15 DEC 2022 · Miss Arkansas, Ebony Mitchell - A Responsible Digital You Welcome to the SMACtalk for Teachers podcast! This is part of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's SMACtalk initiative. A monthly podcast featuring interviews with prominent educators working with education and technology, SMACtalk for Teachers has a different theme for every episode centered around promoting online safety and security for educators. In this bonus episode, we have a SMACtalk for Parents webinar presentation from Miss Arkansas, Ebony Mitchell. Ebony has been working closely with SMACtalk, ADE, DESE and the Arkansas Attorney General's office to help spread social media awareness around the state. We would like to thank Ebony for her hard work and partnership with SMACtalk and wish her the best of luck in the 2023 Miss America Competition. Go Ebony! Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KLkyop9RvgnnBnL8w-3O4MrY5H-CzB5P/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

14 DEC 2022 · Digital Respons-ability - Carrie Rogers-Whitehead Welcome to the SMACtalk for Teachers podcast! This is part of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's SMACtalk initiative. A monthly podcast featuring interviews with prominent educators working with education and technology, SMACtalk for Teachers has a different theme for every episode centered around promoting online safety and security for educators. In this episode, we talk with Carrie Rogers-Whitehead, founder of Digital Respons-Ability. Digital Respons-Ability is a research-based education company that has trained tens of thousands of parents, students, and educators on digital citizenship. With over 150,000+ hours working with students, we know what it’s like to work hands-on with students in the classroom (both in person and virtually). They are here to help equip administrators and educators with the resources they need to join us in training the next generation to be informed and empowered digital citizens. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11vCvodo2uQ3Gv8wTFBOPa0pA4spGCEcZ/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: Digital Respons-Ability: https://respons-ability.net/ Carrie Rogers-Whitehead on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=carrie+rogers-whitehead&crid=3KT8A8FU80LMO&sprefix=carrie+rogers-%2Caps%2C97&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_14 SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

17 OCT 2022 · Welcome to the SMACtalk for Teachers podcast! This is part of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's SMACtalk initiative. A monthly podcast featuring interviews with prominent educators working with education and technology, SMACtalk for Teachers has a different theme for every episode centered around promoting online safety and security for educators. In this episode, we have a conversation with Connor Hagan, FBI Public Affairs Officer about how the FBI is working with school districts in an effort combat "Sextortion". If you know someone who may be a victim of sextortion in Arkansas: 1. Contact the FBI’s Arkansas Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force at 501-221-9100. 2. Do not delete anything before law enforcement is able to review it. 3. Tell law enforcement everything about the online encounters. It may be embarrassing, but it is necessary to find the predator. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16k-p0uB_iVpHJBcb8io1RLedXvG9CQn9/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: FBI sextortion website: https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/safety-resources/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/sextortion FBI website: www.fbi.gov NCMEC: https://www.missingkids.org/HOME SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

7 SEP 2022 · Welcome to the SMACtalk for Teachers podcast! This is part of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's SMACtalk initiative. A monthly podcast featuring interviews with prominent educators working with education and technology, SMACtalk for Teachers has a different theme for every episode centered around promoting online safety and security for educators. In this episode, we have a conversation with Dr. Robin Finley. She shares her recent dissertation findings based on hours of exhaustive research into internet and social media safety and security. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HijZWKQOkAV2u9u-ZeNupNcE565wtPc0/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

9 MAY 2022 · Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Division 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. In this episode we highlight some conversations we had with library media specialists at the 2022 AAIM (Arkansas Association of Instructional Media) conference. We got to hear some wonderful stories from the attendees of the conference and gained some valuable insight on how school library media specialists are using social media and helping keep our teachers and students safe on the internet. AAIM: http://www.aaimk12.org/ 2022 SMACtalk Summer Calendar: https://smactalk.info/calendar-link-website SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FO18FH_SbidQwQxbbJ6o9vmsyEduj3U-/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers?utm_source=button_teachers&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents?utm_source=button_parents&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students?utm_source=button_students&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

