search to see if you can find a larger version of the image that includes more information.
If that search doesn’t pull anything up, then try a search for “similar images”.
When you have a video that has been cropped or is a recording of the original, then try carrying out reverse image searches with screenshots from the video.

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FAKE NEWS?

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How to reverse image search

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What to look for:

- Settings > check privacy levels
- Passwords > make them hard to crack
- don't share passwords
- make them complex > include numbers, upper case and special characters
- Try pass phrases
- Bio security > don't add others
- Look out for the locked padlock

Passwords and Security

Try https://howsecureismypassword.net/ to see how secure your password is

Gone phishing?

Dodgy looking logo!!

Scams and Phishing

What to look out for:

Do Facebook really want to know what kind of Disney character you are? (profiling)

Do people really want to know how many miles away live from where you were born? (place of birth)

Are people really interested in knowing your superhero name is Snuggles O'Keefe? (first pet + mother's maiden name)

Step back, and think before you post or give access

Cookies and Data Mining

Billboard Test

Before you post, ask yourself "Would I be happy if that was posted on a giant billboard in town and all my family, friends and work colleagues saw it?"

If the answer is No, do not post it.

Here are some high profile examples of people who learnt the hard way:

Paris Brown 2013 - Former Kent Youth Crime Commissioner

Ollie Robinson 2021 - England Cricketer

T.H.I.N.K.

OMG! Did I really post that?

2. MENTAL wellbeing is just as important as physical health.
We must be able to talk about it.