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Vicki Davis

Fixing Firefox - Safe Mode - 0 views

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    If you're like me and having awful trouble in Firefox these days, my friend Luke suggested that I reset everything in Firefox - here is the information on how to do that.
Dave Truss

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

  • "We need to create places where teachers can take chances," Honeycutt says. “Every district needs to anoint some teachers to play with Web 2.0 tools in a safe, hypothetical environment. I call it taming the tool. Teachers need time to consider, 'Under what conditions would we allow this tool into the classroom?'"
  • “We realized that students don't see these as impediments, but rather as challenges,” Canuel says. "Students find ingenious ways to go around them." Rather than fighting to stay a step ahead of tech-savvy pupils, the district emphasizes online safety and digital citizenship.
  • Instruction in digital citizenship needs to start early,
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  • In the still-evolving Web 2.0 era, anyone with Internet access has the power to create and publish content online and interact with content others have created.
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    Content filters and firewalls are great for keeping kids away from pornography, as required by the Children's Internet Protection Act, or preventing them from updating their Facebook status during class. But the same filters can stop teachers from accessing cutting-edge widgets and digital materials that have enormous potential for expanding learning.
Dave Truss

eClassroom News - Study: Internet safer for kids than many think - 0 views

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    More people have been arrested in recent years for sexually soliciting youths online, but the sharp increase comes from better enforcement, and the internet remains a relatively safe social environment, researchers said in a new study.
Ruth Howard

Gemin-i.org :: Welcome - 0 views

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    Safe Web 2.0 for primary aged children and their teachers.
Ben W

Michigan, Ground Zero For Sustainability, Struggling To Develop Wind Power : TreeHugger - 0 views

  • while surrounded by water resources that are the envy of half the population of the US and many arid nations
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      Michigan may see a resurgance in vitality as water resources become increasingly taxed elsewhere (i.e. Atlanta). MI is a state mostly free from worry about weather calamities (no hurricanes, flooding happens, but hasn't been horrible, forest fires are rare, and mudslides are unheard of), and may become a "safe haven" in the future.
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    Describes MI's problems w/ adding serious wind power to the existing electrical grid. Calls for an improvement of transmission lines to be able to handle new energy sources.
Fred Delventhal

Cyber Safety - 0 views

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    Description: Information resources, workshop handouts, and games on these topics: identity safety, cyberbullying, cyber predators, piracy & plagiarism, social networks, and more from California Technology Assistance Project. Good for classroom use or parent/school board awareness programs. Subscribe to their listserv for the latest updates on events and program materials.
Jeff Richardson

Many teens send 100-plus texts a day, survey says - CNN.com - 8 views

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      So I guess we need to stop banning them and TEACH THEM HOW TO USE THEM in a responsible, safe and productive way!
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