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Controlling our Technological Selves - Blog Post - Faith and Safety. The device we carry in our pocket these days is no longer just a phone. It’s a portable computer, camera, camcorder, music player, literature reader, clock, and flashlight. We can do virtually anything: read documents, manage our bank accounts, listen to music, or read Biblical texts in multiple languages. We literally hold the world in the palm of our hands. Yet this same technology can divide rather than connect us if used improperly. We’ve all seen people more preoccupied with their phones than the people standing right in from of them. We can all get caught up in the distractions of having a smartphone. It is important to realize that technological changes occur extremely fast; that is simply the road our society is headed down. Dr. . • Our responsibility as parents to keep up with how our kids are using technology, and to know what to look for when there may be a problem. • Our obligation to teach our kids acceptable ways to use technology.

Perhaps St. Policy Priorities:Can Social Media and School Policies be "Friends"?:Can Social Media and School Policies be "Friends"? Winter 2011 | Volume 17 | Number 4 Can Social Media and School Policies be "Friends"? Between 2004 and 2009, the amount of time that kids ages 2 to 11 spent online increased by 63 percent, according to a Nielsen study. Driving these trends is increasing mobile access, which research from International Data Corp. predicts will eclipse wired access to the Internet by 2015.

"There's no reason schools shouldn't compete with other social media sites for part of this time," Karl Meinhardt, director of social media for the Idaho Technology Council, told the social media news blog Mashable. Many schools are realizing the "horse is out of the barn," in terms of social networking and kids, Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent Charles Sampson told the Asbury Park Press. "To try to pretend otherwise would be foolish on our part," he said. Students are enmeshed in social media, and reputable researchers and practitioners point to its benefits for learning. Federal Legislation. Siphoning the Fumes of Teen Culture: How to Co-opt Students’ Favorite Social Media Tools.

In 1763, a royal decree was issued from Great Britain to the North American colonists: Do not? Do not!? Expand west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists resented the proclamation, inferring that the British were trying to contain them along the Atlantic Seaboard where control and taxation could be more easily imposed. The King believed his proclamation to be motivated by good intentions, protecting colonists from instigating any more costly wars with Native Americans, for one.

But nothing could stop the westward expansion fever. In 2011, social media is the new frontier. What is Social Media? Social media refers to the online tools that promote easy transmission of ideas and conversations. "This means that I don't define YouTube videos as social media. Social media can contain conversations long and short, critical or casual, studied or whimsical. Doing the "Social" Part of Social Media Requires Intellectual Dexterity Comparing Old Media and New Media 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Social Networking Policies: Best Practices For Companies. Rudimentary forms of social networking have existed for more than a decade, but the past few years have witnessed an incredible increase in the use of social networking tools (sometimes called "Web 2.0"). Time spent on social networks now exceeds time spent on email, signaling a social, business and technology paradigm shift. Continued development and expansion of social networking services and use seems inevitable. For companies, the social networking phenomenon presents a new set of challenges. Social networking may offer a host of advantages, improving efficiency and spreading marketing messages at very low cost. But social networking also presents significant risks, and the trade-offs between efficiencies and risk may be difficult to weigh.

Worse, even when companies try to ban or regulate social networking, ingenious employees may find ways to evade the company's directions. What Is Social Networking? What Are The Benefits Of Social Networking For Companies? Beyond Social Networking: Building Toward Learning Communities - Viewpoint Beyond Social Networking: Building Toward Learning Communities Web 2.0 tools have critically elevated the social networking activity and skills of individuals.

Not only are young people highly active in social networks, but older individuals are also showing a huge increase in their use of these tools. The attraction of older age groups is, of course, social connection and community building among professional and casual peers and friends. The following graph of a Pew Internet study shows the various age groups and the increase of use. Much has been written recently about the impact of social networking tools in teaching and learning and how educators can build on the skills of their students in using these tools. What Social Networking Offers to Learning The most effective pedagogical approach using new technology is social constructivism, as it builds on social interaction and engagement, which is at the heart of Web 2.0 technology. A Brief History Of Social Media.

