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Twitter Chat | The Economic Impact Of Cybercrime

Twitter Chat | The Economic Impact Of Cybercrime

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Learning basics of IT-Security and Cyber-Security

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Twitter Chat | The Economic Impact Of Cybercrime

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SecChat McAfee

 

On Thursday, September 4th there will be #SecChat who will explore the  The Economic Impact Of Cybercrime and is an hour-long Twitter chat. I got invited through Twitter by 

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#SecChat

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After long reflection I decided to create a blog about my advice as I think that it would be very difficult to answer these questions by Tweets. There are TOO MANY links and information, as well as advice to share that in the mass of shared Tweets they would get lost 😉 This allows me then in the Tweet on the Chat to post ONLY one link, the link to this blog, where ALL the necessary information are included and I could concentrate on the other Tweets much more easy!

AND I could ALSO use this blog post for my FREE courses about CyberSecurity!

As a reminder (ALSO for me), here below the blog posts about WHAT would get discussed:

I suggest to read my blog post from a previous Twitter Chat WHERE already a lot was discussed, please:

 

Here, below, is about the #SecChat:

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#SecChat about

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So here we go, my questions:

  • Q1: What security risks do SMBs need to consider when starting a business and why?
  • Q2: CyberSecurity is OUR ALL Responsibility! SHOULDN’T the basics of CyberSecurity getting taught in schools up from the early age?
  • Q3: WHY aren’t CyberSecurity professionals, especially CyberSecurity companies present at schools!?
  • Q4: WHAT could get done to lowering Cybercrime?

 


Q1: What security risks do SMBs need to consider when starting a business and why?

programmerman-animatedWell, first of all SMBs don’t have to forget that they deal with employees and that THE weakest link in the security chain is the human!

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Please check my following blog posts who explain in detail:

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As nearly everyone is using a smartphone today so there is ALSO a MUST to consider a “BYOD-Policy” (Bring Your Own Device) as the use of smartphones could be a BIG security risk to the SMB’s as MOST employees don’t have any knowledge about the basics of Cyber-Security, even that there smartphones and/or tablets, laptops could be infected with virus, trojans, keylogger

Please read my blog post about BYOD below:

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Q2: CyberSecurity is OUR ALL Responsibility! SHOULDN’T the basics of CyberSecurity getting taught in schools up from the early age?

My personal answer is a clear YES! My prepared FREE courses below:

 AND Today on September 1st 2014 I found this on the internet which I highly WELCOME! Coding in the curriculum for Five-Year-Old with introduction to CyberSecurity, GREAT!

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Five-Year-Old learn Coding

 

Click the image to access the article, please.

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Q3: WHY aren’t CyberSecurity professionals, especially CyberSecurity companies present at schools!?

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Q4: WHAT could get done to lowering Cybercrime?

Well, there are a lot of possibilities, who are MOSTLY related to ===> EDUCATION <=== and while using Social Media. Personally I use very often Twitter to send my advice to my readers. I started ages ago the ===> Friday Security Check Day <===, hashtag is ===> #FSCD <=== as a reminder and to wake up people to get THE reflexes, check below, please.

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#FSCD

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I would feel happy if anybody else would join in to the ===> #FSCD <=== to remind people and to give them good advice, and/or to retweet it, thanks.

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Concerning the ===> Internet Of Things <=== here below my advice. Would be good if discussed…

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#SecChat #IoT

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More about the Internet Of Things:

 

And for me the MOST IMPORTANT is to teach ===> Cyber Hygiene <=== in schools and in companies! THE user (us ALL) must have basics knowledge of Cyber Security as it is a national security issue and also a priority for the economy!

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Advocates Good “Cyber Hygiene”

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Check also what CIO.GOV An Official Website of the United States Government says: Surfing the web. Social networking. Shopping. Even the most innocuous online activities can pose a threat to our nation’s cybersecurity, and all Americans should play a part in protecting it.

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My curation about Cyber-Hygiene

I advocate ===> CyberHygiene <=== and ===> Proactive THINKing <=== since ages and the below action makes me feel happy!

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CyberHygiene

 

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I started ALSO days ago to amplify the word ===> #CyberHygiene <=== by posting each day about it on Twitter, see below! WELCOME to join in 😉

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I am convinced about that such actions SHOULD get used to make the users (us ALL) ===> #WakeUP <=== for a more secure internet!

