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ThinkQuest International 2008 Winners Announced - 0 views

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    ThinkQuest Newswire Announcement: Students from 13 countries took top honors in this year's ThinkQuest International 2008 Competition. The competition is utilized by teachers to engage their students in developing critical skills for life and work in the 21st century.This year's winning teams collaborated in the research, writing and creation of websites on educational topics ranging from mathematics to promoting tolerance and preventing bullying.

    ThinkQuest International 2008 included 972 teams from 60 countries and the winning entries included students from Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam. Each team had approximately eight months to complete their final websites. The submissions were then reviewed by an international panel of volunteer judges who selected the winners in each of the three age divisions. The judges also awarded the "Global Perspectives" prize to the team best exemplifying respect for diversity and recognition of global interdependence.

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PBS VOTE 2008 - 0 views

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    Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement. Discover the power of social media while promoting your students' civic engagement.
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Boston Public Schools Internet Safety Campaign - 0 views

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    The Boston Public Schools Internet Safety Website contains resources and strategies for parents, teachers and students to use in order to help promote online safety. There are some great classroom posters here for download.
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Safer Internet [PSA] - 0 views

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    Good advice for blocking bullying online and a public service announcement to spread the message. While the video is in English, the text on the web site is available in over 20 languages. Developed as part of Europe's Information Society portal, the web site celebrates "Safer Internet Day" (Feb 10th) by promoting safer use of the Internet and new online technologies, particularly for children.
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YPulse [Anastasia Goodstein] - 0 views

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    Ypulse is a media platform for youth media and marketing professionals, founded in May of 2004 by journalist Anastasia Goodstein. It provides news, commentary and resources about commercial media for teens (teen magazines, websites), entertainment for teens (movies, video games, television, music, books), technology used by teens (cell phones, instant messaging, hardware and software), the news media's desire to attract teens (newspapers, cable news), marketing and advertising (targeting the teen market) and non-profit youth media (highlighting organizations' efforts at promoting youth voices in media and creating media by and for youth). Anastasia is also the author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens are Really Doing on Line.

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'Kick a Ginger Day' leaves a bitter lesson - 2 views

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    New form of school cyberbullying toward red heads demonstrated with "Kick A Ginger Day" - a hate crime with redheads as victims, promoted via a Facebook group and inspired by a Southpark episode from 2005.
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Lee and Kims Adventures Animal Magic [Video] - 0 views

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    8-minute animation which has been created how to keep kids (age 5-7) understand how to keep safe online, to treat each other well, and to understand what personal information is.
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California Court Rules Cyber-Bullying Is Not Free Speech - 1 views

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    Online threats of violence and acts of cyber-bullying are not protected free speech. That's according to a California appeals court that upheld a decision from a lower court, allowing a hate crimes and defamation suit to continue. The case cited involves a 15 year old student who became the target of threats and taunts from other students after launching a web site promoting pursuit of a film and singing career.
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Photographic Truth in the Digital Era | Teachable Moment - 1 views

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    In November 2001 the National Capital Commission, the Crown corporation responsible for planning and developing Canada's National Capital Region, caused some controversy when they published a promotional brochure for the city of Ottawa that featured a digitally enhanced photo on its cover.
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Classroom Resources to Counter Cyberbullying - 2 views

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    To help educators address this issue in their classrooms, Media Awareness Network has developed a series of four lesson plans, in English and in French, to give students a better understanding of the ethical and legal implications of cyberbullying and to promote positive Internet use.
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10 Ways to Promote Writing For an Authentic Audience - 0 views

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    Conversation starters with students from the NYT. Participating in an online discussion on events and issues in the news not only gives students a forum, but it also helps them build critical thinking, writing and news literacy skills and provides an opportunity to write for an authentic audience.
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Debt Ski | InDebtEd - 0 views

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    Indebted is a campaign funded by the Peterson Foundation for college students that raises awareness about the dangers of excessive personal and government debt, and promotes action to help stop the fiscal crisis in the U.S. DEBT SKI was developed as a fun game for learning about personal finance. The object of the game is to accumulate as much savings and as little debt as possible. This could be used in a high school digital
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Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Use in Schools Says National Research Survey - 0 views