4 APR 2022 · Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Division 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. In this episode we have a conversation with Susanna Post, a math and business technology teacher at Belle Point Alternative Center in Fort Smith, who is also the 2021 Arkansas Teacher of the Year. A teacher for five years, she’s said to use her experience in the oil and gas business to help connect students with the world outside the classroom. She started teaching in North Carolina in 2002, but after a family move worked for oil and gas companies in Texas and Fort Smith before returning to the classroom. At Belle Point, she started a coding club, worked on ACT prep program and literacy intervention. Official DESE ATOY 2021 release/bio: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/admin/Files/20210115125259_Fort_Smith_Teacher_Named_2021_Arkansas_Teacher_of_the_Year.pdf SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zS9ZaUc63rLOIyiwtjAAIw-h1iF-hKZg/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers?utm_source=button_teachers&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents?utm_source=button_parents&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students?utm_source=button_students&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

1 MAR 2022 · Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Division 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. In this episode we have a conversation with Miss Dogwood, Ebony Mitchell. She has been working with the Arkansas Attorney General's office to help spread social media awareness and internet safety to schools all around Arkansas. Join us as we discuss what she has been doing and how you can also be a part of her statewide campaign to spread awareness to schools in every county in the state! SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ChY30ii0EeHWKa5F0XEnRVKc1NK9rVH/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: Arkansas Attorney General's Office - Internet Safety: https://arkansasag.gov/education-programs/internet-safety/ SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers?utm_source=button_teachers&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents?utm_source=button_parents&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students?utm_source=button_students&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

21 JAN 2022 · Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Division 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. In this episode, Cassandra has a conversation with Dr. Robin Finley and Donnie Lee about a recent visit to Holly Harshman Elementary School in Mena, Arkansas. The students at Holly Harshman were treated to a concert by Mr. Steve the Music Man after they won a social media contest by sharing Mr. Steve's "Cyberwise" music video. Donnie was at the concert event capturing video and audio from the concert and student interviews conducted by Mr. Steve before the show. Join us as we break down what we learned from the interviews and highlight some of the students responses. Mr. Steve Bio: Mr. Steve, The Music Man creates high-quality, socially conscious music for children! Writing and performing original songs, Mr. Steve is a preschool music teacher who hosts his own morning radio show on Lightning 100 called The Early Birds with Mr. Steve. Featuring special guests, fun themes, and giveaway prizes each week, The Early Birds reaches out to both kids and adults, providing positive, educational content to listen to on the way to school and work! Mr. Steve has become the premier performer for children in the Nashville area, hosting and curating the Kids Music Fest at Live on the Green each year, partnering up with the Governor and his wife for their summer reading initiative “Read to Be Ready” and will be playing Pilgrimage Festival this fall. Mr. Steve recently released his second children’s album, Earth Party!, which is featured in the kids music playlist on Spotify. SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kbFB2qzYyQUE-th3gUgyPpP0My2CaA2o/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Resources: "Cyberwise" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAl7QmtkWbI SMACtalk for Teachers: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers?utm_source=button_teachers&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Parents: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-parents?utm_source=button_parents&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home SMACtalk for Students: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-students?utm_source=button_students&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=smactalk_home Mr. Steve the Music Man: http://www.mrstevemusic.com/ Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

1 DEC 2021 · Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Division 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. In this episode, Cassandra has a conversation with two teens, Teagan and Ayden, about online interactions, real-time chat and gaming. Ayden is a self-described "gamer" and Teagan likes to use online chat apps such as Discord to stay in touch with friends and collaborate on projects. Both of them lend valuable insight into how teens use the internet in real-time situations and how they handle social situations online. SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk Digital Learning Unit: https://rebrand.ly/rt-team-digital Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivqdV_RWTxvMUP3_aCCwslL03ZRswyih/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts

1 NOV 2021 · Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Division 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. In this episode, Cassandra talks to Kirsten Wilson, State Coordinator of Digital Learning about how the Digital Learning Unit can assist school districts with curriculum and professional development opportunities. They also discuss the many ways that SMACtalk and DLU align in their overall messages. SMACtalk: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk Digital Learning Unit: https://rebrand.ly/rt-team-digital Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12BP8bjWlTwsBoxpg-58QkTi2w2wXFWZW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104750952408493783016&rtpof=true&sd=true Produced by Donnie Lee Music: https://www.purple-planet.com More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts