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YouTube is the most popular online video sharing network but it does not offer the privacy many of us would prefer. In order to better control who gets to see your videos, log on to VidMe. The difference between YouTube and VidMe is that videos shared using VidMe work only for the intended recipient and cannot be forwarded, downloaded, or made viral without the video owner's approval. *Maybe a good place to put student vids - Don't forget Schooltube

Changes in default profile settings over time.

What are you doing to maintain privacy? What are we teaching kids to do?

"When we're working with our K-8 students it is always a concern that students privacy and anonymity be maintained. Most sites require users to register so they can sign in to use the resource. Many educators will create an account and log students in to use a web 2.0 resource in the library, lab or classroom as a variety of sites provide for education accounts. The extra steps necessary to set up such accounts might take time that any librarian or teacher finds hard to locate in their busy day. Surely too a majority of us are quite tired of remembering every username and password we create for ourselves let alone keeping track of those of our students. We also wonder how many footprints we are leaving on the web. Below are some sites that can be used without creating an identifying username, email or password. All sites were tested, Some have examples on the example pages."

Want to call parents but don't want to share your personal phone number? I think that this could be of assistance to you.

Youtube video that talks about Digital Dossier describing all the digital records that accumulate about a typical person from conception to death. Use this to make students aware that all mobile messages, media uses, and calls are part of their permanent record.

SELECT a subject from the top menu and watch the countries on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the data for that subject --both its share of the total and absolute value. LEARN MORE ABOUT US CONTACT US ADVERTISING TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY FAQ U.S. Census Bureau National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) National Weather Service (NWS) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Guttmacher Institute Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life U.S. Department of Agriculture (DoA) Energy Information Agency (EIA) Office of Surface Mining (OSM) U.S. Green Building Council U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wilderness.net Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) U.S Geological Survey (USGS) National Mining Association (NMA) Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) export.gov Realty Trac, Inc. American Gaming Association (AGA) Bureau of Labor Satistics (BLS) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Clerk of the House of Representatives opensecrets.org National Archives and Records Administration (U.S. Archives) whitehouse.gov fedspending.gov Social Security Administration (SSA) Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) NAACP Legal Defense Fund Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Beer Institute U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Rollercoaster Database Cinema Treasures Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) National UFO Reporting Center PEOPLE U.S. Census Bureau -the federal agency that conducts the decennial census and collects data about the nation and its people National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) -a federal agency t

Choose a subject, i.e. people, planet, politics, etc. and watch the map change based on the data representation.