  • The research indicates that the movement toward Web 2.0 use to engage students and address individual learning needs is largely being driven in districts from the bottom up – starting with teachers and students
  • Overall, the research confirms school districts are using or planning to use several types of Web 2.0 technologies, but reveals there is still resistance to using online social networking for instructional purposes.
  • ther key results of the survey include: The three most frequently cited reasons for adopting Web 2.0 technologies are: addressing students’ individual learning needs, engaging student interest, and increasing students’ options for access to teaching and learning. Online communications with parents and students (e.g., teacher blogs) and digital multimedia resources are the Internet technologies most widely used by teachers, and a majority of districts have plans for adopting these technologies or promoting their use. Teacher-generated online content (e.g., multimedia lessons, wiki-based resources) is likely to be the next area of growth in the use of Web 2.0 technologies. Almost half of districts have plans for adopting or promoting the creation and sharing of this content through Web 2.0 tools.
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  • Over the next several months, the companies will conduct online focus groups, prepare a white paper summarizing and interpreting the research, and develop resources based on the insights learned to help guide districts in harnessing the educational power of the collaborative Web
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    While many stakeholders are involved in developing policies on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in K-12 education, new research suggests that teachers are the most important group driving adoption. This is a major finding from a national research survey of more than 500 district technology directors. The survey was commissioned by Lightspeed Systems Inc., a leader in network security and management software for schools, and Thinkronize Inc., creators of netTrekker, America's number one educational search tool, with support from Atomic Learning.
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June is National Internet Safety Month - 0 views

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    National Internet Safety Month is an opportunity to increase awareness about the risks we and our families face on the Internet. It is also a perfect time to promote information and resources to help us stay safe online. Site includes tips for staying safe online.
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FBI-SOS: Safe Online Surfing - 0 views

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    The FBI-SOS Internet Challenge is an internet safety program designed to help students recognize potential dangers associated with the internet, email, chat rooms and social networking sites. The program addresses and defines topics serious in nature such as seduction, child pornography, solicitation, exploitation, obscenity and online predators. Students take web-based quizzes and review specific web sites aimed at promoting online safety.
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My Pop Studio - 0 views

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    My Pop Studio is a creative play experience that strengthens critical thinking skills about television, music, magazines and online media directed at girls. Users select from four behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn more about mass media: My Pop Studio strengthens media literacy skills, promotes positive youth development, and increases knowledge about health issues. Highly interactive creative play activities are used to create an online community that guides users through the process of deconstructing, analyzing and creating media. Video segments, flash animation, media deconstruction games and quizzes, and moderated blogs make the website lively, fun and educational. My Pop Studio was created by a team of researchers and media professionals at the Media Education Lab, located at Temple University's School of Communication.
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Google teams up with Citizens Advice Bureau - [UK] - 1 views

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    Google has teamed up with the Citizens Advice Bureau in the UK to launch a new initiative that will see the search giant and the independent charity launch a adverts in newspapers, on public transport and online to promote safer Internet use and help users adopt safer practices when online
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Top 10 Effective Ways of Using Hashtags in Social Media Marketing - 0 views

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    Hashtags Are An Integral Part Of Any Hashtag in Social Media Marketing Strategy. It Is A Great Way Of Labeling And Finding Social Media Updates. When Comes To Promoting Your Brands On Social Media, Hashtags Are Fundamental To Attaining Success. ● Using The Equal Hashtags Across Social Media Structures Has Some Obvious Benefits. Hashtag Based On Social Media Platform ● Now It's Time To Spoil Down Precisely How You Can Use Hashtags Effectively On The Largest Social Networks. ○ Those Networks Are: ■ Twitter Hashtags ■ Instagram Hashtags ■ Facebook Hashtags ● It Is Genuinely Very A Lot Worrying To Read A Post Having Too Many Hashtags. Again It Relies Upon On The Social Media Platform You Are Using. Number Of Hashtags In A Post.
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Designing a Deal of the Day Page that increase Sales - 0 views

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    Customers trust you more than they do your estore website or your pamphlets. Most Of the Attainable Customers Spend Many Hours Online Every Day In Order To Find Good Deal And Deal-of-the-day Is Known As An Effective Promotion. Deal of the day or the best buy of the week makes a big voice in attracting the visitors to check more items than they had earlier planned, to increase eStore conversions. Are you still wondering how to design a deal of the day page for my estore? Well, the crux is, a proper combination of the right imagery characteristics, standard designs & colors, core message text display & repetition, streamlined typography, and audience targeted design, is the core of consistent branding! Well-designed Deal of the Day page is one of the greatest marketing/sales tools and it goes a long way in getting it designed simple yet effective enough to add weight to the business website. For More Information Visit: http://bit.ly/2kxAlmu
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