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Vicki Davis

You got the love? My week at Suffern Middle School | Welcome to NCS-Tech! - 0 views

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    This is an amazing outline of what happens at leading edge middle schools.
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    Kevin Jarrett talks about his week at one of the leaders in innovative technology, suffern Middle School. An excellent read to see what this digital revolution is all about. Wow!
Anne Bubnic

Student Technology Showcase [California K-12 High Speed Network] - 0 views

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    As a joint effort of CDE, CTAP and CUE, the Student Technology Showcase serves to inform parents, teachers, administrators, legislators and higher education representatives about curriculum-based student technology projects being undertaken in Kindergarten through grade 12.
Anne Bubnic

For Ailing Student, iChat Means 'iCan' - 0 views

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    When Christopher Laub was in the third and fourth grades, chemotherapy treatments for his leukemia kept him out of school, feeling sick and weak. But through a close collaboration between Bel Aire Elementary School [Tiburon, CA] and Apple - as well as a creative use of iChat AV - Laub was able to continue with his classes. Thanks to the system that he dubbed "iCan," the young student remained connected to his classmates and his studies.
Anne Bubnic

The Complete Layman's Guide to Cyber Safety - 0 views

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    Defend your virtual home. Some pretty bad folks are trying to break into your computer all the time. But you can make it a lot harder for them.
Kate Olson

"I Learn, You Learn, We Learn" - Web Filters [A Poem] - 0 views

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    Poem about web filters in education
Kate Olson

BBC NEWS | Technology | Luminaries look to the future web - 0 views

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    "Exactly 15 years ago the directors at the lab where the web was first developed signed a document which said the technology could be used by anyone free of charge." - very interesting look at the future of the web
Vicki Davis

HotCity Wireless - 0 views

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    Non profit organizations like this encourage internet access in underprivaleged areas. This is great.
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    HotCity Wireless, a non-profit organization, has been established to promote the use of low-cost wireless technology as a media and tool for economic, social and educational advancement to underprivileged citizens in the Philippines. Organizations such as this that work to provide access should be encouraged. Wow!
adina sullivan

Gains and Gaps in EdTech: NEA Report [PDF] - 0 views

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    From NEA Today: Access, Adequacy & Equity in Educational Technology Results of a survey of America's Teachers and Support Professionals on Technology in Public Schools & Classrooms.
Vicki Davis

Announcing "Blocked Blogs Week" - June 29th - July 5th at Change Agency - 0 views

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    I read blocked blogs week will be the week of necc.
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    I read blocked blogs week is the week of NECC -- this site has information about the buttons and shirts that you may order to take with you to NECC.
Anne Bubnic

California's 'digital divide' persists - [Survey Report] - 0 views

  • Slightly less than half of Latinos surveyed have home computers, compared to rates of 79 percent and above among black, Asian and white Californians, the survey found. While computer usage by blacks and whites in California has increased, there's been a decline in computer usage by Latinos and Asians, though Asian use remains much higher than that of Latinos. The drop appears to be correlated with income, with a sharp divide in computer usage between those making less than $40,000 and those making more.
  • Only 48 percent of Latinos have home computers compared with 86 percent of whites, 84 percent of Asians and 79 percent of blacks Californians, the institute reported.
  • But Asians and Latinos have seen declines in use of computers. Latinos' computer use has declined from 64 percent to 58 percent since 2000, while Internet use remained unchanged. Asians' use of computers was much higher, but also declined from 91 percent to 81 percent; Internet use went from 84 percent to 80 percent. Only 48 percent of Latinos have home computers compared with 86 percent of whites, 84 percent of Asians and 79 percent of blacks Californians, the institute reported.
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    The use of computers and the Internet by Latinos and low-income Californians continues to lag behind other groups, according to a survey released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California.
Anne Bubnic

