Welcome to the SMACtalk For Educators podcast! This is part of the Divison 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.

December's topic is Privacy Protection.

Our interviewer is Cassandra Barnett, Program Advisor for School Libraries here at the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. As a school librarian of 40 years, she is very interested in helping our students gain the skills they need to be responsible and ethical when online.

Our guest is Kristina Carnes, the Educational Program Manager for the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office. Her background is in public speaking including an undergraduate degree in Communication and a Master’s in Public Speaking with an emphasis in Crisis Management. She has served as primary educator here with the office for 6 years. Before this position she handled Media for the Arkansas Department of Health. Her current job involves training and spreading awareness on issues affecting Arkansans and how the AG’s office can help and provide educational opportunities.

SMACtalk Campaign website: www.smactalk.info

SMACtalk for Teachers website: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk/resources-for-teachers

Helpful links:
G.U.I.D.E. for Life - https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/guide-for-life

Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/finding-credible-newshttps://www.edutopia.org/blog/evaluating-quality-of-online-info-julie-coiro

Attorney General’s resources for Internet Safety - https://arkansasag.gov/programs/internet-safety/

SMACtalk:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/research-and-technology/smactalk


Produced by Donnie Lee
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts