A fourth of human resources decision makers said they had rejected candidates based on personal information found online. Most people, however, remain unaware of the effect their Net reputation can have on their job prospects.
Examples of online information that has been shown to create negative information include MySpace pages that reveal excessive drinking or disrespect for work.
The math teacher reported that someone had created an account in his name on MySpace, an Internet community sharing board, that included photos and comments of a sexual nature. The site was viewed by some of his students.
Two McLean High School students have launched a court challenge against a California company hired by their school to catch cheaters, claiming the anti-plagiarism service violates copyright laws. "You can't take a person's work and run it through a computer and make an honest person out of them," Wade said. "My son's major objection is that he does not cheat, and this assumes he does.
Citizendium, the peer-reviewed "progressive fork" of Wikipedia, has opened for business. It will be worth watching to see whether the encyclopedia's embrace of soft hierarchy -- unlike Wikipedia, Citizendium requires contributors to identify themselves, and it lets a panel of scholars make final decisions on edits -- slows its growth.
Facebook and other social networks like MySpace have transformed the social lives of teenagers in many ways, and that includes how they make the transition from high school to college. Hundreds of colleges have their own Class of 2011 groups on Facebook. They are generally not formally affiliated with the universities and are begun by students who want to connect with classmates months before they set foot on campus.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided today on whether a high school student’s banner proclaiming “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” outside an Alaska high school was protected speech or a message that school authorities could suppress because it ran counter to their policies against the promotion of illegal drugs. The court is expected to make a ruling in June.
After Colorado officials decided to check up on the state’s 18 online schools last year, auditors delivered a scalding report. Among the problems: low test scores, high dropout rates, lax oversight, inadequate teacher credentials, and questionable funding. The investigation followed complaints from teachers and administrators of physical schools that were losing students & funds to online schools.
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A Facebook group called “White Nation,” which featured a graphic of a black infant in handcuffs and the caption, “Arrest black babies before they become criminals,” has sparked outrage on the campus of the University of Southern California
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A fourth of human resources decision makers said they had rejected candidates based on personal information found online. Most people, however, remain unaware of the effect their Net reputation can have on their job prospects. Examples of online information that has been shown to create negative information include MySpace pages that reveal excessive drinking or disrespect for work.
Two McLean High School students have launched a court challenge against a California company hired by their school to catch cheaters, claiming the anti-plagiarism service violates copyright laws. "You can't take a person's work and run it through a computer and make an honest person out of them," Wade said. "My son's major objection is that he does not cheat, and this assumes he does.
OER Commons is a teaching and learning network of shared materials, from K-12 through college, from algebra to zoology, open to all to use.
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