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YouTube - Lego Matrix Trinity Help
For those who love the Matrix, for the 10th anniversary of the Matrix, someone has reenacted the rooftop scene with legos! ;-) Great for a laugh if you like the movie.
Third Annual Educator Gift Exchange on Elfster
This is really so much fun and one of the highlights of last season. Join in the PLN madness and sign up on the Third Annual Holiday gift exchange - you sign up on this page and elfster "draws names" the end of this week - you send something to your person - usually things local to your area. It is a lot of fun. Thanks to Steve Dembo for doing this!
The Edublog Awards
Edublog award nominations are now open - you write about the blog and link to it and share it with them. Pretty simple.
Nominations close Tuesday December 8
Voting Ends Wednesday December 16
Awards Ceremony is Friday December 18
Get a blog and nominate some good ones!
Organize Your Windows Desktop Icons in a New Way Using Stardock Fences - Tweaking with Vishal
I just love this handy tool for organizing your desktop - it is GREAT!
Facebook Causes Barrow Teacher's Firing 111009 | myfoxatlanta.com
To me, this example is over the line but anything that takes away from your ability to teach is considered a problem and reason to fire you. I think this is no acceptable when the teacher had everything marked as private and did not allow parents nor admins on her facebook page - again, facebook is not secure.
Flickr Photo Download: Layered Desktop Dark
A dark version of the icons.
Free Desktop Organizer, Screen Saver, Desktop Background, Wallpaper.
Lots of other wallpapers that let you organize your icons - this can make your desktop "prettier" and help you be more organized.
Productivity on your wall: GTD wallpaper v3 | Anabubula.com *
For those who like the getting things done method and would like to have it in front of them, here is GTD Wallpaper.
Can the law keep up with technology? - CNN.com
An excellent article to make the case for digital citizenship education, I love the quote at the end that the law "can't take the place of good manners, social norms, and etiquette." Do we think that students just develop good manners on their own? Perhaps manners, norms, and etiquette would much better evolve with multiple generations and ages working together as we discuss and grapple with such issues.
This is another excellent article about the changing state of the law and the Internet and includes the precedent that anonymous doesn't really mean anonymous any more - particularly if the anonymous person breaks the law.
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Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them that she had a "history of dealing cocaine" -- on her now-discontinued Twitter feed.
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it's typically difficult to predict or anticipate technology innovations.
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seymourhigh - track
Yes, you can use wikis to organize your sports teams like my friend Brandt Schneider from Seymour High School does on this wiki.
UK Team is focusing on online comment defamation
While this article starts out about a lawfirm in Birmingham UK that is going to "track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online" it becomes an amazingly poignant article on the very nature of the Internet today and the push pull between anonymous commenting and accountability of the commenter. Push pull between free speech and online identity and brand protection.
One person in this article claims that this sort of thing is the sign that the "wild west" of the INternet is coming to an end. Oh dear, I hope someone invents a new one if somehow anonymous commenters are now going to risk such!
Also love the article's discussion of the Streisand effect wherein Barbara protested the sharing of some photos of her eroding beachfront which caused a stir and more people looking at the photos than if she had left it alone.
This article is going to be a must read for Flat Classroom students and would be great for college-level discussions as well.
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a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
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a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
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Corporate law firm targets whistle-blowers and anonymous commenters - Boing Boing
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easily offended corporate giants track down and sue anonymous Internet forum posters
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will also target whistle-blowers. They specialize in figuring out how to get ISPs to turn over their subscribers' personal information.
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Legal Experts on How Murdoch's Threats May Impact "Fair Use" Doctrine | BNET Media Blog | BNET
Excellent overview of Rupert Murdoch's taking on of Google and that they should not index his sites, even though he can easily opt out of indexing, that they are somehow demonetizing his work by searching since he wants to "reduce his audience to those who will pay" not "increase his audience." This is a fascinating read and case study for those following Fair Use.
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Media industry titan Rupert Murdoch’s explicit threats this week to block Google from searching his content sites, and to sue the BBC for its use of content he says is “stolen” from his sites got me to wondering whether the head of News Corp. has, in fact, any basis in the law for launching these calculated attacks at this time and in this manner.
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Murdoch perhaps does have at least a narrow legal perch to stand on.
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What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart? - WSJ.com
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A typical subject: Discuss the artistic value of graffiti.
dailymile | Vicki Davis is a runner from Camilla, GA
OK, so as many of you who follow me on Twitter know, I took up running for my 40th birthday and now, lo and behold - what is wrong with me? -- I LOVE IT! So, many of you have suggested that I join you on daily mile and I invite any of you to come and join me!! Would love to see you on daily mile so we can encourage each other - it is really a cool site for anyone who wants to try to work out whether you run, walk, or just lift the book off the shelf a few times! So, join me! ;-)
I'm going to encourage my students to join!
Citizen Journalism: when the audience becomes the reporter
Citizen journalism begins to get mainstream recognition. You never know who the best reporter in the crowd is - -it might just be the person without a press pass!
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Citizen journalism made headlines two weeks ago when arguably the best-known Canadian example of the craft was honoured. On Oct. 27, Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression honored British Columbia native Paul Pritchard with a citizen journalism award for videotaping RCMP officers tasering to death Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport. The footage was eventually released to major media outlets and an investigation into the RCMP ensued.
iPhone Apps Take Root as Cottage Industry - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal reports how the Bay Area is experiencing some positive vibes from iPhone app development. Wonder if the next wave is the app boom?
10 ways to become an inspirational teacher - Articles - Educational Technology - ICT in Education
I would add "LOve your students." Students can see if you care!
Magid: Treating kids on the Web in a new way - San Jose Mercury News
If you are working with technology in schools, educational Internet pioneer Larry Magid's new article in the San Jose Mercury News is a MUST READ. Excellent
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a watershed moment in the 16-year history of online safety education.
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in that young people were viewed less as potential victims of online crimes and more as participants in a global online community.
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Sip to Support Schools - Jamba's School Appreciation Card
If you're looking for ways to raise money for your PTA, just got this in from the national USA PTA - a way to make 10% for those of you who have access to jamba juice this might be a good deal.
Here is an excerpt of the press release:
"Kicking off during National PTA’s Healthy Lifestyles Month, the partnership builds upon Jamba’s longtime commitment to supporting local schools through fundraising efforts at the store level and furthers National PTA’s mission to increase family engagement in their children’s school by providing additional funding for local PTA’s to create and execute programs that promote physical activity and encourage healthier eating. Launching the partnership, Jamba has created a School Appreciation swipe card that offers 12% give-backs on all sales (10% to Local PTA and 2% to National PTA). Local PTAs can simply visit: www.jambajuice.com/PTA to register for the swipe cards—then the fun-draising begins! Jamba Juice will also be announcing a PTA smoothie flavor later this year.
You can find video footage of the announcement as well as the press release here: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/jambajuice/41115/"
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