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Randa Nemer

TED: Ideas worth spreading - 0 views

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    This site is a great source of information and talks that discuss trends in technology, entertainment, design, business, science, global issues and more.
Miss Schlegel

Sustainability & Global Issues Curriculum | Facing the Future - 0 views

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    Teaching resource focusing on global issues with curriculum resources, teacher workshops and service learning opportunities. 
Krystal Reno

Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 | DocsTeach: Documents - 0 views

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    "Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 In 1820, Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri into the nation as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The Compromise established the latitude 36º30' N. as the dividing line for slave and free states. The Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Compromise. In the early 1850s, Congress considered how to incorporate the territories of Kansas and Nebraska into the nation. Slavery had become a divisive issue, and it was decided that each territory would have the right to vote on whether or not slavery would be allowed within its borders. This method was called "popular sovereignty" and led to bloody conflicts between antislavery and proslavery settlers"
Miss Schlegel

War and Terrorism | National Council for the Social Studies - 0 views

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    This website from the NCSS gives teachers resources on how to teach about terrorism and other global issues.
Michael O'Connor

In Maine, a laptop for every middle-schooler - Technology & science - Back to School | ... - 0 views

  • Statewide test scores haven’t changed much.
  • “Maybe the full potential of the laptop isn’t being realized,”" he said.
  • How to offer every child the same opportunity at a quality education
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  • The laptops might help breach the economic barrier to school success. Silvernail found that on statewide writing exams, economically disadvantaged students using laptops did outperform advantaged students who didn’t use their computers.
  • Still, the laptop program has faced setbacks. Maine wanted to expand its laptop program to all high schools four years ago, but state budget cuts have prevented that.
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      At the higher levels, do a BYOT program.
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  • “What we need to look at is the broader impact on student improvement,” said Timothy Magner, the director of the Office of Education Technology, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education. “One of the key metrics is test scores. We’re keenly interested in that.”
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      They are keenly intrested in ... test scores! What a suprise! You would think this initative would have the backing of the US government and all its Allies! But no, we are worried about test scores...
  • Some schools’ programs around the country have faced widespread computer glitches, teachers not knowing how to teach with laptops — and to a much lesser degree, yet way more publicized — the issue of students using the Web to cyberslack, cheat and view porn.
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      yep, this is the down side. Kids mishandle internet or tech devices. or a pencil, or a book...nothing very new here...constant monitoring/good filter systme should be used
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  • But whether its program can measure up to the federal government’s key yardstick — improvement in standardized test scores — is another question.
Katy Eyman

Nine Elements - 0 views

  • Digital Access:   full electronic participation in society.
  • All people should have fair access to technology no matter who they are. 
  • Digital Commerce:   electronic buying and selling of goods.
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  • Digital Communication:   electronic exchange of information.
  • Digital Literacy:   process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology.
  • 5. Digital Etiquette:   electronic standards of conduct or procedure.
  • 6.   Digital Law:   electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
  • 7.   Digital Rights & Responsibilities:   those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world.
  • 8.   Digital Health & Wellness:   physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world.
  • Digital Security (self-protection):   electronic precautions to guarantee safety.
  • We need to have virus protection, backups of data, and surge control of our equipment. As responsible citizens, we must protect our information from outside forces that might cause disruption or harm
  • psychological issues that are becoming more prevalent such as Internet addiction.
  • protect themselves through education and training.
  • basic set of rights extended to every digital citizen. Digital citizens have the right to privacy, free speech, etc.
  • Digital law deals with the ethics of technology within a society. Unethical use manifests itself in form of theft and/or crime.
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    Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship
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