Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Divison of
Elementary and Secondary Education's SMACtalk initiative. A monthly podcast
featuring interviews with prominent educators working with education and
technology, SMACtalk for Educators has a different theme for every episode
centered around promoting online safety and security for educators.

November’s topic is vetting information.

Our interviewer, Robin Finley is a District Administrator in Alma School District and one of her roles is as an Instructional Technology Specialist. This is Robin's 33rd year as an educator. She feels that data privacy and cybersafety are essential parts of education today. She is part of our SMAC Advisory Group

Our guest today is Cassandra Barnett, Program Advisor for School Libraries here at the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. As a school librarian of 40 years, she is very interested in helping our students gain the skills they need to be responsible and ethical when online.

SMACtalk Campaign website: www.smactalk.info

SMACtalk for Teachers website: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers

Helpful links:
G.U.I.D.E. for Life - https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/guide-for-life

Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/finding-credible-newshttps://www.edutopia.org/blog/evaluating-quality-of-online-info-julie-coiro

Attorney General’s resources for Internet Safety - https://arkansasag.gov/programs/internet-safety/

SMACtalk:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk

Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts