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Julie Lindsay

Google launches YouTube curriculum to educate students on digital citizenship (video) -... - 2 views

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    It is all very well to provide resources to learn about digital citizenship, but the BEST way for students to learn is to actually be online connecting and collaborating with others globally. This is where the Digiteen Project is SO powerful. It not only uses resources such as this one, but gets students putting expectations into practice. http://digiteen.org
 Lisa Durff

CyberSmart! Student Curriculum - 0 views

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    Digital Citizenship Lesson Plan resources on this site
Sylvia Marie Roldan

Campus IT Policies: Responding to Inappropriate Use of Computing and Network Resources - 0 views

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    Consequences of inappropriate netiquette at college/university level
Vicki Davis

France Says Google Privacy Plan Likely Violates European Law - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The French data protection authority said Tuesday that Google's new privacy policy appeared to violate European Union law, raising the stakes in a showdown with the company only days before it planned to put the new system into effect.
Vicki Davis

How to handle a cyberstalker - CNN.com - 11 views

  • At Northwestern University, "Lauren Cohn" racked up 143 friends -- none of whom knew who she was. While we're not certain the school was involved in the fabrication, that's beside the point -- 143 people just let this chick into their social circles.
  • Still, take a gander at novelty apps like "Open Book," which allows you to search others' unprotected status updates for potentially incriminating info (I looked, and no, I would rather not know about the hot oral sex you had this a.m.),
  • cyberstalking thusly: "A course of conduct (more than one incident) that uses technology to track, intimidate, harass, threaten or scare victims." That could mean harassing you online or even using the internet to gather info that can be used for physical stalking.
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    Great article about the different levels of cyberstalking and privacy concerns.
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    These people are putting themselves in danger without even knowing it. These things eventually lead to cyberbullying.
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    People should think wat they put before the go to far with it.
Phil Macoun

globeandmail.com: Faceless no more: Social networking comes with a price - 0 views

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    This is my first try at sharing a link. Hope all goes well.
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    In this series of globe and mail articles the reporter uses facebook profiles, canada411 and google earth to put together the digital footprint of a number of facebook users and then meets with them to get their reaction.
Julie Lindsay

Personal Learning Networks Are Virtual Lockers for Schoolkids | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Article by Vicki about her students and Digiteen
Christine Davis

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  • CHILDREN in Bahrain are to get 'driving lessons' - in cyber-space. They are to be taught how to navigate their way around the electronic world of computers and the Internet under a GCC-wide scheme. Children aged up to 12 in schools across the country are to be included in the free International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) digital literacy certification scheme. The scheme's governing body, the ICDL GCC Foundation, is offfering free ICDL certification to thousands of children across the region. The initiative, which started in September this year, aims to develop computer literacy at an early age, to prepare Arab youngsters to use information technology as a tool for education.
Christine Davis

DAILY NATIONĀ - Information has power only when it's used - 0 views

  • n the US, ethnicity is an issue; whites and Asians access the internet more than the African Americans and Hispanics. In Kenya, it is probably where you live that decides your destiny with technology, for even with education and good income, reliable internet services are available only in the major towns.
  • Overall, 59 per cent of Americans have access to the internet, seven per cent in Asia and only 1.4 per cent in Africa (Internet World State, 2005).
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      Notice the date of this information (2005). May want to be on the look out for more recent data.
Steve Madsen

Top three reasons we choose illegal downloads | News.com.au - 1 views

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    "WHY do people turn to the web to get TV shows, movies and music without paying for them when they know they should? We asked more than 7000 illegal downloaders to tell us just that. Here's the breakdown of their answers."
Steve Madsen

Email hacker guilty: faces 20 years behind bars - 0 views

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    A college student who hacked into former Republican US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email account and posted some of its contents on the internet has been found guilty.
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    There can be real world consequences for breaking the law in cyberspace
Steve Madsen

Why Schools are Turning to Google Apps - 0 views

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    Today, the entire public school system of Oregon will embrace Google Apps. 400,000 Students, teachers, and administrators will have access to a common e-mail and chat system, cloud-based collaboration tools, and a robust multimedia streaming service.
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    How can students use digital technologies to take best advantage of opportunities in education? Will there be new 'basic' skills to learn?
Steve Madsen

Glitch Heightens Facebook Privacy Concerns - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    For many users of Facebook, the world's largest social network, it was just the latest in a string of frustrations. Related On Wednesday, users discovered a Facebook glitch that gave them access to supposedly private information in the accounts of their friends, like chat conversations.
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    Is private data in Facebook actually safe? Perhaps not. Making use of the privacy settings properly would be part of digital literacy as well as safety.
Steve Madsen

How to delete your Facebook account - Telegraph - 0 views

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    "This is a time-consuming process, particularly if you are insanely popular, with hundreds of "friends", but will make every aspect of controlling your privacy that much easier. Friend lists allow you to group your contacts in to groups, so that you're only sharing certain information with certain people. For example, you might create four lists: "Close friends", "Acquaintances", "Family", and "Work""
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    Do teenagers configure their privacy settings properly in Facebook?
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