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Scareware. Yes, it is a term. Scaring people into thinking they have a virus. Knowledge is power and it will also save you money. Being educated about computers pays over your life. It is time for all of us to be educated and savvy. I know someone taken by this scam. "English-speaking consumers in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the U.K. were targeted in the global scam, regulators said. Most of the scammers were based in India, but some also came from the U.S. and U.K. The scam involved cold callers who claimed to work for major technology companies, such as Microsoft or Google, and who told consumers they had viruses on their PCs, according to regulators. The callers would attempt to dupe users into giving them remote access to their computers, locking the user out while attempting to "fix" the malware that the scammer claimed was on the machine."

This article discusses some of the larger areas of Facebook's privacy settings. The things that you should know about if you have a Facebook account.

It is legal for a prospective employer during a job interview to ask you to log into your facebook page and click through your friends only posts, photos, and messages. This is a very important topic for digital citizens to understand.

I think its a good video to watch because it definitely made me think. The video also scared me even thought i don't have a Facebook. I now know how to stay safe if i get one.

I think that the post is mean. I don't really like the post because it makes the person look bad.

The content of the web site is informing, the more interesting part is the map graphic on the left side of the page its the third picture down if you start with the head line picture. The picture shows countries and their restrictions on internet searches and how the government controls what a person views on the internet.

Cell phone etiquette is just as important as important as internet etiquette. Being respectful is important, especially when on the internet because you never know how your words could affect someone else.

Iyanna, I really like this link it has a lot of good information on it about Cell Phone Etiquette. :)

Some countries have a lot more internet filtering than we do. The United States lets people post what they want and say what they want online. Even if later on in life it might come back to them badly, it's still allowed. Other countries are a lot more strict. In some countries, if you type and publish a blog online that might be offensive, you'll get arrested. Second there are some places like Burma that haven't had internet since 2007. These are examples of how different other countries are from us and how global awareness varies in many places.

This is about how to act when you are working in Japan. It is about how you should approach them and what is respectful to their culture and what isn't. 

A campaign to try and help benefit the internet.

New stuff coming inn to internet

about the internet

Its about how these girls are trying to help other kids get their work done when they are really stressed about the social networking sites. They say they are not good enough for anything and that they are too stressed out when its only one thing thats disturbing them. Those websites with social accounts.

THis web site shows international copyright laws and what it covers and where it is covered. 

This site only has a little information on the actual case, but, its does show an example of a case in Vietnam of copyright and freedom of speech, some citizen journalists were arrested for blogging, and have no access to legal council

Its about how younger kids are getting accounts when they are only like 11 years old. They say that it could damage the children's brains and relationships with one and another. Some kids create their own account without asking their parents permission. Others say that the children try be more older than what they are to get an account.

The Facebook family safety center has information on safety. I still feel it is very convoluted and very confusing but it does have some information for educators and parents on the site.

You'll want to read this lawsuit as it lies on the cusp of what we will experience in schools in the future. In this case, a 12 year old girl (on Facebook, despite the fact she is technically too young to be) is suing a school district (via the ACLU) for punishment because of her use of Facebook. I think the school went too far when it required her to hand over her Facebook and email login to the school, but we'll see what the courts decide. The ACLU says this is a violation of free speech. Stay tuned and realize that students have a right to hate you, say unkind things about you, etc. There is a fine line in what is allowed and what isn't. Just because we CAN deal with issues relating to bullying of other children - that doesn't mean we can wear our own chips on our shoulders and require that kids pretend to like us. It is hurtful when children say unkind things and many don't realize everyone is watching. If students are not understanding the consequences of their actions, then I partially blame any school that doesn't step up and teach digital citizenship.

2008 communication wiki

Information on this discussion is a great living example from our project about these issues.

Another amazing discussion here on digital citizenship and appropriate behavior. So many teachable moments on this project.

wikispace sharing ideas around Digital Citizenship