China: Explosions In The Distance - 0 views

  • A greater proportion (than in the West) of Chinese users get online via Internet cafes or from work. China's Internet environment is much different than the American one. The Chinese Internet is heavily policed, with over 30,000 cyber cops blocking content that is considered hostile to the communist dictatorship that has run the country for the last 60 years.
  • Chinese who say the wrong thing on message boards, chat rooms or email, are subject to detection and punishment.
  • ot so much for cyber criminals. Some 52 percent of the Internet based criminality can be traced to China (versus 21 percent to the United States). It is believed that the Chinese government tolerates the cyber criminals, as long as these black hat geeks do espionage, and Cyber War tasks for the government.
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  • A greater proportion (than in the West) of Chinese users get online via Internet cafes or from work. China's Internet environment is much different than the American one. The Chinese Internet is heavily policed, with over 30,000 cyber cops blocking content that is considered hostile to the communist dictatorship that has run the country for the last 60 years. Chinese who say the wrong thing on message boards, chat rooms or email, are subject to detection and punishment. Not so much for cyber criminals. Some 52 percent of the Internet based criminality can be traced to China (versus 21 percent to the United States). It is believed that the Chinese government tolerates the cyber criminals, as long as these black hat geeks do espionage, and Cyber War tasks for the government.
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    China now has the largest Internet population, with 253 million users. The U.S. is second with 223 million users. While 70 percent of Americans are online, only about 20 percent of Chinese are. Current growth trends indicate that, in the next few years,
Vicki Davis

Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Will Make You Sorry | Edutopia - 0 views

  • the same filters can stop teachers from accessing cutting-edge widgets and digital materials that have enormous potential for expanding learning.
  • "Our kids are going to be using these tools and sites anyway," she argues. "Don't we want to educate students about them at school?"
  • Antero Garcia trouble. He wanted to use Twitter, a popular microblogging tool, to have students ask homework questions or collaborate with classmates via their cell phones (the one technology all his students have). Twitter was blocked, but the barrier wasn't where Garcia thought it was.
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    Excellent article by Suzie Boss at edutopia about filtration. I think this is an article to print and send to IT departments and headmasters. Excellent writing. Incredible article!
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    Excellent article on digital citizenship in schools.
Anne Bubnic

ACLU demands schools allow access to gay Websites - 0 views

  • The American Civil Liberties Union wants Tennessee districts to stop blocking non-sexual Web sites that advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals. Those include:
  • Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, www.pflag.org• The Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, www.glsen.org• Human Rights Campaign, www.hrc.org• Marriage Equality USA, www.marriageequality.org• Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry, http://rcfm.dbdes.com/myshare.php • The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, www.glaad.org• Dignity USA (an organization for LGBT Catholics), www.dignityusa.org
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    Students and parents are demanding Metro Nashville's public schools stop blocking access to Web sites about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. They complained to the American Civil Liberties Union, which on Wednesday gave Metro and Knox County schools an April 29 deadline to announce plans to open access to the non-sexual sites. A letter to the districts threatened lawsuits if they don't comply.
Anne Bubnic

Guess-the-google - 0 views

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    Guess-the-google uses images retrieved using Google's image search. Ten questions in a fast-paced game that is a great opening activity for adult workshops or for student whole group participation. There is also a make-your-own-montage version so you could put in images from historical periods etc. Warning: Very Addictive!
adina sullivan

Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - 0 views

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    Great example to use with students when teaching about realibility of information!
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    Alan November provides many additional web sites to validate at NovemberLearning.com
Anne Bubnic

Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - 0 views

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    Learn about plagiarism, how to avoid it, and how to cite resources appropriately with this guide from Indiana University.
Anne Bubnic

Safety Lessons from the Media Awareness Network - 0 views

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    The Media Awareness Network has created six educational games and interactive student modules (complete with extensive Teacher's Guides) to help kids to develop these skills.
Anne Bubnic

Focus On K-12: Blog Rules - 0 views

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    As blogging becomes more pervasive, schools have begun establishing ground rules for teachers who blog. [David Warlick]
Vicki Davis

educational-origami » home - 0 views

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    Phenomenal page about integrating ICT into the classroom witha wide variety of rubrics based upon Bloom's taxonomy. You'll see blog journaling, wiki editing, threaded discussion, bookmarking rubrics, search rubrics, podcasting rubrics, audio conferencing, data analysis, and collaborative rubrics. I haven't been through all of these but would love it if we could go through them and work on them. They are in PDF format, but it would be great to share and edit them collaboratively. Very nice website.
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    Important example of how leading edge schools assess podcasting, searching, digital publishing, collaboration, threaded discussions, blog, wikis, and more. Excellent resource for parents or teachers to take to school administrators to advocate for these sorts of programs in their school. I highly recommend this site.
Anne Bubnic

ReadWriteThink: Fact Fragment Frenzy - 0 views

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    Designed as a research development tool to help students decide how to isolate the important facts in a body of text, this note-taking tool is great for summarizing and paraphrasing practice.
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