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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Appeals Court Tells Government It Must Extend Educational Institution FOIA Fee Price Br... - 0 views

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appeals court tells government institution FOIA fee price students

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 26 May 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 26 May 16
     
    "The perennial FOIA Reform Masquerade Ball is again under way, with legislators attempting to dodge blustery requests to "cut in" by administration officials and similarly-motivated federal agencies. The dance usually ends with Congressional committee chairmen yanking needles from records and booting everyone out of the dancehall. Meanwhile, limited headway is being made in another branch of the government, far from the muffled protests of overwhelming majorities who have been shouted down by parties of one. The DC Appeals Court has just ruled that the government must extend its FOIA fee discounts to students at educational institutions, rather than just to instructors and administration. "
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 26 May 16
     
    "The perennial FOIA Reform Masquerade Ball is again under way, with legislators attempting to dodge blustery requests to "cut in" by administration officials and similarly-motivated federal agencies. The dance usually ends with Congressional committee chairmen yanking needles from records and booting everyone out of the dancehall. Meanwhile, limited headway is being made in another branch of the government, far from the muffled protests of overwhelming majorities who have been shouted down by parties of one. The DC Appeals Court has just ruled that the government must extend its FOIA fee discounts to students at educational institutions, rather than just to instructors and administration. "
Paul Merrell

Joint - Dear Colleague Letter: Electronic Book Readers - 0 views

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ebook readers accessibility law enforcement

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  • U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
  • Paul Merrell on 01 Jul 10
     
    June 29, 2010 Dear College or University President: We write to express concern on the part of the Department of Justice and the Department of Education that colleges and universities are using electronic book readers that are not accessible to students who are blind or have low vision and to seek your help in ensuring that this emerging technology is used in classroom settings in a manner that is permissible under federal law. A serious problem with some of these devices is that they lack an accessible text-to-speech function. Requiring use of an emerging technology in a classroom environment when the technology is inaccessible to an entire population of individuals with disabilities - individuals with visual disabilities - is discrimination prohibited by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) unless those individuals are provided accommodations or modifications that permit them to receive all the educational benefits provided by the technology in an equally effective and equally integrated manner. ... The Department of Justice recently entered into settlement agreements with colleges and universities that used the Kindle DX, an inaccessible, electronic book reader, in the classroom as part of a pilot study with Amazon.com, Inc. In summary, the universities agreed not to purchase, require, or recommend use of the Kindle DX, or any other dedicated electronic book reader, unless or until the device is fully accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision, or the universities provide reasonable accommodation or modification so that a student can acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as sighted students with substantially equivalent ease of use. The texts of these agreements may be viewed on the Department of Justice's ADA Web site, www.ada.gov. (To find these settlements on www.ada.gov, search for "Kindle.") Consisten
Paul Merrell

Obama to propose legislation to protect firms that share cyberthreat data - The Washing... - 0 views

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surveillance state U.S. digital-privacy legislation

