Online Safety is a Low Bar: It’s Time to Rethink Digital Citizenship

Jacqueline Beauchere joined Snap Inc. in September 2021 as the company's first Global Head of Platform Safety, responsible for various aspects of Snap's online safety strategy and engagement with external audiences. Beauchere represents the technology industry on the international Policy Board of the WeProtect Global Alliance and represents Snap on INHOPE’s Advisory Board, the Technology Coalition’s Board of Directors, and is a member of the Power of Zero Steering Committee, a non-profit fighting online bullying, hate, and violence. Prior to her role at Snap, Beauchere spent nearly 22 years at Microsoft Corp., serving as that company's and industry's first Chief Online Safety Officer. While at Microsoft, Beauchere created a number of innovative programs and campaigns designed to raise awareness of online risks and help educate consumers about how best to protect themselves and their families online. She previously represented Microsoft as part of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism and held seats on the boards of directors of the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Family Online Safety Institute. In August 2021, Beauchere was named a Member of the British Empire for her work in combating illegal and harmful content online, including child sexual exploitation and abuse imagery. Prior to working in the tech sector, Beauchere was an attorney in private practice. A second-career lawyer, she spent 12 years as a real-time financial news correspondent and editor-in-charge, primarily with Reuters America, Inc., in New York.

Richard Culatta, is the CEO of ISTE. Prior to joining ISTE, Culatta served as the chief innovation officer for the state of Rhode Island. He was appointed as the director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. There Culatta was at the helm of numerous efforts to expand connectivity to schools across the country, promote personalized learning and develop the National Education Technology Plan.

Antigone Davis is Head of Global Safety at Facebook, where she works with internal teams at Facebook and with external safety organizations and government bodies to ensure that Facebook remains a leader in online safety and that stakeholders understand the steps Facebook takes to promote safety online. Antigone also spearheads the efforts of Facebook’s Safety Advisory Board, a team of leading safety organizations from around the world who provide Facebook with cutting edge research and advice on best practices, as well as its Global Safety Network. Prior to joining Facebook, Antigone spent 10 years working for a State Attorney General. As Senior Advisor to the Attorney General, she helped establish the office’s first online privacy and safety unit, and led the National Association of Attorney General’s 2012-2013 presidential initiative “Privacy in the Digital Age.” Before serving in the public sector, Antigone used her juris doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School as a corporate attorney in Chicago and her masters in education as a middle school and high school teacher. Antigone received her B.A. from Columbia University.

David Paszkiewicz is the Lead Instructional Specialist at La Cañada Unified School District, near Los Angeles. His goal is to get all stakeholders--students, staff, and families--on board with technology through in-class instruction, professional development trainings, and parent education seminars. He works closely with special education teachers and administrators as they embed technology into both their instruction and their caseload management. He has presented hands-on workshops at ISTE, focusing on management tools for school leaders and special educators. He co-led a 3-hour workshop guiding teachers to create comprehensive technology scope and sequence plans based on the ISTE standards for students.

Adam Antoine Phyall II, Ed.D., is the director of technology and media services for the Newton County School System in Georgia where he’s focused on helping teachers put technology in the hands of students to keep them engaged in rigorous learning. Since getting his first laptop in college, Phyall has been hooked on the fantastic things technology can add to learning. Early in his teaching career, Phyall had students create videos and podcasts to explain advanced science concepts. Once he saw the impact technology had on learning in his classroom, he began to share his activities and strategies with peers. This led Phyall to work as a building instructional technology leader, technology facilitator, and then take on his current role as a tech director. Throughout his career, Phyall has worked extensively with Title I and urban schools to improve technology integration for economically disadvantaged students. He has developed mobile learning plans for school districts in Georgia and Missouri that have led to 1:1 device initiatives. His philosophy on teaching is, “If you’re having fun teaching it, then your students will have fun learning it.”