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Email Archiving - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 08
     
    Public schools and local governments may have more stringent requirements than most businesses for email archiving and electronic discovery. Yet, with their limited budgets, schools and local governments are often the least equipped to respond.The newly revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure define how email must be handled in federal court cases. Businesses tend to think that the FRCP focus is on interstate lawsuits. Schools and governments, however, also need to be concerned with emails relating to federally funded activities or any activity governed by federal legislation.In addition, schools and local governments have the burden of responding to (1) requests under open meeting and Freedom of Information Act laws, (2) offensive emails or those with sexual content involving students, and (3) emailed threats.
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Bill would fund internet safety education - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 27 May 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 27 May 09
     
    A federal lawmaker has introduced internet safety legislation that, if passed, would authorize roughly $175 million--$35 million a year for five years--for internet safety education and training to help make children, parents, and educators aware of proper online behavior and the dangers the internet poses.
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ALA: Spend stimulus funds on school libraries - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 18 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Removing a school library media specialist, who is an expert [at helping students acquire 21st-century information skills], from a library becomes a disadvantage for the students in that school," she said.
  • he American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contains funding for educators to implement innovative strategies in Title I schools that improve education for at-risk students and close the achievement gap. The funding is flexible and, for the most part, the control rests in the hands of local and state superintendents--and spending some of it on school libraries would be a wise investment, ALA asserts.
  • Anne Bubnic on 18 Apr 09
     
    As school leaders prepare to spend billions of dollars in federal stimulus money, the American Library Association (ALA) is lobbying to have some of those dollars used to keep school libraries up to date during hard economic times.
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NJ senator wants federal funds to teach teens about Web safety, fight 'sexting' - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 09
     
    U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is proposing a federal grant program to research and educate children about Internet safety. Menedez, D-N.J., said he is hopeful that educating teenagers, teachers and parents will stop children from sending explicit photos of themselves over cell phones and the Internet. The grant proposal would authorize $25 million to $35 million each year for Internet safety programs. The grants would be awarded on a two-year basis and administered by the Department of Justice.
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AB 307: California Education Code Section 51871.5 - 0 views

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 13 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 13 Aug 08
     
    California State-approved technology plans that meet certain criteria must be in place before federal funding for technology may be secured by a school district. Education Code Section 51871.5 also requires the addition of a component to educate students and teachers on cyberbullying and Internet Safety, among other topics.
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Educating About Intellectual Property - 5 views

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  • Dean Mantz on 11 Jun 10
     
    Funded by federal government. Curriculum, webinars, podcasts, links and more about Copyright and Fair Use in Education.
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Group Urges Obama to Create National Security Officer to Address Online Dangers - washi... - 0 views

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shared by Judy Echeandia on 11 Dec 08 - Cached
  • In a report to be released today, the Family Online Safety Institute, a Washington nonprofit organization, is urging the new administration to appoint a national safety officer to serve under the chief technology officer, a position Obama has promised to create. The group is also asking for $100 million a year to fund education and research, an annual White House summit on safety issues, as well as the creation of a national council to coordinate efforts among federal agencies and advocacy and industry groups.
  • Judy Echeandia on 11 Dec 08
     
    Online safety advocates are urging President-elect Barack Obama to put more resources toward protecting children from crime, harassment and predators on the Web.
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