 

My curation about:

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EUROPOL 2014

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Below some examples of Tweets:

 

Did YOU take care about YOUR today? Are YOUR ? Check ===> https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/get-smart-with-5-minutes-tutorialsit-securitypart-1-browsers/ <===  

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DYK: can GET used on 2 ways? 1 way to avoid the worst, another way 2 make things happen by knowing habits, behavior 😉

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How To Use Curation For Learning and Even Teaching

I will give you some visual examples below who show you, so you can have a direct impression of it. No need to talk too much (what most of the teachers and educators do, sorry…), we go straight to the point…

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Curation insight-1

As you can see in the above screenshot, there is some text and also some links linking to similar content… The above screenshot is taken from ===> http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?q=Why+%28And+How%29+Teachers <===

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The Transcript From The Chat

Coming soon,as soon as available…

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Final word

chat iconA security by 100% doesn’t exist and probably NEVER will exist (I am sure about THAT!) , remind the human behavior…, and ALSO  the bugs in programming code of software!

There is one word which any SMB MUST remember ===> Proactive THINKing <===, anything is changing that quick that nobody could act mostly in time!

Related articles:

Stay informed about what is happening on a daily base about Cyber-Security to get prepared for the UNKNOWN! It’s the letter “I” in “ICT“, which means “Information“! Once NEW information gathered which isn’t known YET by the employees, then comes the letter “C“, which means “Communication“! Inform YOUR employees and ICT-Staff as soon as possible, remember that in the “Security Chainanyone MUST be strong!

===> THE MOST IMPORTANT when making training is to NOT use TOO MUCH technology words so that the employees might be able to UNDERSTAND! <===

Read my curation:

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Ideas For A More Secure Internet

Since already 1999 I was publishing online about the risks and Cyber Security and by seeing the unwillingness of people to learn about it I was going for ===> #DeepTHINKing <=== about WHAT could get done, here below my ideas:

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Some of the above ideas could get made into practice in ===> #MakerSpaces <=== and/or in ===> #Coding places <===, check below, please:

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I encourage my readers and followers from Twitter to be ===> lurkers <=== on the #SecChat to learn about it, thanks.

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#SecChat

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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post: economy, CyberSecurity, CyberCrime, InternetSafety, NAIVETY, Ignorance, data loss, data breaches, reputation, confidence, trust, intellectual property, CyberHygiene, RESPONSIBILITY, Proactive Thinking,

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

 

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Stay tuned for next blog post(s) 😉

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Coding, A NEW Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

Coding, A NEW Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

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Collaboration and Coaching

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Before Starting With Coding / Proactive THINKing!

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Proactive THINKing

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Before Starting With Coding WE MUST know first the IMPORTANCE and the big RESPONSIBILITY about ===> Coding <===! Responsibility while Coding, sounds STRANGE, isn’t it!?

Well, I think the BEST way to explain YOU WHY ===> Proactive THINKing and RESPONSIBILITY is a MUST <=== in Education, is to show YOU some examples on WHAT happens WHEN code goes wrong!

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WRONG Code Accidents

Click the image to go the article.

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Related links:

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AND as YOU know me, mostly some #FUN video in it 😉

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Remember about the basic Physics!? Any action has a counter-action OR ===> Isaac Newton: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction <=== Might be GOOD to remember THAT and to tell it to YOUR students (learners) 😉

And WHAT about ===> Copyright!? <=== DON’T FORGET to tell YOUR students, learners, about it as well. The above mentioned is A MUST as it will develop ===> Critical THINKing and Proactive THINKing <===!

SO… NOW as WE discussed about WHAT NOT TO DO, let’s GO for trying out how WE can give courses about ===> Coding <=== 😉

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Coding Introduction

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Coding is the 21st Century skill. Coding enhances creativity, teaches young people to cooperate, to work together across physical and geographical boundaries and to communicate in a universal language. Technology is part of our life, and coding brings it closer to you!

Check ALSO, click the image below, please, to go to the proposed resources from the “EU“:

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EU Coding Resources

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Another Initiative In Europe: 

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KODUKUP

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In Europe Five-Year-Old will learn ALREADY about Coding, check article below, please.

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Coding and CyberSecurity

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Play The Cyber Security Lab To Learn About Coding AND Cyber Security

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CyberSecurity Lab Game

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Interesting Kits are ALSO the KANO, check below, please.

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KANO Coding Kit

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Interesting Kits are ALSO the Raspberry PI and Arduino, check below, please:

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RaspBerry Pi

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WunderBar-IoT

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FlowPaw

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Learn more:

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Coding events in Luxembourg (Europe):

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Concerning Wearable-Wednesday’s, here below some tips:

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WHAT Kits To Use For Coding?

programmerman-animatedWell, YOU have the possibility to use Kits without the use of a computer and Software-Kits who run on the computer, as well as special software for the kids and games from where the kids can learn coding.