shared by Paul Merrell on 19 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • President Obama plans to announce legislation Tuesday that would shield companies from lawsuits for sharing computer threat data with the government in an effort to prevent cyber­attacks. On the heels of a destructive attack at Sony Pictures Entertainment and major breaches at JPMorgan Chase and retail chains, Obama is intent on capitalizing on the heightened sense of urgency to improve the security of the nation’s networks, officials said. “He’s been doing everything he can within his executive authority to move the ball on this,” said a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss legislation that has not yet been released. “We’ve got to get something in place that allows both industry and government to work more closely together.”
  • The legislation is part of a broader package, to be sent to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, that includes measures to help protect consumers and students against ­cyberattacks and to give law enforcement greater authority to combat cybercrime. The provision’s goal is to “enshrine in law liability protection for the private sector for them to share specific information — cyberthreat indicators — with the government,” the official said. Some analysts questioned the need for such legislation, saying there are adequate measures in place to enable sharing between companies and the government and among companies.
  • “We think the current information-sharing regime is adequate,” said Mark Jaycox, legislative analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy group. “More companies need to use it, but the idea of broad legal immunity isn’t needed right now.” The administration official disagreed. The lack of such immunity is what prevents many companies from greater sharing of data with the government, the official said. “We have heard that time and time again,” the official said. The proposal, which builds on a 2011 administration bill, grants liability protection to companies that provide indicators of cyberattacks and threats to the Department of Homeland Security.
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  • But in a provision likely to raise concerns from privacy advocates, the administration wants to require DHS to share that information “in as near real time as possible” with other government agencies that have a cybersecurity mission, the official said. Those include the National Security Agency, the Pentagon’s ­Cyber Command, the FBI and the Secret Service. “DHS needs to take an active lead role in ensuring that unnecessary personal information is not shared with intelligence authorities,” Jaycox said. The debates over government surveillance prompted by disclosures from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have shown that “the agencies already have a tremendous amount of unnecessary information,” he said.
  • It would reaffirm that federal racketeering law applies to cybercrimes and amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by ensuring that “insignificant conduct” does not fall within the scope of the statute. A third element of the package is legislation Obama proposed Monday to help protect consumers and students against cyberattacks. The theft of personal financial information “is a direct threat to the economic security of American families, and we’ve got to stop it,” Obama said. The plan, unveiled in a speech at the Federal Trade Commission, would require companies to notify customers within 30 days after the theft of personal information is discovered. Right now, data breaches are handled under a patchwork of state laws that the president said are confusing and costly to enforce. Obama’s plan would streamline those into one clear federal standard and bolster requirements for companies to notify customers. Obama is proposing closing loopholes to make it easier to track down cybercriminals overseas who steal and sell identities. “The more we do to protect consumer information and privacy, the harder it is for hackers to damage our businesses and hurt our economy,” he said.
  • Efforts to pass information-sharing legislation have stalled in the past five years, blocked primarily by privacy concerns. The package also contains provisions that would allow prosecution for the sale of botnets or access to armies of compromised computers that can be used to spread malware, would criminalize the overseas sale of stolen U.S. credit card and bank account numbers, would expand federal law enforcement authority to deter the sale of spyware used to stalk people or commit identity theft, and would give courts the authority to shut down botnets being used for criminal activity, such as denial-of-service attacks.
  • The administration official stressed that the legislation will require companies to remove unnecessary personal information before furnishing it to the government in order to qualify for liability protection. It also will impose limits on the use of the data for cybersecurity crimes and instances in which there is a threat of death or bodily harm, such as kidnapping, the official said. And it will require DHS and the attorney general to develop guidelines for the federal government’s use and retention of the data. It will not authorize a company to take offensive cyber-measures to defend itself, such as “hacking back” into a server or computer outside its own network to track a breach. The bill also will provide liability protection to companies that share data with private-sector-developed organizations set up specifically for that purpose. Called information sharing and analysis organizations, these groups often are set up by particular industries, such as banking, to facilitate the exchange of data and best practices.
  • In October, Obama signed an order to protect consumers from identity theft by strengthening security features in credit cards and the terminals that process them. Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said there is concern that a federal standard would “preempt stronger state laws” about how and when companies have to notify consumers. The Student Digital Privacy Act would ensure that data entered would be used only for educational purposes. It would prohibit companies from selling student data to third-party companies for purposes other than education. Obama also plans to introduce a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. And the White House will host a summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection on Feb. 13 at Stanford University.
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Minister: Sue Mums, Dads, Students To Send Anti-Piracy Message | TorrentFreak - 0 views

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minister sue dads mother students piracy paranoia politics enemy culture society brainwashing mind control

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 02 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 02 Aug 14
     
    " Andy on August 1, 2014 C: 53 Breaking Just as discussion moves away from the punitive measures that did little to curtail piracy in the last decade, an Australian minister has urged a return. Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that in order to send a clear message, rightsholders need to "roll up their sleeves" and strategically sue some "moms, dads and students.""
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Big Brother goes to school - 0 views

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Big Brother school spying since kids spy spied surveillance security ? citizens government

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 07 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 07 Nov 14
     
    ""Data gathering includes health, fitness and sleeping habits, sexual activity, prescription drug use, alcohol use and disciplinary matters. Students attitudes, sociability and even 'enthusiasm' are quantified, analyzed, recorded and dropped into giant data systems," she wrote." [ # ! #Smile... # ! ... #You are The '#Merchandise'. # ! #Protect #Yourself, You are The(ir) '#Target'... # ! But Stay #calm: You are one of #us... #of #Many... # ! ... The #Honest and #Peaceful #citizens...]
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 07 Nov 14
     
