Daily Spotlight on Education 10/24/2008

• Where do you draw the line between having fun and being inappropriate online? Is it different online than offline? - Digi Teen

  Another amazing discussion here on digital citizenship and appropriate behavior. So many teachable moments on this project.

  tags: education, digitalcitizenship, digital_responsibilities, digital_communications, digital_safety

• War in Iraq - Digi Teen

  Students have such a way of working things out. I'm in tears looking at these -- maybe this is oversimplified - but these are 8th and 9th graders. Look at this.

  tags: education, politics, war

• Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Canned Responses

  Canned responses are a very cool feature. I'm going to have to play with this and see what happens, but I've been dying for a canned response like this - or one I can save and customize. I'll see what turns up after I play with this.

  tags: Google, education

• FOXNews.com - Cyberbullying: Parents, Tech Companies Join Forces to Keep Kids Safe - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

  Excellent article on cyberbullying and an example of a girl who was harrassed online and killed herself. This sort of thing is tragic and we should consider what we think aboutinternet harrassment penalties, particularly against children.
  
  There are mention of several websites including one I'd never heard of called CyberBully Alert.

  tags: ad4dcss, education, high_school, cyberbullying, digital_safety, middle_school, digital_law, worldonline, www_world, social_entrepreneurship

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