Let’s START with the Kits,see non-exhaustive list below, please:

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games for coding

 

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Learn more:


iPad Apps for Programming/Coding

Check following links, please:

 

Follow ALSO on Twitter ===> https://twitter.com/CodeWeekEU <===

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I Need NEW Ideas, WHERE To GET Them!?

Well, with the internet that is very easy, one needs ONLY to make some research on here THEY are 😉 Look especially on YouTube Channels…

And WHEN going to ===> #DeepTHINKing <=== YOU might like the following 😉

  1.  Ideas for a more secure Internet-part2/IT-Security Scouts
  2. Ideas for a more secure Internet-part1/National Security Day as a Family Day

  3. Ideas for a more secure Internet-part3/Dangers of storage devices

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Coding & MakerSpace Ideas on Pinterest

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Some more ideas below…

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Coding & MakerSpace Ideas

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Some more ideas below with LEGO…

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LEGO

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WHAT about Girls In Tech (Coding)?

Concerning <===> Girls in Tech <===> did YOU know that there were already a LOT of celebrities (today) in programming (coding) in history?

Learn more:

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Stay tuned for next blog post(s) 😉

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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post: Awareness, Responsibility, Cyber-Security, accidents because of wrong code, naivety, ignorance, wrong self-estimation, selfish, egoism, NO empathy for OTHERS when making a mistake, risks, risk of failure, Privacy, life attitude, ETHICS, moral, Copyright, Commercial ETHICS, FUN-Society,

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Maker Space | A New Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

Maker Space | A New Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

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Collaboration and Coaching

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WHAT is Maker Space?

Chat iconI will use the text from ===> http://makerspace.com/ <=== as it describes well WHAT it is: To describe them simply, makerspaces are community centers with tools. Makerspaces combine manufacturing equipment, community, and education for the purposes of enabling community members to design, prototype and create manufactured works that wouldn’t be possible to create with the resources available to individuals working alone. These spaces can take the form of loosely-organized individuals sharing space and tools, for-profit companies, non-profit corporations, organizations affiliated with or hosted within schools, universities or libraries, and more. All are united in the purpose of providing access to equipment, community, and education, and all are unique in exactly how they are arranged to fit the purposes of the community they serve.

Makerspaces represent the democratization of design, engineering, fabrication and education. They are a fairly new phenomenon, but are beginning to produce projects with significant national impacts. [END text from http://makerspace.com/]

Different Maker spaces:

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Find out what WE are making in my country Luxembourg in Europe:

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Learn more:

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AND as YOU know me, mostly some #FUN video in it 😉

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Learning About Electrical Circuits, Electronics Circuits AND The Difference Between Both

There is a BIG difference between “Electric Circuits” AND “Electronics Circuits” which MOST educators and teachers DON’T have understood YET!!! SO… Let US learn about it to do it RIGHT, so that OUR students, learners will learn the RIGHT terminology 😉

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Here below what’s WRONG!

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Design electric circuits

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Potentiometer

 

 

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And here the learning space where educators, teachers SHOULD have a look on to KNOW and understand about it!

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All About Circuits

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What Is the Difference between Electronic and Electrical Devices.

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3D-Printing, Copyright And Trademark

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Lots of Makerspaces are following THE TREND with 3D-Printing and have ALSO their own 3D-Printer. BUT, I have seen that much 3D printed stuff from them which I am sure about that they infringed Trademark and Copyright laws! SO… To make sure that YOU will NOT become in touch with any court in YOUR country for law infringement, follow the steps below, please.

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Check the advice below, please:

 

GO AWAY from ONLY using the Maker Space a couple of hours and make it 100% in the LEARNING! Give the students (learners) the possibility and opportunity to be 100% a maker while working together with THEM in a TEAM and… To be updated…

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Safety First And Naivety Beside! Responsibility At Any Moment!

dos-and-dontsThe EVER first thing to think about while building up a maker Space is the Safety of YOUR students (learners)! Just starting it without thinking that way is purely NAIVETY! WHY do I write in such a strictly form here!? Well, I have seen on the internet through Social Media workstations who don’t respect at ALL these Safety rules and even bring in danger the students and learners! I will show YOU the DOS and DON’TS below.

