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Chris Dede

Education Week's Digital Directions: Web 2.0 Fuels Content Filtering Debate - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...01filtering.h04.html

social media content filters T561

shared by Chris Dede on 20 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 20 Oct 10
     
    better content filters needed to realize full potential of Web 2
Yang Jiang

Computers in China to have pre-installed Internet filter to protect minors_English_Xinhua - 1 views

news.xinhuanet.com/...content_11515434.htm

China Internet Green Dam Software Filter

shared by Yang Jiang on 03 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Yang Jiang on 03 Sep 10
     
    This is a hot topic in China last year that all computers, especially those for young kids, should be installed a filter to block unhealth contents. However, the policy turns out to be ineffective at all. At least from what I know, no one around me has actually installed the software to "protect" themselves.
Chris McEnroe

µTorrent 3.0 - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client - 2 views

www.utorrent.com/ut3

shared by Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11
     
    Does anyone have any experience with this tool. It looks like a very interesting example of a Intelligent Web Filtering. Wow! Good side is that this is like Tivo for the web. Bad side is that you better have nothing else to do but look at the web. Also an interesting take on Personal Learning Networks.
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  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    I am familiar with BitTorrent, and it's interesting Chris that you came about it excited for its uses in education. But have you read or heard about the controversy surrounding it? In a nutshell- BitTorrent is a technology that allows large collections of files and data to be shared across the internet in a decentralized, peer-to-peer manner. A person who has the original files decides to share them via BitTorrent, so others can download from him/her. But as the others begin downloading the files, they also start sharing the pieces they've downloaded with the ever-growing set of new users asking for the file. BitTorrent works like a growing web- in order to download files shared via BitTorrent - you have to share the pieces you get with others. More downloaders = more uploaders as well, ensuring popular files will always be accessible. The benefits - this is cheap and decentralized, no need to pay to host the files on the web. The users who have the file are sharing the file from their own computers with others requesting it. And this can be permanent - if you host a BitTorrent to share a file, you have that sharing channel last forever (not relying on external services that cost $ or can be shut down).
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    BitTorrent is a really powerful technology that allows large amounts of files and data to be shared quickly with a limitless number of people. It's scalability at no cost. Could be a great tool for educators to share content across the globe in a hassle-free way. Even the folks at Khan Academy are excited to use it: from: http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html "For Khan Academy, BitTorrent was a natural extension for it stated mission of "a world-class education for anyone anywhere," Sal Khan tells Fast Company. Kahn was excited for activist educators to be able to download the Academy's entire portforlio, burn it on a CD, and distribute it to rural or underdeveloped areas otherwise unable to access it without a broadband connection. "I think the single most fun thing about BitTorrent," Khan adds, "is this content will never die. A nuclear bomb could hit our offices tomorrow and could take down our servers, but its going to sitting somewhere in the world on somebody's server." He added, "We don't care about monetizing the content; we just care that it gets used."
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    But despite the prospects of BitTorrent being a great technology to allow sharing of digital content freely, to allow downloading of vast amounts of data that can then be stored offline and shared with anyone... the rest of the article (http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html) mentions that Google was unhappy with Khan's decision to use BitTorrent. Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. Why? This is the controversy: BitTorrent's power to share digital content in a decentralized way, where the more popular a file is, the faster it'll spread-- has led it to become the most popular method of digital piracy out there today. This has quickly become the most common use of BitTorrent, far exceeding the sharing of legitimate digital content. It's become a nightmare for the movie, music, software, and video gaming industries. A summary of the legal issues surrounding BitTorrent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_BitTorrent
  • Chris McEnroe on 30 Oct 11
     
    Hey Bharat, I am so glad I asked. I had no idea. Very interesting. New dimension to the concept of free knowledge vs. intellectual property. I think the kids at my school are using this to share music. I'll have to check it out. I find this conflict- "Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. " so intriguing. At first glance it looked to me like a vision of networked learning that was aimed at an authentic task with authentic participants (as portrayed by actors :).
Maung Nyeu

GoGoNews Delivers Universal News Content to One Laptop Per Child Computers Promoting Education and Global Awareness - MarketWatch - 0 views

www.marketwatch.com/...nd-global-awareness-2011-12-14

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  • Maung Nyeu on 14 Dec 11
     
    GoGoNews, an online news resource for children, announced that OLPC XO laptops will feature GoGoNews App in the collection of default applications. Through GoGoNews app, children can read filtered headline news, as well as art, cultural science, or fun topics, and play online games.
James Glanville

Education Week: N.M. Students, Teachers Urge Schools to Stop Restricting Web - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...mct_nmfilter.html

educational_technology online learning web schools

shared by James Glanville on 05 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • "We should be teaching kids how to handle content online, how to use it appropriately at school, and giving them the tools they need to be good digital citizens, to act ethically and to protect their privacy," said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director for the American Library Association's office for intellectual freedom.
  • James Glanville on 05 Dec 11
     
    Move toward moving away from filtering web access at New Mexico public schools.
Diego Vallejos

YouTube Offers All Schools Education-Only Link, Beefs Up K-12 Content - 3 views

mindshift.kqed.org/...n-portal-beefs-up-k-12-content

google youtube online technology education

shared by Diego Vallejos on 12 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Diego Vallejos on 12 Dec 11
     
    "All schools can now use the YouTube educational video site, youtube.com/education, without having to jump over Internet filtering hurdles."
Tommie Anthony Henderson

Education Week: ACLU Puts Pressure on Districts to Ease Internet Filtering - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...01filter.h05.html

shared by Tommie Anthony Henderson on 23 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 23 Oct 11
     
    Published Online: October 17, 2011 Published in Print: October 19, 2011, as When Educational Content Gets Blocked For most of last school year, Nowmee Shehab never thought twice about using school computers to pull up websites of the Trevor Project, the It Gets Better Project, or the Gay-Straight Alliance, as she searched for resources for her high school's own GSA club.
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