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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Dealing with the issues of Privacy, Cyber Bulling , Copyright/Creative Commons.

Watch the video and learn the importance of privacy on the net.





Here are some websites to read up on the topics.

Privacy
Social Networking: More Hype than Help? By Bernie Poole
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/poole001.shtml

Cyber Bulling
MyYearBook.com - http://www.myyearbook.com/meganpledge
Read her site and consider taking her pledge to stop cyber bulling.

wiredkids.org - Kids (7-10) - http://www.wiredkids.org/kids/index.html
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http://www.wiredkids.org/wiredkids_org.html

Safekids.com
Child Safe Search - http://safekids.com/child-safe-search/

SafeTeens.com
- http://www.safeteens.com/

Safe and Smart Internet -
http://www.nsbf.org/pdf/NSBF_safe_brochure.pdf
Safe and Smart - Research and Guidelines for Children's Use of the Internet -
http://www.nsbf.org/safe-smart/full-report.htm

Parry's Blog and Podcast -Cyberlawyer- http://parryaftab.blogspot.com/

scroll down her blog and watch the MSNBC Video

The Privacy Lawyermanaging cybercrime, privacy and cyber-abuse risks - http://www.aftab.com/

Managing Computer Use (in the classroom) - http://www.intel.com/education/newtotech/managing.htm
K-12 Teaching Tools - http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm?iid=ed_nav+k12tools
K–12 Teaching Resources - http://www.intel.com/education/resources/index.htm?iid=ed_nav+k12resources

What is Copyright? Copyright and Fair Use - http://www.intel.com/education/newtotech/copyright.htm There is more on Copyright and Creative Commons in another section . It will go into the changes that were/are being made due to the internet.

www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf

http://www.bham.wednet.edu/copyperm.htm


Now blog about the importance of privacy and cyber-bulling and how you will address this with your students.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Math the correct way?

Teacher Tube


Online Photo Sharing

Online Photo Sharing in Plain English

Podcasting

Podcasting in Plain English


Social Media

Social Media in Plain English

Social Bookmarking in Plain English

Social Bookmarking in Plain English

Blogs

Blogs in Plain English



Blogger Tutorial - How to start Blogging



How to start a blog - From Google

Google Docs

Google Docs in Plain English -





Create and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations. It's free. ... docs google ... http://docs.google.com/

Start learning more about Google Doc by taking a a tour.
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html

Read these pages before starting:


Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download, and all your work is stored safely online and can be accessed from any computer.
Resources for Teachers
Overview for Educators (presentation)
Google Docs: The Basics
Google Docs: Tips and Tricks

Education Home
Tools for your classroom
Classroom activities
Classroom posters
Google Teacher Academy
Teacher Community

K - 5th grade
6th - 12th grade
All grade levels

RSS

RSS in Plain English

Twitter

Twitter in Plain English

Wikis

Wiki In plain English



Why use wikis in education?

  • Wikis encourage collaborative learning and information sharing
  • They increase student engagement and participation
  • Wikis facilitate communication between teachers and parents and guardians

Names of some wikis and their tours (so you can checkout which one is best for you.

Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

WetPaint - http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/

PBWiki -