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looked deeper into our policies, we realized that we didn't need anything policy-wise. Why create something that might handcuff the ability of teachers to do their job effectively? We had Standards of Professional Conduct. We had policies on student communication and communication using school-owned devices. We saw these and decided what we needed were some simple best practices. These included things like: Protecting your own privacy Being honest Respecting copyright laws Disclaimers Thinking about consequences

law to protect children from online predators, but privacy advocates and opposition MPs say it's far too broad. Among other provisions, it would allow authorities access to Internet subscriber information — including name, address, telephone number and email address — without first getting a court's go-ahead

Research strongly suggests that people are more creative when they enjoy privacy and freedom from interruption.

Mr. Jobs’s supernatural magnetism and tend to ignore the other crucial figure in Apple’s creation: a kindly, introverted engineering wizard, Steve Wozniak, who toiled alone on a beloved invention, the personal computer.

You are a good teacher. Your students do succeed. But pressure is increasing for you to use more and more technology even though you would rather not.

1. You are not going to break the computer or other device.

2. Start small.

To me, anything that is posted online, you should consider “public” no matter what your “privacy” settings are.