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Grade 5 Digital Citizen Parent Announcement

Creating Strong Passwords

Today, your student learned about Creating Strong Passwords. Add a hyperlink to the first page of the lesson module from your course.

Help Boost Kids' Safety, Privacy, and Security

When students start to go online, whether they're playing multiplayer games, using educational apps, or just following their curiosity on Google, it's important that they understand the basics of online privacy and safety. With some general guidelines around what information is and isn't OK to share, and some help from parents when they're unsure, students can have fun and learn a lot in the digital world.

Check out these 5 tips

  1. Discuss Personal vs. Private Info. Talk about the difference between what's OK to share online (favorite color) and what's not (home address).
  2. Use Privacy Settings. Together, go through the settings on all new apps to make sure you both know what information your students are sharing. Especially in the beginning, it's better to share very little.
  3. Avoid Location Tracking. Location-aware apps can be super helpful. But apps that use a device's location to help people find your student or offer them ads for nearby businesses should be used with caution. Turn them off if you can.
  4. Power Up Passwords. Work together with students to help them come up with complex passwords. Think outside the dictionary. Use phrases and special characters that make passwords hard to guess but easy to remember. Remind students to keep passwords private and change them regularly.
  5. Skip Quizzes. Help students identify and avoid clickbait, quizzes, special offers, and anything that asks for personal or private information. This helps keep information secure and devices safe.

Review with your Student

 During the Creating Strong Passwords Module, students created a sample strong password using the Power Up Your Password Activity Links to an external site.. Please review this information with your child, determine if the password that they have created is a strong and secure.

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Go to https://hcpss.me  and select the Change Password option and follow the prompts to change your active directory password to your strong password you created.

Need Help - Use the directions found in the Student Technology Resources Course for Changing Your Password.

ALWAYS record your strong password in a safe spot like a student's agenda book.