STOP. THINK. CONNECT.™ is the global online safety awareness campaign to help all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online. They have a large collection of posters, tip sheets, and videos that you can use to promote good online safety practices. They maintain a resource page with tip sheets to posters to videos and more, to help you stay safer and more secure online and better protect your personal information. All of these resources are free to use, download and share at home, at work and in the community.  We have embedded two of the many videos they have below. Here’s also a link to one of their advice posters.

Free Lesson Plans
Google for Education’s Applied Digital Skills lesson library includes a couple of lesson plans that align with Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

• Avoid Online Scams is a lesson plan for middle school and high school classrooms. This lesson includes a scenario in which students have to identify the signs of a scam phone call and email then decide how to respond.

October is a month to take special note of cybersecurity. This week we would like to highlight some basics of cybersecurity.

https://tech.pccsk12.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Own-Your-Role-in-Cybersecurity_-Start-with-the-Basics-.pdf

You can now quickly and easily generate a QR code for any site you have open in Chrome. Just click the URL bar (omnibox) and then click the QR code button to the right. Download it, and place it where you want people to scan it!

Since our last blog post about Google’s .New domains, they have since opened registration up to 3rd party developers,  allowing you to quickly jump not only into several Google services just by typing into your browser’s address bar things like docs.new, sheets.new, slides.new, etc. but hundreds of other services etc. In another post our today, we mentioned spark.new. Below are just some of the other shortcuts you might appreciate knowing about — also consider visiting the domain directory to review the comprehensive and growing list:

• sign.new – sign PDFs with acrobat on the web
• lessonplan.new/lessonplans.new – Create simple lesson plans for kids using templates from Canva
• worksheet.new – Create a worksheet for a classroom lesson or assignment using a template from Canva.
• citation.new — Add a citation to your bibliography with BibGuru.
• code.new – Learn to code with real-time interactive coding sessions.
• scan.new – Scan a QR code on scan.new.
• track.new – track your shipments across various couriers
• surveymonkey.new – Create a new survey using SurveyMonkey
• logo.new – Create a new logo for your business with Adobe Spark (Freelance graphic designers)
• add.new – Explore math using ClassCalc’s cheat-free calculator app.
• diagram.new/diagrams.new – Create a flowchart diagram to map processes.
• photo.new/photoshop.new – Quickly edit a new image on Adobe Photoshop online
• podcast.new/episode.new – Record a new episode of your podcast using Anchor by Spotify
• prezi.new – Design beautiful presentations using Prezi.
• canva.new/design.new – Create a new Canva design with your team.
• board.new – Collaborate remotely on an online whiteboard.
• score.new – Write music online with this collaborative score editor (Flat)
• medium.new/story.new – Create a new story on Medium.
• stream.new – Upload and edit your video online
• post.new – Create a new blog post on your WordPress blog with one click
• bitly.new/link.new – Create memorable, short links to your website with Bitly.
• board.new – Collaborate remotely on an online whiteboard.
• paper.new – Start a new workspace with Dropbox.
• docs/sheets/slides/sites/cal/meeting/meet/forms/keep/note/notes.new / jam.new– Open new Google service files with one click!
• excel/ppt/pptx/docx/word.new – Open blank Microsoft Office Online files with one click!
• mindmap.new – Create a new mindmap and share your ideas on MindMeister
• text.new – Quickly write a note in this online text editor.
• zip.new – Create a new zip archive to easily store and share files.
• kahoot.new/quiz.new – Create an online quiz using Kahoot.
• pen.new– Learn to code with real-time interactive coding sessions.
• vue/ts/js/ng.new – Create a new Vue, Javascript, Typescript or Angular project online with CodeSandbox