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- Bits and Bytes Digital Wellness Newsletter for Students
Bits and Bytes Digital Wellness Newsletter for Students
About the Newsletter
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The Bits and Bytes Digital Wellness Newsletter for students is created in a collaborative effort with high school Instructional Technology Resource Teachers (ITRTs), including our high school's ITRT, Ryan Fair (fairrn@staffordschools.net). The editions are produced on a monthly basis during the school year and then e-mailed to all of our high school's students through their scps.net G Suite for Education account.
Each month's edition has a different theme that contains a lesson surrounding the theme along with technology tips for students to apply to their daily lives.
Bits and Bytes Digital Wellness Newsletter for Students
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February 2019 Edition
In this edition, explore what Digital Learning Day is all about. Digital Learning Day takes place yearly. This year, it took place on February 28, 2019. It celebrates technology and how it has impacted education in positive ways. The day allows educators and students alike to explore different technologies that exist to improvement student learning and achievement. You will learn a few digital tools that you may not have heard about that you can incorporate into your workflow. There's even information for how students can participate in two national technology challenges: The NPR Student Podcast Challenge and Doodle for Google.
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January 2019 Edition
In this edition, learn about digital wellness with topics covering cyberbullying and digital drama. Learn how you can stop bullying and become an upstander. Explore ThatsNotCool.com where you will find out about how teenagers, like yourself, are stepping up the plate and speaking out against negative relationships. You will also learn how people may be brave behind the keyboard to spread negativity but may not as abrasive in person. The Quick Tip in this edition has you learning how to use the find feature on a Web page or document to easily find characters, words, or phrases on a Windows, Chrome, or Mac device.
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December 2018 Edition
In this edition, learn how social media posts can have an impact on your schooling and job employment. Did you know that what you post on social media with your friends may put them in a good light and land them in a heap of trouble too? Learn how you can Google yourself to put yourself behind the keyboard in what colleges/universities and employers do when looking at potential candidates. Take pride in your digital footprint and showcase the amazing you where you will learn what the acronym, "YAPPY" stands for. You will also learn how to use Google Drive with your scps.net G Suite for Education account.
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November 2018 Edition
In this edition, learn about advice, the positives, and negatives about online relationships with others, including interactions that take place on timelines and comment areas. Do you know what "phubbing" is? We see "phubbing" all the time when people snub someone using their phone. Explore all of our high school's activities that you can be a part of to get away from social media drama. You will also learn how to report phishing and spam e-mail messages from your scps.net Gmail account.
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October 2018 Edition
In this edition, learn about how social media can affect our own lives and the impact that it makes. Find out if you are addicted to your social media accounts and whether or not you are constantly comparing yourself to others through others' social media posts. You will also be able to learn how to set up your own YouTube channel through your scps.net student G Suite for Education account.