Getting+Started

=**SAFETY, PRIVACY, COPYRIGHT, AND EVALUATING WEBSITES** = =//Co////urtney Myers// =

 COPYRIGHT Copyright laws were put in place to protect someone's work, this includes writings, poems, music, and papers. A way to avoid copyright laws is [|cite the source] that you use. Claiming someone else's work for your own is a serious offense.

 SAFETY/PRIVACY
 * //In high school //- You could receive a failing grade on the paper you turned in that someone else wrote.
 * In college-  ‍ You could receive a failing grade and/or expulsion from the school. * At any time you could even get a fine and/or jail time.

__ //**[|FOR PARENTS]**// __ //**:**//
==//**﻿**// There are a lot of things on the internet that can be harmful to your children. Many companies have created programs and software that can block these sites and some websites even have their own safety block. What is most important though is that you monitor your children's activities online. == ==//**FOR KIDS:**// == == <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿ <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">You need to be aware that what you put on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, any website can be read by everyone, privacy modes or not. You should also know that what you put online can remain online for many years. It does not matter if you delete it or not. One more thing, people are now able to find someone with just a name and the name of the city you are living in, so be careful about what information you are publishing about yourself. ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: auto 0in;"> EVALUATING WEBSITES
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Five Critera for Evaluating Web Pages **


 * 1) ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Accuracy- are the facts true?  ===
 * 2) ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Authority- is the information posted by someone who knows what they are talking about ** ====
 * 3) ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Currency- is the information updated regularly? ** ====
 * 4) ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Objectivity - are both sides of the story expressed? ** ====
 * 5) ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Coverage - usually if more people know about it, then it is more likely to be true. ** ====

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Works Cited <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #365f91; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">//How to Copyright your Work: What is a Copyright.// Dir. Expertvillage. 2008. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">//Internet Danger Video.// Dir. KSYFS Productions. 2009. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Kapoun, Jim. 05 October 2010. //Evaluating Websites.// Cornell University. Retrieved on 25 April 2011 <[] Lohr, Steve. "How Privacy Vanishes Online." 16 March 2010. New York Times. Retrieved on 20 April 2011 [|www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/technology/17privacy.html]. ====<span style="color: #070788; font-size: 30px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**E-Readers in the Classroom** ==== <span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 70%;">//Elizabeth Varville//﻿ **

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<span style="color: #2c158e; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If you were to point to any aspect of the classroom that still hasn't covered substantial ground on it's trip into the 21st century, you would point to the textbook. The traditional textbook in some school districts is giving way to digital edition. Digital editions can dramatically reduce purchase price, eliminate loss and damage hassles, open a world of learning to students, and introduce <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">new forms of classroom practices to teachers. The following link provides information on school districts that currently have been successful in introducing the e-reader into the classroom.

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