The Center for Social Media has published a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. The Center operates out of the American University in Washington D.C. but has contributors from all over the U.S. The Code is structured around 5 principles.
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In early August several Anti-virus companies such as Kaspersky identified a new computer virus targeting the users of MySpace and Facebook. The virus searches for sensitive information such as credit card numbers or passwords. The virus spreads via messages with noticeable titles such as:
“Paris Hilton Tosses Dwarf On The Street; Examiners Caught Downloading Grades From The Internet; Hello; You must see it!!! LOL. My friend catched you on hidden cam; Is it really celebrity? Funny Moments”
Once a user opens the message, they will get a windows that advises them to upgrade their Flash player, by clicking on this file the virus is downloaded.
Here are some great resources to find better images.
This is a fantastic place to find higher quality images for your presentations and image copyrights on this site are governed by Creative Commons licenses.
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Scheduling for parent conferences can be time consuming and logistically overwhelming. We are experimenting with a new method for scheduling parent conferences this year. We have added a module to our Moodle platform called Scheduler. Once it has been installed, it will appear in the Add an Activity dropdown menu when editing a course.
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In providing IT tech and curricular support to teachers, I believe it is important to provide a clear direction or set of objectives to set them on the right path to success. However, technology implementation must be balanced with a clear understanding of some base skills that are necessary to succeed.
Our staff has a wide variation of skill levels when it comes to technology, let alone use of technology in the classroom. I was searching for some resources to help structure a baseline or foundation of skills that the most basic users would need as a starting point. Here is what I came across:
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