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Copyright and Creative Commons | Common Craft ”The video helps to explain the basics of copyright law and creative commons licensing and the role each can play in helping creators protect and share their work.” Ten Websites for Science Teachers | Edutopia A list of some favorite online resources for science teachers that was created by blogger [...]

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  by  ecastro  How Well Are Schools Teaching Cyber Safety and Ethics? | MindShift Written after some proposed legislation in California that would change how social networking websites handle privacy and security — not just for minors online but for all Internet users. Several commenters responded that, when it comes to children online, it should be up to [...]

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Is Your School Ready for Google’s Chromebooks for Education? | MindShift This blog post suggests five possible issues with the adoption of Chromebooks in schools. These cover technical, financial and social issues and thay all need to be considered before signing on to Google’s new Chromebooks for Education program. Schools must determine whether their Internet-use policies are compatible with [...]

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Linguee – The web as a dictionary – German/English Linguee is part dictionary and part translation tool. Recently it has added Spanish, French and Portuguese comparisons with English and has plans to add Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Italian next year. School Principals and Social Networking in Education tags: school networking principals social networking social [...]

Choosing privacy in a digital world

Recently in the US there was the first-ever Choose Privacy Week.  The focus of the week was to inform Americans about their rights to privacy in a digital age. With Facebook recently in the news because of privacy concerns it was a timely campaign. Below is an interesting video made by American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom. Although though [...]