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Steve Madsen

Technology causing Computer Stress Syndrome - 1 views

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    "Crashing machines, slow boot times and agony dealing with technical support have Digital Age people suffering from Computer Stress Syndrome, a study available online this week has found."
Steve Madsen

New Jersey Principal Asks Parents To Ban Facebook, Social Networking, Text Messaging - ... - 0 views

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    Anthony Orsini, the principal at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, sent out an e-mail Wednesday morning asking parents to help him get all of his students off social networks and keep careful track of their text messages.
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    An interesting article about the use or not the use of technologies within schools. do you have an opinion?
Steve Madsen

Canberra moves a step closer to e-government | The Australian - 0 views

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    THE federal government has moved a step closer to its aim of using web technology to promote transparent administrationThe taskforce, which reported its findings to the government in December, was established to come up with ways to use the internet to make public service information more readily available and promote stronger engagement between government and citizens.
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    An example where perhaps departments within a government may become more transparent.
Steve Madsen

Pilgrims light up online - 0 views

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    Would-be pilgrims without the time or energy to walk to church now need only a credit card and an internet connection to light a candle in Spain.
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    Is this online presence trustworthy? How safe are your personal details? Can your identity be stolen by using this service?
Steve Madsen

Facebook | privacy | how to | social network - 0 views

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    The senators expressed concerns about privacy ramifications saying "Facebook now obligates users to make publicly available certain parts of their profile that were previously private. "These personal details should remain private unless a user decides that he/she would like to make a connection and share this information with a community," they said.
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    An example where Facebook seems to be changing its privacy rules.
Steve Madsen

Google revamps search, logo - 0 views

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    "We want to ensure that the Google you use today is better than the one you used yesterday, and these latest changes open up many possibilities for future features and enhancements."
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    Are you 'Google Literate' enough to make use of its new features?
Steve Madsen

Google, wifi, street view, privacy - 0 views

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    "Google Australia will today be sent a "please explain" letter from two local privacy organisations demanding to know why the company has been collecting personal Wi-Fi network data from Australian homes alongside the images it takes with its Street View cameras."
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    Does Google collect data about wireless Printers, computers, mobile phones and other devices found in a street? Why would people be concerned about their privacy?
Steve Madsen

Twitter co-founder's next big thing: mobile payments - 0 views

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    "Square, a new venture from a co-founder of Twitter, has launched a free application that allows anyone to accept credit card payments on the iPhone, iPad and Android phones."
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    Why would this appeal to people in business? How secure are the transactions?
Steve Madsen

LimeWire 'induces' copyright theft - 2 views

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    "A US judge has ruled in favor of 13 music companies in a copyright case against popular online file-sharing service LimeWire."
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    the evidence establishes that LimeWire users directly infringed plaintiffs' copyrights, and that LimeWire engaged in purposeful conduct intended to foster that infringement
Steve Madsen

Group Buying & Discount Online Shopping Websites In Australia - 0 views

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    "Australian start-ups have caught on to our urge to impulse shop and are spearheading the private online shopping club trend Down Under. Started in France through vente-privee.com, then followed up locally first by Ozsale.com.au, then brandsExclusive and Buyinvite.com.au, online shopping clubs work by signing up members to receive regular newsletters with exclusive offers on fashion items and other goods."
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    What is meant by impulse buying?
Steve Madsen

'Sexting' film to lay bare the risks of SMS - 0 views

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    ''Children are confiding and communicating with their friends online and don't realise the potential for that information to be picked up by others,'' Ms Versey said. ''We don't want to stop them using the internet and social networking sites but we want them be conscious of what . . . the consequences might be.''
Julie Lindsay

Teaching Parents Digital Citizenship at Katy ISD -- THE Journal - 2 views

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    "This Texas school district has decided that the best way to help their students learn how to use online resources more responsibly is to educate parents as well. Evening technology showcases provide a launch pad."
zach Alderson

Schools Urged To Teach Youth Digital Citizenship : NPR - 2 views

  • "I think that the technological revolution has in some cases outpaced schools' ability to keep track of it," he says.
  • I think that the technological revolution has in some cases outpaced schools' ability to keep track of it. - Jim Steyer, Commonsense Media "I think it's a case where good kids can do terrible things," says John Palfrey of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and author of Born Digital:
Mary Westbrook

Technology addiction disrupts teenage learning - 0 views

  • Despite school policies restricting mobile phone usage, students use the phone frequently, with the majority making calls from the toilets.
  • Over 60% of the respondents admitted to being “very” or “quite” addicted to the internet, while over 50% are addicted to their mobile phones. The report also revealed that students spend, on average, 1-2 hours a day on social network sites.
Nolan C

Social media - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable communication techniques
  • People gain information, education, news, etc., by electronic media and print media. Social media are distinct from industrial or traditional media, such as newspapers, television, and film. They are relatively inexpensive and accessible to enable anyone (even private individuals) to publish or access information, compared to industrial media, which generally require significant resources to publish information.
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    this is the importance of social media and why everyone uses it
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    Social media includes web-based and mobile based technologies which are used to turn communication into interactive dialogue between organizations, communities, and individuals. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content."
Steve Madsen

Online bullying: Teachers to get cyber safety training program - 0 views

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    "AUSTRALIAN school teachers will have access to a new cybersafety training program, helping them to protect students from cyberbullying, sexting and grooming by internet predators."
Vicki Davis

Definitions of Cyberbullying from Stop Cyberbullying - 1 views

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    This organization has some good definitions of cyberbullying. Look here for definitions. Cyberbullying - ""Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones."
StephanieN_mca MCA

A Primer on Digital Literacy - 1 views

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    At the website, I found information about how kids assume nothing is wrong with the internet. It talks about digital literacy and why you should know about technology. It talks about how you should be careful when on internet.
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