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Acceptable vs Unacceptable Use Policy for Technology

Recently, my students worked on a performance task where they had to investigate the interest rates offered by different banks. During the activity some students began mentioning that the webpage was not loading. Walking around I also noticed that they accepted all cookies without hesitation. These curiosities led to a conversation on why certain websites were not loading and whether it was good to automatically accept all cookies. This led to a conversation on internet safety and made me realize that they have had very little training on measures they can take to protect their identity.                                                      Image  Source: Pivotal It Blog The question then becomes who is responsible to teach students online safety? At the beginning of the school year all stud...