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Happy New Year! And Public Domain Day

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Some history from Wikipedia: “It could have entered the public domain in four different years: first in 1955, renewed to 1986, then to 2003 by the Copyright Act of 1976, and then to 2023 by the Copyright Term Extension Act (also known pejoratively as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act”) of 1998. As of January 1st, it is available to all.

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National Bullying Prevention Month–October

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7% of high school students commit suicide, some because of cyberbullying: On October 7, 2003, Ryan Halligan committed suicide by hanging himself [after being cyberbullied by high school classmates]. 120+ Digital Citizenship Links on 22 Topics. 19 Topics to Teach in Digital Citizenship–and How.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

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Rogers (2003), including: Improvement in language arts. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Zeitz, 2008. Efficient usage of computers as writing, editing, and computing tools.

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October is National Bullying Prevention Month

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7% of high school students commit suicide, some because of cyberbullying: On October 7, 2003, Ryan Halligan committed suicide by hanging himself [after being cyberbullied by high school classmates]. 120+ Digital Citizenship Links on 22 Topics. 19 Topics to Teach in Digital Citizenship–and How. Click for his story.

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National Bullying Prevention Month

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7% of high school students commit suicide, some because of cyberbullying: On October 7, 2003, Ryan Halligan committed suicide by hanging himself [after being cyberbullied by high school classmates]. His body was found later by his older sister. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

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Enter the knowledge-based economy – a trending topic across sectors more or less from 2003 onward. As new challenges such as cognitive dissonance, fake news, digital addiction, cyberbullying and online predation emerged – students needed a more substantial arsenal of skills to navigate the digital terrain.

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Tech Tip #102: Doc Saved Over? Try This

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Tech Tip #81: I Have Office 2010; Everyone Else Has 2003–They Can’t Read My Stuff. She is the editor/author of dozens of tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Every time I do this, I’m a hero for ten minutes.