Social media isn’t really “new.” While it has only recently become part of mainstream culture and the business world, people have been using digital media for networking, socializing and information gathering – almost exactly like now – for over 30 years: The Phone Phreaking Era (1950′s – Early 90′s) Social media didn’t start with computers, it was born on “line” – on the phone.

Phone phreaking, or the rogue exploration of the telephone network, started to gain momentum in the 1950′s. Phone phreaks weren’t motivated by fraud, but rather, they were technophiles and information addicts trapped in a telecom monopoly long before Skype or “free nights and weekends” existed. (Calling a friend in another state could rack up a $40/hr charge.) These early social media explorers built “boxes“… homemade electronic devices that could generate tones allowing them to make free calls and get access to the experimental back end of the telephone system. Bulletin Board Systems (BBS’s) – (1979 – 1995) Student Bloggers. The Bloggers' FAQ on Student Blogging addresses legal issues arising from student blogging. It focuses on blogging by high school (and middle school) students, but also contains information for college students. Do Public School Students Have Free Speech Rights under the First Amendment? Absolutely. Both minors and adults have First Amendment rights, and according to the Supreme Court, public school students don't "shed their constitutional right to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.

" See Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969). But I'm a Private School Student — What About Me? You also have First Amendment rights, but those rights only protect you from government censorship, not private censorship. Also keep in mind that even though your private school may have the right to enforce a stupid rule, that doesn't make it any less stupid. Can Public Schools Censor or Punish Students' On-Campus Speech? Joyner v. However, in Hosty v. Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee, November 2008 By: National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), Student Television Network (STN), Media Commission of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME), and Visual Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) WHAT THIS ISThis document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.

Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances -- especially when the cultural or social benefits of the use are predominant. It is a general right that applies even in situations where the law provides no specific authorization for the use in question -- as it does for certain narrowly defined classroom activities. WHAT THIS ISN’TThis code of best practices does not tell you the limits of fair use rights. Robert W. Overview | Teaching Copyright. As today's tech-savvy teens become increasingly involved with technology and the Internet for learning, work, civic engagement, and entertainment, it is vital to ensure that they understand their legal rights and responsibilities under copyright law and also how the law affects creativity and innovation.

This curriculum is designed to give teachers a comprehensive set of tools to educate students about copyright while incorporating activities that exercise a variety of learning skills. Lesson topics include: the history of copyright law; the relationship between copyright and innovation; fair use and its relationship to remix culture; peer-to-peer file sharing; and the interests of the stakeholders that ultimately affect how copyright is interpreted by copyright owners, consumers, courts, lawmakers, and technology innovators.

Unit Goals Educate students about copyright law, including the concepts of fair use, free speech, and the public domain. Objectives for Students Assessment. 10 Must-Haves for Your Social Media Policy. Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. A few weeks ago, I wrote that your organization should have a social media policy, and one of the things I heard among all the great comments was: "Okay, but what should it say?

" There are generally two approaches to social media policy making. Some organizations handle social media in an evolutionary way. Chad Houghton, the director of e-media and business development at the Society for Human Resource Management, told me that he thinks, “it might be beneficial not to create some arbitrary rules without first seeing where the opportunities and risks really are.” Other organizations, meanwhile, feel more comfortable establishing a clear policy from the outset. IBM, for example, has published their social media guidelines publicly for anyone to read. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Sample social media policy. Faux Friendship - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher. William Deresiewicz discusses the shaky future of friendship on New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth Wednesday, December 16 at 12:40 p.m.