    ""Data gathering includes health, fitness and sleeping habits, sexual activity, prescription drug use, alcohol use and disciplinary matters. Students attitudes, sociability and even 'enthusiasm' are quantified, analyzed, recorded and dropped into giant data systems," she wrote."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Snark attack: University students teach software to detect sarcasm | Ars Technica UK - 0 views

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open source sarcasm detection software

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 20 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 20 Jan 16
     
    "A team of students participating in Cornell University's Tech Challenge program has developed a machine learning application that attempts to break the final frontier in language processing-identifying sarcasm. This could change everything… maybe."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

University: 'Pirating' Students Being Deliberately Targeted - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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university students deliberately target for sharing misnomer piracy '#They' attack knowledge between skyrocketing tuition and now prosecution

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      Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 05 Dec 15
       
      # ! Between skyrocketing tuition and, now, students persecution, it seems that the real plan is to destroy Universities, a direct attack to knowledge... and Freedom.
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 05 Dec 15
     
    " Andy on December 3, 2015 C: 84 Breaking Data published by Central Michigan University has revealed a worrying trend in copyright complaints. Out of 1,912 received so far in 2015, more than 80% were from Rightscorp, a company that demands cash to settle. The university's chief information officer believes that campuses like his are being deliberately targeted"
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 05 Dec 15
     
    " Andy on December 3, 2015 C: 84 Breaking Data published by Central Michigan University has revealed a worrying trend in copyright complaints. Out of 1,912 received so far in 2015, more than 80% were from Rightscorp, a company that demands cash to settle. The university's chief information officer believes that campuses like his are being deliberately targeted"
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Teaching kids game design with open source software | Opensource.com - 2 views

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teaching kids game design open source creativity

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 29 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 29 Sep 14
     
    "Youth Digital just moved into their new offices, tucked away in a nondescript office park in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It's a big step up from their humble beginnings, when company founder and director Justin Richards hauled a laptop to his students' houses, tutoring them on web and graphic design. "
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 29 Sep 14
     
    "Youth Digital just moved into their new offices, tucked away in a nondescript office park in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It's a big step up from their humble beginnings, when company founder and director Justin Richards hauled a laptop to his students' houses, tutoring them on web and graphic design. "
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Poll: nearly 50% of year 10 students feel addicted to the internet | Technology | The G... - 0 views

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poll students feel internet addction better communication than passive TV watching

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 09 May 14 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 09 May 14
     
    "Survey also finds more than three quarters of similarly aged pupils take a laptop, phone or tablet to bed at night Share Tweet this Email Peter Walker The Guardian, Friday 9 May 2014" # ! better than the current Addiction to TV...
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

LibrePlanet is coming March 21-22, 2015: Propose a session! - Free Software Foundation ... - 0 views

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march 21-22 2014 LibrePlanet session proposal free software Free Culture

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 18 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 18 Sep 14
     
    "by Libby Reinish - Published on Sep 16, 2014 10:53 AM LibrePlanet 2015 is coming! We're excited to announce that next year's conference will be held March 21-22, 2015 in Cambridge, MA. The Free Software Foundation is teaming up with the Student Information Processing Board at MIT once again to bring you a conference you won't want to miss."
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 18 Sep 14
     
    "by Libby Reinish - Published on Sep 16, 2014 10:53 AM LibrePlanet 2015 is coming! We're excited to announce that next year's conference will be held March 21-22, 2015 in Cambridge, MA. The Free Software Foundation is teaming up with the Student Information Processing Board at MIT once again to bring you a conference you won't want to miss."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Let's stand together to promote open access worldwide. | EFF Action Center - 0 views

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stand open access eff action

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Sep 14
     
    "Diego Gomez, a Colombian graduate student, currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them."
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Sep 14
     
    "Diego Gomez, a Colombian graduate student, currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Researcher Receives Copyright Threat After Exposing Security Hole - TorrentFreak - 1 views

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copyright enforcement threats for exposing security flaws attack research AND prevent people protection direct to democracy

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 16 Jul 15 - No Cached
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      Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 16 Jul 15
       