Tools

Every craft has its own tools. Especially when WE are working with electricity and electronics, there are special safety rules to follow, such as:

  • Every tools MUST be isolated to avoid an electrical shock!
  • When soldering, there MUST be an ventilation to extract the toxic smoke!
  • Drinking and eating is prohibited!
  • ESD, Electrostatic Discharge MUST get avoided! It will destroy the electronic circuits!

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DOS and DON'TS SOLDERING

 


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Soldering and ESD

 

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ESD-Electrostatic Discharge ProtectionClick the above image to access the article, please.

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MakerSpaces DONT’s

 

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WHAT YOU SHOULD know about SOLDERING!

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Soldering Safety

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Solder Fumes-Health-Danger

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Soldering Safety

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Soldering And Coding

programmerman-animatedFind below, please, my non-exhaustive list of quality manufacturers who provide different kits for different electronic and programming projects.

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Related Links and Kits:

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Check ALSO my blog post about Coding:

 


Safety Control By Government

1ibdy1vf6wghd-n05dgl-attenzionearchitettofr01In certain countries, especially in Europe (Germany and Luxembourg to name a few) there are strict Safety Control by specialized companies of any working places and strict rules to follow! Check below, please:

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In case of a doubt and to make sure that YOU didn’t forget anything about safety rules, I suggest to YOU to give them a call for further information and certification. DON’T FORGET: YOU and YOUR school are responsible for YOUR students, learners!

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Evolution Of Educators And Teachers!?

1ibdy1vf6wghd-n05dgl-attenzionearchitettofr01This is NOW a complaint which I make, seriously! It’s a WAKE-UP call actually! Educators and Teachers have STILL behavior as usually in the OLD century where the Social Media wasn’t existing yet and where THEY didn’t get (THEY got, BUT who cares…) criticism which everybody can see and follow. NOW through the Social Media Twitter and Facebook, as well as on others,  people will watch in real time and have the possibility to act and react.

THEY didn’t understand at all about the ===> #LEARNing By Doing <===, THEY are STILL on “YES” and “NO”, “Black” and “White”, “Day” and “Night”…

Real World and Virtual World ===> posting on Social Media ===> Responsibility and Reality!??? Naivety as NO knowledge about PracTICE, Praxis and publishing it as everybody worldwide could see it without being right = NOT professional and DANGER for health!!! There is a MUST for a Mind Shift, as Teachers and Educators YOU can’t just say that YOU are able to teach anything! There are specific areas where YOU MUST ask experts about the trade. There is knowledge about Safety and knowledge about Cyber-Security necessary for certain specific areas such as “Coding” and Makerspaces!

A Proactive Thinking is a MUST!

Proverbs: “Schuster, bleib bei deinen Leisten.” => “A cobbler should stick to his last” <= !

DON’T let people from ( ) about ! OR at least UP with !

21 Things Every 21st Century Teacher Should Do And Keep Their Sanity!  Invite a local !

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Questions WHO YOU SHOULD ask YOURSELVES:

  • Do I know ALL the safety precautions?
  • WHERE can I get ALL the necessary information about it?
  • Are THERE any dangers for my students, learners? Which ones!?
  • As it is Praxis oriented and I don’t know much about, SHOULDN’T I ask for an EXPERT!?

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I Need NEW Ideas, WHERE To GET Them!?

Well, with the internet that is very easy, one needs ONLY to make some research on here THEY are 😉 Look especially on YouTube Channels…

And WHEN going to ===> #DeepTHINKing <=== YOU might like the following 😉

  1.  Ideas for a more secure Internet-part2/IT-Security Scouts
  2. Ideas for a more secure Internet-part1/National Security Day as a Family Day

  3. Ideas for a more secure Internet-part3/Dangers of storage devices

 

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Coding & MakerSpace Ideas on Pinterest

 

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Some more ideas below…

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Coding & MakerSpace Ideas

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Some more ideas below with LEGO…

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LEGO

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Great resources with tips and tricks as also projects in specialized magazines:

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FeedBack From The Readers

Here below my bragging’s about WHAT my readers say:

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FeedBack

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Keywords necessary to create this blog post: Copyright, Safety, 3D, 3D Printing, Health, toxic, Practice, Praxis, Edtech, Technology, Theory and Practice, QUALITY, RESPONSIBILITY, Proactive Thinking, Critical Thinking, wrong tools, right tools, coding, soldering, digital lab kit, TÜV, Inspection des mines et travaux, Safety Control,

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LEARNing The Basics Of HTML To Use In Blogs | Creating FAQ’s

