A team from Google made a pit stop in Burlington Thursday afternoon.Click here to watch the story The tech company's Good to Know School Roadshow, which focuses on online safety, swung through Edmunds Middle School to make a special presentation on digital citizenship.Spokespeople from the popular search engine travel to about 40 middle schools a year to share their age-friendly presentation in an interactive way.Their five key tips to their young audience are:1. Think before you share2. Protect your stuff3. Know and use your settings4. Avoid scams5. Be positiveSome Edmunds students planned to make some adjustments after hearing from the Google pros."I'll probably look over my social media settings and see what I can change to make it more private," eighth-grader Lily Mitchell said.Google said their tips translate to any device, platform or app."It's really hard to be up To date on every single app, especially I'm sure parents feel that way at home," Google spokesperson Jamie Hill said. "These five tips, if students really embody them and think through them every time they're using something online it can really help them make good decisions."Vermont Rep. Peter Welch, who was also there, encouraged the middle school students to stay in control online."Your ability, it's like a language that you speak that a lot of us who are older had to learn, and as hard we try to learn the language you're growing up with we can never match what you've accomplished," Welch said.

A team from Google made a pit stop in Burlington Thursday afternoon.

Click here to watch the story


The tech company's Good to Know School Roadshow, which focuses on online safety, swung through Edmunds Middle School to make a special presentation on digital citizenship.

Spokespeople from the popular search engine travel to about 40 middle schools a year to share their age-friendly presentation in an interactive way.

Their five key tips to their young audience are:

1. Think before you share

2. Protect your stuff

3. Know and use your settings

4. Avoid scams

5. Be positive

Some Edmunds students planned to make some adjustments after hearing from the Google pros.

"I'll probably look over my social media settings and see what I can change to make it more private," eighth-grader Lily Mitchell said.

Google said their tips translate to any device, platform or app.

"It's really hard to be up To date on every single app, especially I'm sure parents feel that way at home," Google spokesperson Jamie Hill said. "These five tips, if students really embody them and think through them every time they're using something online it can really help them make good decisions."

Vermont Rep. Peter Welch, who was also there, encouraged the middle school students to stay in control online.

"Your ability, it's like a language that you speak that a lot of us who are older had to learn, and as hard we try to learn the language you're growing up with we can never match what you've accomplished," Welch said.