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Whether it’s social media or gaming, remote learning or the Internet, connected technologies bring us enormous advantages, along with challenges. These resources provide strategies and tools to enable safe use of technology with your family.
Google For Families provides guidance on cyberbullying, online safety, media literacy, and screen-time. Discover how to manage technology in your family.
Use this Family Media Agreement and Device Contract to set realistic rules that make sense for your family so you and your kids can make the most out of media and tech time.
App Reviews / Cyberbullying / Digital Citizenship / Gaming / Internet Safety / Parental Controls Phishing / Smart Phone Safety / Screen Time / Social Media
Help kids be safe, smart, and positive online explorers. Be Internet Awesome is a free guide and game that teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety.
What is cyberbullying and how can it affect my child? The Parent's Guide to Cyberbullying explains what to do if your child is being bullied or bullying others using technology. Also see this guide Cyberbullying: What Parents Should Know.
Phishing, piracy, cyber-stalking, malware, user privacy- these are a few internet dangers explained in Goodwill Community Foundation's Internet Safety Guide.
Parent's guides to all types of media and technology including: Minecraft, Google Classroom, Fortnite, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, and Roblox.
By parents, for parents: clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens.
Family Online Safety Institute
FOSI’s Good Digital Parenting provides videos, tip sheets, blogs, and more to talk online safety, set parental controls and rules for technology use.
Tip sheets about smart phone safety, protecting kids online, social media and gaming safety. Cartoon series for younger kids, and real-life video situations for teens.
MCPS Commitment to Safety and Privacy
Safety and Privacy at MCPS
Safety and Privacy at MCPS
MCPS uses Google Workspace core services in compliance with COPPA and FERPA. G Suite core services contain no advertising and do not use information in those services for advertising purposes. Student privacy and security are protected.
Internet activity through MCPS accounts are filtered through Securly.
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