While the internet has changed the world of publishing, the local news business can still adapt its models and survive in the online world. Here are some technology improvements that can make a digital version of local news more functional and effective than print could ever be...
Guide to popular and free software available for building websites and managing dynamic domains. Great programs for website publishers and would-be webmasters who aren't programmers.
It’s free, and it’s online in its entirety. The show surveys the current kids-online situation—thoroughly, open-mindedly and frankly.
“Sure, there are dangers. But they’re hugely overhyped by the media. The tales of pedophiles luring children out of their homes are like plane crashes: they happen extremely rarely, but when they do, they make headlines everywhere. The Internet is just another facet of socialization for the new generation; as always, common sense and a level head are the best safeguards.”
Emoticons, the smiling, winking and frowning faces that inhabit the computer keyboard, have not only hung around long past their youth faddishness of the 1990s, but they have grown up. Twenty-five years after they were invented as a form of computer-geek shorthand, emoticons — an open-source form of pop art that has evolved into a quasi-accepted form of punctuation — are now ubiquitous.
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has developed a set of materials that promote a systemic approach for information and media literacy within our schools. We seek to help states develop a common vision and implementation strategies that prepare students to make safe, responsible, and smart use of technology and media both in and out of school in the 21st Century.
In a survey conducted by SETDA in December 2006, 38 states and DC responded to questions regarding their approach to media literacy. The survey showed that much effort is being put toward developing standards and policies that keep our students safe online, provide them with technology skills, as well as utilize communication and information in the most productive ways. A snapshot of survey results is presented in this report
A new survey from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and Cable in the Classroom reveals that states are making progress when it comes to teaching students about media and information literacy--but two out of five states surveyed still don't have standards in place for doing this. To help states and school systems teach important media-literacy skills, SETDA has issued a new toolkit containing resources and advice.
There are now an estimated 137 million internet users in China,1 second in number only to the
United States, where estimates of the current internet population range from 165 million to 210
million.2 The growth rate of China’s internet user population has been outpacing that of the U.S.,
and China is projected to overtake the U.S. in the total number of users within a few years
The Web can help kids learn, communicate, and socialize, but it also exposes them to risks. Helping a child develop sound instincts for exploring the Internet safely is a challenge--find out what you can do.
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While the internet has changed the world of publishing, the local news business can still adapt its models and survive in the online world. Here are some technology improvements that can make a digital version of local news more functional and effective than print could ever be...
It’s free, and it’s online in its entirety. The show surveys the current kids-online situation—thoroughly, open-mindedly and frankly.
The Web can help kids learn, communicate, and socialize, but it also exposes them to risks. Helping a child develop sound instincts for exploring the Internet safely is a challenge--find out what you can do.
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