Digital safety is a pressing concern in an increasingly connected world. In classrooms everywhere, educators face the challenge of supporting young people to learn about cybersecurity and to navigate online risks and the impact of AI tools and social media.

In issue 29 of Hello World, out today for free, educators all over the world share what digital safety and security mean in their classrooms. We hope this new issue will help you to actively empower your learners by equipping them with the understanding and skills to safely navigate our complex digital landscape.

The issue covers questions such as:

• How can educators connect learners to real cybersecurity experiences?
• What does youth online safety look like in the Global South?
• How is Australia’s youth ban on social media impacting young coders?

Other highlights from Hello World issue 29

Beyond the focus on safety and security, here are three highlights from issue 29:

• Shuchi Grover explores what ‘thinking’ means in the current age of large language models (LLMs)
• Sethi DeClerq provides a checklist of important questions to ask yourself before spending your precious budget on new education technology
• Rachel Fenichel argues that block-based programming isn’t just for kids, highlighting how Blockly can be a helpful abstraction when talking about algorithms at any age or stage

New podcast series coming soon

We also have new podcast episodes coming out over the next few weeks to continue the conversations started in the magazine.

The first episode is another edition of our teacher tips series, where computer science educators and experts from around the globe share practical, actionable tips that you can use in your classroom. In the upcoming episode, teachers will be sharing what works for them to engage students in cybersecurity, protect schools from cybersecurity breaches, and safely introduce generative AI to the classroom.

In the second episode, we’ll talk to Dr. Karla Badillo-Urquiola about her research in online safety in the Global South.

To listen to these podcasts, make sure you follow us in your preferred app, or head to helloworld.cc/podcast.

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