Listen to the episode here. "…[a] numberless multitude of people, of whom no one was close, no one was distant. …"—War and Peace "Families are gone, and friends are going the same way. " We live at a time when friendship has become both all and nothing at all. Yet what, in our brave new mediated world, is friendship becoming? How did we come to this pass? The rise of Christianity put the classical ideal in eclipse. The classical notion of friendship was revived, along with other ancient modes of feeling, by the Renaissance. Classical friendship, now called romantic friendship, persisted through the 18th and 19th centuries, giving us the great friendships of Goethe and Schiller, Byron and Shelley, Emerson and Thoreau.

Add to this the growth of democracy, an ideology of universal equality and inter-involvement. And so we return to Facebook. How Social Media Has Changed Us. Mike Laurie works at London agency Made by Many where he helps design social digital stuff. You follow him on Twitter @mikelaurie. Over the last 10 years, we've seen social media galvanize thousands over politics, create as many industries as it has destroyed, and offer an abundance of visual and audio entertainment.

But has all this incredible change actually changed us, or just the world we live in? Below are some areas in which social media has had lasting, and arguably permanent effects on the ways in which we live. Child Literacy It stands to reason that children who read and write more are better at reading and writing. Ambient Intimacy Lisa Reichelt, a user experience consultant in London coined the very pleasant term "ambient intimacy. " Consider the many communications technologies through history — the telephone, Morse code, semaphore, carrier pigeons, smoke signals — they are all fairly inconvenient and labor intensive. Knowledge Was Power The Reinvention of Politics Marketing Flux. "Social Awareness" To Replace Social Networking. The Internet of Things is fast approaching and with it comes Web 3.0, where "social awareness" will replace "social networking. " Soon tweets and status updates will become fully automated and generated by the world around us versus us ever having to touch a keyboard again.

Ambient intelligence systems are being developed with sensors and smart objects that will instantaneously create awareness about our whereabouts. This data will then be shared with our social networking and messaging platforms. Our friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter will be alerted automatically without us ever having to manually tweet or post a status update. Achilles KameasAchilles Kameas, a senior researcher at the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (raCTI) of Patras, Greece coordinated the EU-funded ASTRA project which brought together researchers from multiple disciplines, including psychology, interaction design, knowledge engineering and computer science. See you on the other side! Developing a School or District Technology Plan.

ISSUE: To realize the benefits of technology, schools must develop a plan for integrating technology into the curriculum. An effective technology plan is based on the shared vision of educators, parents, community members, and business leaders who have technological expertise. It ensures that technology strengthens existing curricula and supports meaningful, engaged learning for all students. It also specifies how the technology will be paid for and how its use will be supported. OVERVIEW: Because technology continues to play an important role in modern industrial society, integrating technology into the schools will help prepare students to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

Schools that effectively use technology have a carefully designed technology plan that is a part of the overall school-improvement plan. How does a school system develop a technology plan, and what is included? The planning team then becomes responsible for the development of an overall technology plan. Teachers: Mobile Learning in Higher Education. Viewpoint Mobile Learning in Higher Education Multiple connections in customized learning spaces The term "Nomadic" has been used to describe the current college students' culture of wireless and mobile connectedness in the sense that they are not "rooted" but incredibility flexible and fluid when it comes to their social connections and their virtual life culture.

This refers not only to their uses of social networking tools but also to the reality that they are connected wirelessly in any situation and for any reason. They are essentially nomads when it comes to their life "space. " Bryan Alexander, in his article, Going Nomadic: Mobile Learning in Higher Education (2004) says, "More broadly, mobile and wireless computing has altered the rhythms of social time and has changed uses of social space. " 14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza. Digiteen - Digital Etiquette. Teens with more screen time have lower-quality relationships. Social Networking Nightmares. Teaching Kids to Manage their Digital Footprint - 140 Character. Why Social Media Curriculum is Critical in Schools - 140 Charact. The 11 Rules of Social Media Etiquette. Day 2 futures education course – Trends @ Dave’s Educational Blo. The Definitive Guide to Cell Phone No-No's.