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Tony Anscombe is the Global Security Evangelist for ESET. With over 20 years of security industry experience, Anscombe is an established Author, Blogger and Speaker on the current threat landscape, security technologies and products, data protection, privacy and trust, and Internet safety. His speaking portfolio includes industry conferences RSA, CTIA, MEF, Gartner Risk and Security, and the Child Internet Safety Summit (CIS). He is regularly quoted in security, technology and business media, including BBC, the Guardian, the New York Times, and USA Today, with broadcast appearances on Bloomberg, BBC, CTV, KRON and CBS.

• Read the privacy policy, what they collect, what they share and, how long they retain it.
• Tony Anscombe | One Parent to Another | Book Introduction – https://youtu.be/zH8FfbqOZs4
• FTC – IdentityTheft.gov
• 11 year old blackmails his own father

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I was recently a guest on the Mind The Gap podcast and we thought it would be fun to release it here as well. 

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

In this episode, Jethro and Fred discuss questions from YOU! To submit your questions, go to Cybertraps.com

Our questions today: 

• What are things that educators can do if students’ families have extreme beliefs?
• Case law regarding educational forums, substantial disruptions, and first amendment rights are decades old. With the pivot to remote learning and the use of various learning management systems, what responsibility do schools have to monitor these educational forums outside traditional hours?
• How can teachers deal with all the gray areas in privacy, especially in Alaska, where so many people live in small communities where everyone knows each other?
• What are your thoughts on teachers using TikTok to show lessons/content?

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Adam J. Stich (A.J.) is the founding principal of The Greater Dayton School.  Prior to starting in this role, he spent nearly seven years as a principal in Chicago Public Schools, where he drove strong outcomes for students and teachers.  Under A.J.’s leadership, Rufus M. Hitch Elementary achieved the district’s highest school quality rating for five consecutive years (2014–19).

Ultimately, A.J. is motivated by the opportunity to impact kids and change the trajectory of their academic careers.  He believes his leadership should be grounded in decency, humility, and high standards, and he strives to achieve this when serving his students, school and community.
AJ and his wife Kendra (also a TFA alum) have three kids and a rescue dog.  In his free time, he enjoys spending time with family, running, reading, and cheering on the Green Bay Packers.

• How are they going to spend $30,000 per kid per year?
• Over $250,000 per student invested in the students’ k–8 career.
• Larry Connor - the founder
• Holistic focus on education.
• What must be essential if we are going to really change kids’ lives
• Age 27 goals:
• Successful by their own definition
• Physically and mentally healthy
• Living lives of character and integrity
• Financially independent
• Established in a career
• Wrap-around services
• Clinic embedded in the school.
• Backward map these goals.
• Financially independent what does it look like when they are 23, 18, 12, 6?
• What kind of teachers are you looking for?
• Having a research partner really helps.
• Great advisors in the education space and business space.
• If this school looks like this in one year, we have a problem!
• Change has to be a part of our DNA.
• I came in thinking this is going to be simple.
• Are you just trying to recreate what has been done?
• Going to the status quo just isn’t going to cut it.
• Hired first cohort of teachers - It starts and ends with teacher!
• They need to have flexibility of mind. Traditional school model just isn’t what we are doing.
• How do you capture a student’s thought process?
• Competency-based - jumpstart
• How to be a transformative principal? Start with strategic planning - Don’t get too technical. Start mapping out what you can do down to the day!
• if you don’t do the strategic mapping, you find yourself responding and reacting to everything.
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TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Joan Irvine has worked in technology, sales, and marketing for companies such as ADP (Automatic Data Processing), System Development Corporation, and Goal Systems. For the last 20 years, she has been a leader in online child protection technology.

In this episode we talk about how the cannabis industry can keep kids from purchasing their products by self-regulating. 

