Connetquot Tech Birds Are Password Pioneers

Photos courtesy of the Connetquot Central School District

Connetquot Central School District elementary students learned to protect their passwords during a technology safety workshop with Alise Pulliam, director of digital learning, innovation and instructional technology. The workshop was held at Helen B. Duffield Elementary School with a goal of instructing students as they move through elementary school, to acquire various technology achievements. After completing the password safety workshop, students became Password Pioneers and received a sticker to mark their achievement.

(Back, l-r) Helen B. Duffield Elementary School Principal Lisa Farrell, district Director of Digital Learning, Innovation and Instructional Technology Lisa Pulliam and Technology Integration Specialist Victoria Pappas are pictured with students who attended the password safety workshop.

“When you leave the house you lock the door, so your password is like a key to your house,” Ms. Pulliam told students.

Using their Chromebooks, students logged onto the Nearpod application to collectively follow along with the presentation and to share their answers to scenarios about password safety. They learned that passwords should be shared only with parents and a teacher and that not protecting a password can have negative consequences.

Using Nearpod, Helen B. Duffield Elementary School students read their classmates’ shared answers to scenarios about password safety.

Principal Lisa Farrell also joined in on the workshop and had important advice. She said, “Protect your password like it’s your money in your piggy bank.”