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"Any text is woven entirely with citations, references, echoes, cultural languages, which cut across it through and through in a vast stereophony. The kernel, the soul—let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances—is plagiarism. If we cut-and-paste our selves, might we not forgive it of our artworks?
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The old standards focused on the tech tools. The new standards focus on skills & knowledge that students need to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital society ... Cognitive & learning skills, as well as creativity & innovation, are the focus now--and information and media literacy are also elevated [in importance]. One of the 6 categories is digital citizenship.
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Last summer, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, hired Patrick J. Hynes, a conservative blogger and political consultant, to be his campaign’s blog liaison. Mr. Hynes quickly ran afoul of fellow bloggers by initially concealing his relationship to the McCain campaign while he was writing critically about other Republicans.
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The Valentine's Day breakup of two North Carolina college students that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all.
Ryan Burke confessed Monday that the confrontation, which became an instant hit on YouTube.com, was all a stunt to show the power of Internet communities and the amount of money that companies make from them. The pair weren't even dating.
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TRENTON, Ohio --Two teenage girls posted a fake announcement on their school district's Web site that said school was closed for the day due to winter weather, police said. RCH helped the district track down the girls by supplying the identification numbers from computers that accessed the system, which authorities could then track to the girls' homes.
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Peter Ludlow on policing SL: Companies like SL have a difficult time dealing with transgressions b/c dispute resolution is hard, & dealing with troubled adolescents and troubled adults is hard. It can be done, but the people that game companies throw at these social problems are typically either people with an engineering background or unpaid volunteers with little to no formal training.
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This is a peer-to-peer informal learning & teaching online initiative that offers online courses on community development, business, health, and the enviornment. Youth teach the courses, youth take the courses. The mission of the initiative is to empower youth to help themselves.
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In a ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks said MySpace is protected under the Communications Decency Act and cannot be expected to verify the age of every user because that "would of course stop MySpace's business in its tracks."
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Students enroll in online classes to take AP or other courses not available in their local schools. Making up a failed class or adding courses that would not otherwise fit in a student's schedule are other top reasons. Online schools are also popular with home-schooled children, with students who devote lots of time to such activities as ballet, acting or tennis, & kids who work.
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Lawrence Lessig is doing a series of 6 presentations on what Congress should do about Internet Policy. We may be most interested in looking at Copyright: Remix Culture, Network Neutrality, and Harmful to Minors Material.
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"Any text is woven entirely with citations, references, echoes, cultural languages, which cut across it through and through in a vast stereophony. The kernel, the soul—let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances—is plagiarism. If we cut-and-paste our selves, might we not forgive it of our artworks?
The old standards focused on the tech tools. The new standards focus on skills & knowledge that students need to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital society ... Cognitive & learning skills, as well as creativity & innovation, are the focus now--and information and media literacy are also elevated [in importance]. One of the 6 categories is digital citizenship.
The Valentine's Day breakup of two North Carolina college students that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all. Ryan Burke confessed Monday that the confrontation, which became an instant hit on YouTube.com, was all a stunt to show the power of Internet communities and the amount of money that companies make from them. The pair weren't even dating.
Students enroll in online classes to take AP or other courses not available in their local schools. Making up a failed class or adding courses that would not otherwise fit in a student's schedule are other top reasons. Online schools are also popular with home-schooled children, with students who devote lots of time to such activities as ballet, acting or tennis, & kids who work.
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