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he said he was testing how our globalised, increasingly internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news. His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked.

An example of material not confirmed.

Australian news on cyberbullying.

THE mother of a former student at the prestigious Sydney girls' school embroiled in a cyber-bullying scandal has spoken out about the claimed culture of intimidation at Ascham.

Learn to check facts on Wikipedia - many of these in the news media didn't and now they are embarrassed.

This is a great example of checking your facts. I teach students to always always confirm things they read on wikipedia with another credible source. Looks like newspapers are even less credible than we thought as some reporters need to learn to check their sources! Great article for digital citizenship discussions.

Australian focus: Schools to be sent fact sheets that will go to parents and students.

A NSW State Government campaign starting this week will remind youngsters and their parents that the growing practice of sending saucy pictures through cyberspace can have lifetime consequences.

Policies in corp. are being developed to deal with employees making use of social networking sites. Australian focus.

we have seen an increase in employers wanting to take action in relation to posts made by employees in social networking sites.

This covers all the info on health with technology.

"Supervisor for Instructional Technology John Hendron (Goochland County, Virginia) talks to middle school students about conducting research online using a three-step system: Search, Collect, and Evaluate. This is being used to encourage "Research 2.0" skills as part of our efforts to promote twenty-first century skills. glnd.k12.va.us/wiki/index.php/Handouts/G21-Research"

If you are working with technology in schools, educational Internet pioneer Larry Magid's new article in the San Jose Mercury News is a MUST READ. Excellent

UK believes schools ought to embrace social technologies and use the opportunity to teach best practices.  Thoughts?

""Many kids think that on a social media site that their actions will be anonymous and that they are free to use it as weapon to bully, harass, and intimidate another person. This case demonstrates that assuming the identity of another person on the Internet with the intent to torment them and expose them to the harassment of others is a crime.""

This news article may be a bit too much for use in the classroom.

This article teaches parents what to do about online bullying.

Students can benefit their learning by taking a technological approach on a personally fitted website

This article talks about how technology can help fight crime! Woo!

RASCISM Video games and computers also affect rascism. This article talks about that. "Race doesn't happen because of biology-it happens because of culture," she concluded Many of the players chose to play as a female dwarf, a class in the game that can more easily win treasure on solo missions. "Ms. Nakamura said she has been more surprised by completely new kinds of racism on some popular online video games that now count players around the world" "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."

Many parents are strict on their kids about the internet, not because they don't trust their kids, but because they are not well versed with the aspects of the internet! We need to get our parents informed about the internet so they will be a better example for online citizenship for their children! Tips shared to help parents with online parenting: Give kids a code of conduct. Remind them not to post/IM/text anything they wouldn't say to that person's face; Discuss cyber-bullying with kids and ask if they know anyone who has been bullied; Talk about the importance of privacy and how to protect it discuss their online identity and possible risky behavior. "Raise good digital citizens!" Kids' online activity can affect their safety, reputation, college and career options, among other things in the "real world," so it's important they're smart about their online activity.[Kids are] leaving digital prints everywhere they go," Boss said, they need to be careful where those prints are left and what they're left on. School District Holds Cyber Smart Presentation Parents learned what their kids are doing out in cyberspace on Wednesday night during the school district's Cyber Smart presentation. The district-wide event is meant to provide parents with information and resources about online safety precautions, age appropriate websites, cyber trends, how to spot, prevent and deal with internet issues, and how to protect their kids' computers and cell phones. "The whole evening is about educating parents about the technology that's out there," said Laura Boss The presentation encouraged parents to embrace their kids' digital world, support balanced use, monitor their kids' digital media use, and discuss what sites they are allowed to visit and what they can and can't download. Kids' online activity can affect their safety, reputation, college and career options, among other things in the "real world," so it's important

health effects of social networking two British scientists, professor of pharmacology at Oxford University (Susan Greenfield) and the director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Could it be possible that social networking is destroying us? Well, not technically, but it can be causing major problems. If brains of the young are exposed to the outset of a world full of instant new screen images coming up with the click of a key, because such rapid changes could make the brain operate in such ways. Quote: "My fear is that these technologies are infantilizing the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment."- Lady Greenfield, a neuroscientist and a baroness.

"Why Copyright Matters Information is everything. It points the way to advances in science and medicine, innovations in business and technology and achievements in education and the arts. The cost of research, writing and editing is substantial and the efforts often Herculean. Some books are the result of years of individual effort; others are the product of ground-breaking collaboration. Either way, without the protections guaranteed by our copyright laws, many of the works we enjoy and rely upon today would never exist" this shows why copyright is important, and people should look at this.

This is about the Iphone demand which is slowing down because it is becoming less important

Your parents use to wake you up every morning, but now they are too busy on Facebook or they don't have too because you have an alarm clock on your iPod or cell phone. You wake up and immediately check your cell phone and Facebook. Quote: "We use texting as an in-house intercom, I could just walk upstairs, but they always answer their texts." - Mr. Gude, an instructor at Michigan State University

The affect on the digital healthcare system. It is on how internet messes with your wellness.

Blaine, Is it the internet or the tools used to access the internet as used by humans?