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Back when Debbie Heimowitz was a middle schooler in Castro Valley, if you wanted to cut somebody down you talked behind her back. Now you post your putdowns on the Internet. Heimowitz, a 26-year-old grad student at Stanford, has made a film about this online cruelty. -
1voteThanks to a pilot program called the Aspirnaut Initiative, the bus has been outfitted with an Internet router and the children have been given either video iPods or laptops. The machines have been loaded with educational videos such as National Geographic Society's Wild Chronicles to teach concepts such as the relationship between predator and prey.
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1voteThe 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.
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1voteIn 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
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1voteA 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.
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