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Announcing Our First Safe Teens Online Educators’ Consortium

March 2022 has been a big month for Safe Teens Online. Our educators from multiple schools came together in an educators consortium. We love the educators’ spirit as it pertains to sharing, learning and growing together for the benefit of their respective students and communities. The kick-off event focused on learning to use the Safe Teens Online (powered by EdQuill), a demo and Q&A session led by Ms. Ushapriya Ravilla, CEO of EdQuill. With this, the educators have a running start as they roll out the curriculum portion of the Safe Teens Online program in their schools. 

Stay tuned for the best student ideas and submissions from each school as they progress through the curriculum. 

– Safe Teens Online Team

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Safe Teens Online Welcomes Khaitan Public School Educators, Parents and Students to the Global Family Making Cyberspace Safer for Students

Leading the charge on cyber safety education in Northern India, we are delighted to share that Khaitan Public School in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India has launched the Safe Teens Online program on campus by setting a high bar – one where nearly 900 of their students completed the baseline Safe Teens Online anonymous survey in a week’s time. The program is launched under the leadership of Vice-Chairman Mr. Anirudh 犀利士 Khaitan and Vice Principal, Dr. Himani Tyagi. These leaders speak of cultivating the love for learning and practicing the quest for excellence until it turns into habit. 

With a penchant for innovation, the well published, and highly respected Dr. Tyagi lives these values and raises her students by example – an eye for detail, a caring heart, and applying one’s complete self to a discussion / project at hand. And the school truly embodies the notion that educating students means educating an entire community. Leadership’s attention to arranging activities for parents in addition to the usual PTA meetings is a nod to that vision. 

We are excited for the innovation and service mentality that Khaitan embodies and look forward to Khaitan Public School students’ contribution to the Safe Teens Online global community as they learn and share their perspectives and world views.

-Safe Teens Online

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Rosary Education System, Gujarat, India Partners with Safe Teens Online on the Road to Student Cyber Safety

The Safe Teens Online community is excited to share that Rosary Education System in Rajkot, Gujarat, India has chosen to partner with us to further their students’ understanding of cyber safety related risks and opportunities. Dr. Varia, head of Rosary Education System and visionary leader recognizes that for school students, their definition of the real world blends digital and in person versions. He is leading the charge in teaching his students about the importance of introducing pause between thought and word (whether oral or written) through his simple yet effective questions:

  • Is it true?
  • Is it kind?
  • Is is necessary?

As students navigate social media, they often reach out to him with the situations they face, seeking advise on appropriate response. We celebrate Rosary Education System’s model of a trusted student-educator relationship as Ms. Payal Jasani and Mr. Arjunsinh Jadeja co-champion ideas on cyber safety alongside Dr. Varia. We are excited to meet the student ambassadors at RES and see them roll out the program not only in English, but also in Gujarati, the local language in their community.

– Safe Teens Online

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Wardlaw+Hartridge School Declares Cyber Safety Important and Joins Safe Teens Online

We are excited to invite Wardlaw + Hartridge School in Edison, NJ, USA into the Safe Teens Online family. The student ambassador and faculty at Warldaw + Hartridge join the global effort in educating teens on cyber safety related risks and opportunities. 

While students, teachers, administrators and parents have all come to terms with a hybrid approach to education as well as life, the new normal highlights more than ever, the need for understanding rules of the digital road. It takes that special blend of courage, vision and drive to launch into a new effort while already overwhelmed with finding cadence around the new normal. We laud their efforts as we welcome Vineeth Reddy, Ambassador, and the entire Wardlaw + Hartridge community into the journey that begins in cyber safety awareness and progresses towards digital citizenship.

-Safe Teens Online

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Cyber Safety Education as a Tool to Combat Disruptions in Remote Education

FBI, CISA and MS-ISAC jointly highlight the importance of cyber safety education in students, teachers and administrators. This just goes to show that while it is possible to put systems in place, the users of those systems can either be our biggest strengths or weaknesses.

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Digest/2020-21/AA20-345A_Joint_Cybersecurity_Advisory_Distance_Learning_S508C.PDF