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Read up before you teach it

Plain-English guides on online safety, computer science and money, written for students, parents and teachers starting from zero.

Digital Netizenship

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The eleven habits that separate a good netizen from an easy target, from privacy settings to spotting manipulation.

The red flags that give a scam away, what counts as sensitive data, and what to do when a message feels off.

Small daily habits that keep a phone and a laptop out of trouble, explained without a single piece of jargon.

Hacking & Coding

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What a function actually is, why it makes code shorter, and how to teach it using Minecraft and Scratch.

How to explain if and else to a class that has never coded, using the choices students already make every day.

Loops turn twenty blocks into three. A classroom-ready way to show students why repetition is so powerful.

Financial Literacy

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A penny saved can be worth far more than a penny earned once you understand the time value of money.

Bull, bear, correction, index. The stock-market vocabulary to learn before putting in a single dollar.

What the number actually means, what pushes it up and down, and why it decides the price of borrowing.

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