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Mike Anderson has been an educator for more than 25 years. A public school teacher for 15 years, he has also taught preschool, coached school swim teams, and taught university graduate level classes. He now works as a consultant providing professional learning for teachers throughout the US and beyond. In 2004, Mike was awarded a national Milken Educator Award, and in 2005 he was a finalist for NH Teacher of the Year. In 2020, he was awarded the Outstanding Educational Leader Award by NHASCD for his work as a consultant. A best-selling author, Mike has written eight books about great teaching and learning. When not working, Mike can be found hanging with his family, tending his perennial gardens, and searching for new running routes around his home in Durham, NH.

• New book on motivation - Moving from systems of extrinsic motivation to supporting students’ intrinsic motivations
• Extrinsic motivation is the default motivation in schools right now.
• Motivate from without. Impose on others.
• Punishments are also forms of extrinsic motivation.
• Ditchie and Ryan - autonomy is the key intrinsic motivator.
• Is there ever a time that extrinsic motivation is worthwhile.
• We’ve taught them to think transactionally.
• Book - Drive by Daniel Pink - animated video
• Rote or Mechanical - extrinsic works in the short term.
• You can lose creativity if extrinsic motivation.
• Intrinsic motivation comes from within.
• Self-motivation vs. Intrinsic motivators:
• 6 indicators:
• autonomy - need for power and control
• purpose - what we are doing has meaning
• competence - need to feel good at stuff
• belonging - connected to others
• curiosity - naturally interested in
• fun - playful, joy, energetic.
• Motivation is very complex.
• Set this up and incentivize it for them.
• How do we make this shift in education?
• Recognize that it is coming from a place of good intentions
• Signaling - we signal that the action is something distasteful because we have to incentivize it.
• Alfie Kohn on Oprah
• Kids who were paid stopped playing with the puzzles.
• Jethro’s TEDx Talk
• Stop trying to motivate kids. Tap into their intrinsic motivations
• Conflict in US history.
• 11 of 22 kids showed up on a Saturday morning, voluntarily.
• Ongoing assessing throughout the project.
• Take the content we have to teach and give kids control, purpose,
• Numbers in expanded notation
• Shift in thinking about content: It’s a means to an end, it shouldn’t be the end itself.
• We should think of content as our playground.
• Motivation - book Crisis focused? Learning to choose, choosing to learn.
• Act of co-creation with Allison Zmuda.
• How to be a Transformative Principal - Dig into the research on motivation. LiveBinder

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Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Fie on Goodness! Child Access to Adult Content and Products