      # ! Notices to prevent people's protection # ! Oh, The 'Copyright Enforcement'...
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 16 Jul 15
     
    [ Andy on July 15, 2015 C: 69 News A researcher who exposed security flaws in tools used to monitor the Internet usage of UK students has been hit with a copyright complaint. 'Slipstream' discovered flaws in Impero Education Pro which could reveal the personal details of thousands of pupils but in response Impero has sent in its legal team. ...]
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 16 Jul 15
     
    [ Andy on July 15, 2015 C: 69 News A researcher who exposed security flaws in tools used to monitor the Internet usage of UK students has been hit with a copyright complaint. 'Slipstream' discovered flaws in Impero Education Pro which could reveal the personal details of thousands of pupils but in response Impero has sent in its legal team. ...]
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Licensing under Creative Commons to reach more people | Opensource.com - 0 views

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opensource creative commons licensing reach people commons

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 23 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 23 Jan 15
     
    "There was a time not long ago when publishing was difficult and expensive. Thanks to services like Lulu.com and Lulujr.com, that's changing. Open source and Creative Commons licensing has also opened the door for teachers and students to inexpensively and easily find a new and authentic audience for their work."
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 23 Jan 15
     
    "There was a time not long ago when publishing was difficult and expensive. Thanks to services like Lulu.com and Lulujr.com, that's changing. Open source and Creative Commons licensing has also opened the door for teachers and students to inexpensively and easily find a new and authentic audience for their work."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Open source events grow at the university | Interview with Catherine Dumas of SUNY Alba... - 0 views

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interview catherine dumas open source university documentation superior education teaching collaboration Research

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 28 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 28 Jan 14
     
    "Catherine Dumas is a PhD student in the College of Computing and Information (CCI) at the University at Albany at the State University of New York (SUNY). She teaches two undergraduate courses, one in the Computer Science department and one in the Informatics Department."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Best of 2013: Guides and tutorials from Opensource.com | opensource.com - 0 views

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guides tutorials opensource open source

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 15 Apr 14
     
    "This year at Opensource.com, we challenged our contributors to give us the best and most useful guides, how-tos, and tutorials they could produce from their experiences and work in various open source industries and sectors. In this Best of Opensource.com, our top guides and tutorials this year fell within the four buckets you see below. If you can answer YES to any of the following questions, there's an open source way guide here for you! Do you... Participate in open source projects or communities? Want to learn more about open source? Want to write a book? Create a video? Teach? Work with students?"
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Free Online Class Shakes Up Photo Education | Raw File - 1 views

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Internet Jobs Public Domain Free Rules

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  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 12 Aug 11
     
    [On the ground floor of a converted, Victorian-era cinema in Coventry, England, Jonathan Worth delivers a world-class photography lecture anyone can attend at any time, from anywhere, for free. The green-tiled building stands on an otherwise typical city center street. From here, alongside teaching assistant Matt Johnston and boss Jonathan Shaw, Worth corals 28 attending students in addition to the few thousand clocking-in from across the globe. ...]
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Anti-Piracy Education Enters UK Classrooms - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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antipiracy anti-piracy education enters UK classrooms when anti-abuse media entertainment industry

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 05 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 05 Jan 16
     
    " By Andy on January 4, 2016 C: 78 News A new component of the Creative Content UK initiative is set to discourage Internet piracy via the classroom. Encouraging students to think about who will pay for Vin Diesel's socks if everyone pirates movies, the UK government, The Industry Trust and Federation Against Copyright Theft have a lesson plan up their collective sleeves."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

"#PiracyHarms" Are Now Part of U.S. #Education #Law | TorrentFreak | # ! What... - 0 views

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Piracy Harms US education law ESSA real damage manipulation fact disguised as scientific knowledge meet lobbies requests

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 29 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 29 Jan 16
     
    | Ernesto | Last month President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law, making $1 billion dollars available for educational technology spending. In addition, the new law ensures that educators are aware of the piracy harms new technologies introduce.
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

How to Create Own Online Learning Management System Using Moodle in Linux - 1 views

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how to create own online online learning learning management system moodle linux

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 03 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 03 Dec 15
     
    "Moodle is extremely customizable and it is meant to meet the requirements of wide range of users including teachers, students or administrators."
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