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An article on campaign finance and ethics.

An Investigation into the Unique Challenges of Online Math Instruction in a Virtual School

I liked this article. I did some research on learning styles and have often wondered how this made a difference in online learning and if anything was being done about it. Just have not had any time to do any research. This is definitely one to save thanks.

Digital divide[1], participation gap[2], cultural divide[3]: over the decades the language of equity issues in technology have shifted along with the technology. This shifting language reflects the way we view technology and our relationships with it. What hasn't changed is the challenge that these terms highlight-that some individuals have greater access to technology, both inside and outside the classroom.

ABSTRACT: The teaching of digital literacies is regarded as an important facet of literacy teaching in the 21st century. With many literacy tests continuing to indicate that students' levels of achievement tend to be differentiated along socioeconomic lines, it seems timely to consider the connections between home and school and how these play out in relation to digital literacies. This is particularly important in light of the considerable evidence that has demonstrated how important home-school connections are in ensuring improved traditional literacy outcomes for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. With these points in mind, this article reports on an investigation into the usage of digital technologies in two middle-years classrooms in low socioeconomic suburbs in a regional Australian city. Using a range of ethnographic techniques, the study explored two teachers' approaches to teaching students how to use digital technologies in one school term. Through snapshots of digital practices in the two classrooms, three issues are considered: teachers' pedagogical approaches; students' access to digital technologies at home and at school; and the teachers' recognition of students' prior knowledge of digital technologies. The article concludes by reflecting on the need for teachers to draw on the digital literacies that students are using in their out-of-school lives, to make bridges to school learning and thus address the challenge of preparing students to be literate in the 21st Century.

July 31, 2015 | Sedinam Worlanyo "At high school, I had little access to assistive technology. This was because my teachers were not aware of the existing assistive technology that would be helpful to me.

Think about students in special education classrooms. Perhaps you knew these kids when you yourself were in school, or through your own children's classes. Even with this type of daily interaction, you probably don't spend much time thinking about how to improve the ways these students learn, probably because you believe as most do, that it doesn't necessarily impact you or your kids.

According to a September 2010 survey by Pew Internet, nearly three in 10 American adults (27%) live with a disability that inhibits their daily functioning. The U.S. Census Bureau, which uses a more restrictive definition of disability, estimates in mid-2012 that nearly one in five Americans (19%) live with a disability.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stresses that persons with disabilities should be able to participate fully in all aspects of life, including education. Nevertheless, statistics shows than a low percentage of persons with

There is broad consensus among educators, communication scholars, sociologists, and economists that the development and diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) are having a profound effect on modern life.

Advances have been made in detecting and deterring the student plagiarism that has accompanied the uptake and development of the internet. Many authors from the late 1990s onwards grappled with plagiarism in the digital age, presenting articles that were provoking and established the foundation for strategies to address cyber plagiarism, including software such as Turnitin™.

Plagiarism is an area of increasing concern for written ChE assignments, such as laboratory and design reports, due to ease of access to text and other materials via the internet. This study examines the application of plagiarism screening software to four courses in a university chemical engineering curriculum.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) contains two main sections that have been a source of particular controversy since they went into effect in 2000. The "anti-circumvention" provisions (sections 1201 et seq. of the Copyright Act) bar circumvention of access controls and technical protection measures.

Drew Clark discussing DMCA.

Anton Angelo gives a librarian's view on copyright and Open Access. Based in New Zealand, Creative Commons are champions for open access.

Another "round-up" of articles, but a great place to go for more information on game-based learning.

While not directed to any article in particular, I love Edutopia as being a site to go to for education news and resources. This page links out to a variety of great articles relating to game-based learning.