• Adult Content and Products
• Legal But Age-Restricted (in theory)
  • Gambling
  • Pornography
  • Cigarettes
  • Alcohol
  • Prescription Drugs
  • Weapons and Explosives
• Illegal
  • Obscenity / Child Pornography
  • Controlled Substances as defined the Drug Enforcement Agency
  • Schedule I – heroin, LSD, marijuana, ecstasy, peyote, etc.
  • Schedule II – Vicodin, cocaine, methamphetamine, methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin
  • Schedule III – Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, anabolic steroids, testosterone
  • Impure or corrupted versions of known drugs
  • A range of designer/synthetic, uncategorized drugs
• Shift in Laws and Social Acceptance
  • Alcohol – Prohibition
  • Marijuana – Spreading legalization
• Scope of the Problem
• Examples
  • 2020–12–23 One in six children steal money from their parents to pay for addictive computer game ‘loot boxes’, survey reveals – as campaigners call for them to be classed as gambling
  • 2020–12–12 This 6-year-old racked up $16K on mom’s credit card playing video games
  • 2020–12–04 Schoolgirl, 15, died at gathering with friends after taking ecstasy supplied by two teenagers who bought the tablets off the dark web, inquest hears
  • 2020–11–08 One in 10 children admit gambling with their own money amid fears thousands of families are being plunged into ’tidal wave of misery’
  • 2020–08–26 Gambling giants flout advertising rules to target children by using websites popular with youngsters
  • 2020–08–18 Schoolboy, 15, AVOIDS jail after he sold three super-strong Donkey Kong ecstasy pills to a 13-year-old on Snapchat before he died hours later from ‘severe reaction’ to Class A drug
  • 2020–01–03 Children are fueling marathon gaming sessions with ‘dangerous’ stimulants that have DOUBLE the caffeine of Red Bull and are promoted by YouTube stars like KSI and FaZe Jarvis
  • 2018–05–14 Twitter and Instagram are accused of ‘playing with people’s lives’ for continuing to host pages advertising deadly counterfeit Xanax
  • 2014–02–26 Buying a gun on Facebook takes 15 minutes
  • Schoolgirl 15 died taking ecstasy supplied two teenagers bought dark web inquest hears
• Exposure
  • Peers
  • Social Media Influencers
  • Advertising
  • In-Game Purchases
• Facilitation
  • Social media – algorithms, influencers, unmonitored groups
  • Web sites – poorly designed and unethical
  • Product-specific sites
  • Private seller sites (eBay)
  • Dark web – TOR
  • Surface web – 4% of visible internet
  • Deep web – non-indexed, non-accessible sites (government, corporate, etc.)
  • Dark web – requires special browsers like TOR, I2P, or Freenet
  • 2013 – DEA, Homeland Security, and FBI take down Silk Road, notorious dark web drug bazaar
  • Encryption for communication (Sigaint, PGP)
  • Delivery services – poor practices, disregard of regulations re signatures, etc.
  • Parents – lack of supervision, access to credit cards/finances
  • Payment methods
  • Reloadable credit cards
  • Cryptocurrency (BitCoin)
  • Barter
• Why Is Age Verification on the Internet So Difficult?
  • 1984 New Yorker cartoon – On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog
  • Buttons and verification screens are laughable
  • Birth certificates are issued locally, not nationally
  • Social security numbers are given to children
  • Credit card companies don’t want the hassle
• A Range of Child Protection Initiatives
  • Governmental
  • General
  • More and more systems requiring real-time scan of driver’s license
  • United Kingdom
  • The Digital Economy Act – any website with more than one-third of pornographic content must securely verify that their visitors are 18 or over.
  • United States
  • 2021–01–29 – UPS ends home delivery of vaping products
  • 2020 – The Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act
    • Same safety measures as those for traditional cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
    • Verify the age of customers for all purchases.
    • Require an adult with ID to be present for delivery.
    • Label shipping packages to show they contain tobacco products.
    • Comply with all state and local tobacco tax requirements.
  • 1997 Child Online Protection Act – required all commercial distributors of material harmful to minors to restrict their sites from access by minors.
    • Ruled unconstitutional in 2007 by U.S. District Court. 3rd Cir. agreed in 2008, and SCOTUS denied cert in 2009.
• Software and Services
  • A wide variety of software companies are competing to create effective age verification systems
• Labeling
  • Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection
  • Restricted to Adults label for web sites
  • List of organization and software tools aimed at protecting children
  • Guidelines for parents
    • Install and use parent control software on all computers
    • Know what sites your children frequent and monitor their online activity
    • Foster communication with your children so they understand the potential dangers they may be exposed to online.
• What Can Parents Do?
  • Monitor the Use of Devices
  • Install Filtering Software and Use Parental Controls
  • Check Browser History
  • Lots of Conversation
  • Be Confident in Discussing Online Activity with Your Child
  • Pay Attention to Your Child’s Behavior
  • Don’t Be Afraid to Discuss Influence of Friends
  • Sign Up for Delivery Notification and Check All Packages / Consider Installing a Smart Doorbell
  • Keep a Close Eye on Your Finances
• Get Help
  • American Addiction Centers
  • Get Smart About Drugs (DEA)

Thanks to our mission partner:

Buoyancy Digital is proud to be the inaugural Mission Partner for the Cybertraps Podcast series. A digital advertising consultancy with an ethos, Buoyancy was founded by Scott Rabinowitz, who has been in digital media since 1997 and has overseen $300 million in youth safety compliant ad buys across all digital platforms. For IAB, Google and Bing accredited brand and audience safe advertising sales solutions, media buying and organizational training for media publishers, let’s chat.

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