Mary- recent news "The company is running the risk of being cut off from the world's most populous country because it is no longer willing to censor search results that China's government considers to be subversive or pornographic."

**Conclusion (Apple, Inc.) "The world has changed and education should keep its pace."

Conclusion: Distance education has been described as a disruptive technology�an innovation that, while initially posing no threat to established institutions, over time challenges conventional practices and contributes to new ways of thinking

Conclusion: YoutTube video

Conclusion: Discovery Partnerships- use of televisions at learning centers in rural and urban areas.

Old article that I came across from 1992 talking about the media- you guys have to take a look at this! We have come a long way! I posted this just for fun, not for the project

"As faltering brands look for new strategies, and the newspaper industry desperately searches for a way to keep a portion, if not all of its print business alive, traditional media companies are using social media to engage their audiences"

"Recently, The New York Times reported on the results of a survey that concluded that the majority of Americans are in favor of filtering Internet access in schools."

Melanie/ Mary (filtering) "China has delayed a plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with internet filtering software. The Green Dam software has become a major topic of discussion in the blogosphere."

Melanie/ Mary- "This comes as a surprise as the country's censorship has been such a topic of contention. Nevertheless, the study estimates that up to 92% of Chinese netizens use social media, meanwhile, only 76% of US netizens do the same."

Tracy- Introduction video. I found it referenced on teachertube. Cool video, students are holding up signs referencing the uses of technology today compared to the past. Please take a look at it and let me know what you think. I would like to use it.

Melanie-Mary "Of central concern to this project is the use of technology as a catalyst for changing schools in ways that better support the acquisition of higher-order skills by all students."

Melanie- Mary Internet is a basic human right...

Melanie- Global Media Journal In this study, I elaborate on the media framing of the Turkish social movements (environmental and feminist), considering the cultural, economic and political contexts of the media framing of these movements. For that purpose, I analyze the three most popular newspapers' (namely, Hürriyet, Milliyet, and Sabah) framing of social movements in Turkey during the year 2006.

Old Media/New Media Intro I- Tracy Today, the "new media" of learning has leapt off the pages of books and onto the web pages online. For example, volumes of encyclopedias are becoming more obsolete, as this knowledge is easily accessible through the internet and CD-ROMs.

Types and history of new media: What distinguishes New media from traditional media is not the digitizing of media content into bits, but the dynamic life of the "new media" content and its interactive relationship with the media consumer. (includes globalization)

Types and history of new media: Mass media includes print media like newspaper and magazines, electronic media like radio, television and video and new age digital media like internet, blogs and mobile phones. To know the origin and history of media, we should know the growth and evolution of mass media.

The purpose of this article is to describe and critique emerging issues about Internet access in schools and school libraries. ... Or are they merely the latest technologies for censorship? ... To a certain degree, therefore, readers participate in creating the meaning of a text based on their own reading history,

Censorship has followed the free expressions of men and women like a shadow through history. In ancient societies, such as those of Israel or China, censorship was considered a legitimate instrument for regulating the moral and political life of the population.

Net provides a comprehensive look at these emerging tactics, raising concern over trends such as the "outsourcing of censorship" to private companies, the use of surveillance and the manipulation of online conversations by undercover agents. The study covers both repressive countries such as China and Iran and democratic ones such as India and the United Kingdom, finding some degree of internet censorship and control in all 15 nations studied.