http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/katiebda/news Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2482 Digital characters in virtual worlds like Second Life whose income drops because they have been defamed should be able to seek redress in a real court, according to an article published in the current issue of the Brooklyn Law Review. katiebda Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:06:54 +0000 october07 participation news law http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2475 The Open Content Alliance has corporate sponsors of its own, but it seems to be emerging as an alternative for librarians who aren’t comfortable with the role of corporations in distributing public-domain material. katiebda Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:39:14 +0000 october07 ownership news google http://www.ugcprinciples.com/index.html Leading commercial copyright owners (“Copyright Owners”) and services providing user-uploaded and user-generated audio and video content (“UGC Services”) have collaborated to establish these Principles to foster an online environment that promotes the promises and benefits of UGC Services and protects the rights of Copyright Owners. katiebda Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:44:14 +0000 october07 ownership authorship news http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc20061204_056163.htm The anonymity afforded by virtual worlds also offers teens the opportunity to break out of whatever labels they may have been given in the offline world. If you're overweight in real life, your avatar can be svelte. If you're shy, you can still be the most popular avatar in the world. katiebda Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:05:33 +0000 december06 identity news notadded youth qpp http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6725 A report from Princeton, N.J.-based ETS found that the majority of high school and college students lack the proper critical thinking skills when it comes to researching online and using sources. The tests measured students' abilities to overcome three challenges they typically have: identify trustworthy and useful info; manage overabundant information; communicate information effectively. katiebda Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:20:28 +0000 media literacy news november06 added http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6728 School resource officers, many of whom are city police officers stationed at the schools, say that tips on crimes can sometimes be gleaned from photos and content on social networking web sites. In some cases, students have been investigated and arrested. katiebda Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:19:11 +0000 december06 news privacy added http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/11/29/13google.h26.html The new site features a tutorial for teachers on conducting better Web searches. Other tools include Google Earth, three-dimensional mapping software based on satellite imagery; SketchUp, a 3-D software program that lets students design buildings and explore geometric concepts; Google Book Search, which finds books that match students’ search terms; blog and photo-sharing software; and word-processing applications that allow students to work simultaneously on the same document from different computers. katiebda Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:09:20 +0000 news november06 resources tools added http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/12/03/google.education.ap/index.html Google wants its vast network to become a storehouse of software applications and personal information for millions of people no longer tethered to a single computer. That ambition already has triggered alarms among privacy experts worried about so much personal information being entrusted to a single business. katiebda Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:06:29 +0000 december06 news privacy added http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6737 In what is believed to be one of the largest computer security breaches ever at a U.S. school, a hacker broke into a UCLA database containing the names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information of some 800,000 current and prospective students, school officials said Dec. 12. katiebda Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:47:51 +0000 december06 news privacy security added http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/miriam_metzger_credibility_online_is_important_and_difficult/ As students continue to use and develop networked environments, it may become the case that the status of being admitted into a community by its members exceeds the credibility gained through “outside” peer review. As this process evolves, we may see a broader transformation in which learning becomes a process of participation in a community rather than of receiving knowledge from an “expert”. katiebda Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:24:25 +0000 blog news november06 trust added http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/ronald_rice_diversity_credibility_signals/ In what ways do digital technologies themselves affect credibility? I think the essential consequence is of increasing the diversity of credibility signals (both positive and negative, clarifying and obscuring). And at two levels--that of credibility of the content (whether a posting or about a person) and the credibility of the medium itself. katiebda Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:23:22 +0000 blog news november06 trust added http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/woolsey_credibility_human_issue/ Many individuals who are accessing information on the web have no experience in traditional skills of judgment and information aggregation (e.g., they are young). Most individuals are very unsophisticated in using online sources and don’t like to spend their entire lives online (e.g., they are old). katiebda Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:20:51 +0000 blog news november06 trust added http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/metzger_flanagin_credibility_online_important_difficult/ The origin of information, its quality, its veracity are in many cases less clear than ever before. Moreover, the same wide scale access & multiplicity of sources that ensure vast info availability also make assessing the credibility of info accurately complex. Youth are talented & comfortable users of technology, but they may lack crucial tools that aid them to seek/consume info effectively katiebda Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:17:02 +0000 blog news november06 trust added http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/usersecurity/index.cfm Network and IT security is one of the most important ed-tech issues today. With this in mind, the editors of eSchool News have assembled this collection of stories and articles from the eSN archives to help you identify potential security risks and guide you when making purchases and setting policies. katiebda Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:48:05 +0000 ethics internet safety news november06 privacy schools added http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6717 So much for the "anonymity" of the web: Researchers have developed new internet security tools that reportedly can determine a person's gender, level of education, and whether two pieces of writing originated from the same person. Critics say that teens who accept sex offers from adults are usually aware that they're adults - deception isn't the problem. katiebda Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:41:28 +0000 anonymity ethics news november06 privacy notadded