I Didn’t Think of That: Cyber Security Guide for Teachers
A calm, practical guide to protecting your accounts, devices and reputation, and the student information you hold.
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What you get
- 114 pages, ten chapters, each opening with something that really happens in schools
- Your accounts, the scams aimed at teachers, your devices, and the student data in your hands
- Using AI without leaking student information, apps and the privacy code, and your public footprint
- What to do when something goes wrong, and a term by term routine
- “What would you do?” scenarios with suggested answers, and a “Do this today” list in every chapter
- An appendix for office, finance and payroll staff, a glossary, a quick reference and a contacts list of Australian services
About this resource
Written for teachers, not IT people
After more than 30 years in IT, 15 of them in schools, Rob Swain kept hearing the same answer: “I didn’t think of that.” This is the guide he wishes every teacher had on their first day: calm, practical, and on the side of your IT team.
Perfect for you if…
- You want the reasons behind the IT rules at school, explained plainly
- You use AI for planning or reports and want to keep student information out of it
- You want a few things you can do today, not a lecture
Read it anywhere
- Open the PDF eBook on a computer, tablet or phone
- Print the pages you want close at hand
- Your licence does not expire, so come back to it whenever you need it
How it works
- Buy it here and check your inbox
- Save the PDF eBook somewhere you will find it
- Read it now, or print it for later
Peek inside Read two short passages from the book
Chapter 1. You’re on the front line
Some years ago, one of the schools in the system I worked for sold a batch of old laptops to a reseller. They were well past their best, selling them seemed sensible, and nobody expected anything to come of it.
The reseller didn’t wipe them properly before selling them on. They ended up with someone who knew how to recover deleted files, most likely using the kind of software anyone can buy online. What they found were photos of students, each with a first name underneath. They contacted us and asked to be paid to hand the laptops back. We paid, because the alternative was those photos staying in a stranger’s hands.
Nobody broke into anything, and nobody clicked a bad link. There was an old device, a routine sale, and files that had been deleted rather than properly wiped.
What would you do? Chapter 1, with the suggested answer
A colleague says your school is too small for anyone to bother attacking.
Size isn’t protection. Most attacks aren’t aimed at a particular school. They’re sent to thousands of addresses at once and succeed wherever someone clicks. Smaller schools usually have fewer people watching for problems, so the habits in this book matter more there, not less.
Questions
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Can my colleagues use it?
It comes with a single user licence: it is yours to read and use in your own teaching, for as long as you like. Please do not pass the file on; each colleague needs their own copy. For a whole staff, email support@termtalk.com.au about a school licence. Licence terms.
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