Safe Keeping Blog

Marsali Hancock, President & CEO of iKeepSafe is featured on CNN’s Schools of Thought blog, speaking to students, teachers and parents about the ins and outs of being connected to digital devices full-time.

Ms. Hancock’s blog, “My View: No surprises with digital devices at school” emphasizes that schools should take a “no surprises” approach to managing connected devices on and off campus.  The blog addresses four surprises educators will want to avoid:

–Why is the network slow?
–Why is Facebook upsetting my classroom? What do you mean, new laws?
–You can cheat with an iTouch?
–Do your parents know what’s on that phone?

“Educators are in a unique position to move the needle for responsible use in the rising generation,” Ms. Hancock said. “The more we present good digital citizenship as the expected norm for teens, the more functional and resilient our students will be in connected environments.”

CNN’s Schools of Thought blog covers education topics from a wide range of perspectives, including policies, practices and people. It reaches students from pre-kindergarten to college, parents and teachers, offering “food for thought in the national conversation on education.”

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Katie Binstock is a blogger for the Internet Keep Safe Coalition, an organization that gives parents, educators, and policymakers the information and tools that empower them to teach children the safe and healthy use of technology and the Internet.