LEARNing The Basics Of HTML To Use In Blogs | Creating FAQ’s

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Collaboration and Coaching

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Communication, The Letter “C” In “ICT”

chat iconWhen YOU have to deal with customers, parents and learners (students), THEN the “Communication” is a MUST! Remember the letter “C” in the word “ICT” (Information and Communications Technology) and when YOU want to do this on a professional way, YOU have to use a bi-directional (two way) Communication. Personally I hear too often the answer “I don’t know” from Educators and Teachers, which shouldn’t be! It is OK to say: I don’t know it for the moment and THEN doing some research and giving the asking person an answer asap! SO, as that is probably something which YOU might get asked again, the BEST way is to create a so calledFAQ” (Frequently Asked Questions).

And the BEST way is to do it together with the concerned persons, if they are customers, learners (students) or parents. Check also my blog post below, please:

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What Is A FAQ And How Does It Look?

Well, there are different ways to create a FAQ’s list:

  • With a table in HTML
  • On a WiKi
  • Using an Online Service
  • Creating a database (for programmers ONLY)

Here below an example of a FAQ presented through a Wiki on Bravenet, click the image to access it online, please.

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FAQ Bravenet

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Creating A FAQ’s List Online | The How To

Below some reflections:

 

  1. Which service to use?
  2. Presentation of the chosen service
  3. The How To use it
  4. The HELP (Support) section
  5. Best way to integrate it to a blog post (screenshot of service with link)

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Which Service To Use?

I advise YOU the FREE service of Bravenet which I know already since 1999-2000. Check the screenshot with link below, please.

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Bravenet

 

Click the image, please, to access the website.

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Accessing The FAQ Service On Bravenet

Click the “WEB TOOLS” button on the upper navigation bar or this link ===> http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/ <===. YOU will see then the multitude of services provided.

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Bravenet WEB TOOLS

 

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Click now on the “FAQ Service” icon, the following (see screenshot below, please) new window will open.

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Bravenet: Register your New FAQ Service

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Click now on the “Get the FAQ Service Today” blue button, the following (see screenshot below, please) new window will open.

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Bravenet Membership

 

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Fill out the form now and then click the blue button “Create Account“, the following (see screenshot below, please) new window will open.

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Bravenet FAQ Editor

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I suggest that YOU start with what is the most easy, YOUR questions and answers. THEN go to the “General Settings” and the “Look And Feel“. Adjust YOUR personal settings, while saving them at any time YOU make some changes. Click THEN the “View Service” button where YOU will see how it would look. Check some suggested settings below from the “General Settings“.

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suggested settings

 

I suggest to set the “Service Width” to 99%. Insert “99” in the text field and click the “percent” button, followed by a click on “Save Settings“. SO… For the rest I let You play around with it to “LEARNing By Doing” as it is the BEST way to learn 😉

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By allowing the users to ask questions YOU will get notified by “Bravenet” by email, as shown in the screenshot below.

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Notification of asked question

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By visiting YOUR account on “Bravenet“, YOU will see on the “Review Pending” that there is a question awaiting YOUR approval and answer, as shown below.

Pending Questions

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Answering a question

To answer follow the instructions as shown above.

TIP: In case of YOU don’t know further anymore, check the FAQ’s about the service here ===> http://wiki.bravenet.com/Category:FAQ_Service <===

FAQ Bravenet

 

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Once everything finished get YOUR “Copy&Paste Code” in the “FAQ Service Manager” by clicking the link “Get Service Code“. That is the code YOU can paste in YOUR blog and/or website.

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Bravenet FAQ Service Code

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YOU will get provided by a lot of different possibilities, make YOUR choice. I have chosen the one below with buttons.

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Free FAQ Database from Bravenet
 Free FAQ Database from Bravenet.com

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In case if YOU don’t know how to “Copy&Paste” the code into the HTML section of the WordPress blog, please check my blog post:

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PracTICE: Example For Parents Partnership With The Teachers

BEST way to learn about the how to of creating a FAQ’s list is to have a look on an already existing one. SO, I created an example for a “Parents Partnership With Teachers FAQ” where the parents can find the most used questions about the parents meetings in schools. THEY ALSO can ask NEW questions in case if they don’t find the appropriate answers in the FAQ’s list. Here below a screenshot. Click the image below to access the FREE service and to get a look on it.

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FAQ's Start

 

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The provided questions and answers in the example are from:

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Check The Service Online By An Example

 


Free FAQ Database from Bravenet
 Free FAQ Database from Bravenet.com

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