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Three Lessons from the Google Docs Phishing Scam: K-12 Education Edition

Doug Levin

Earlier this week, an unknown person or persons launched a short-lived, but clever cyber attack against Google Docs’ users. Here is Google’s description of the incident and their response: “ Protecting you against phishing.” Comment from discussion New Google Docs phishing scam, almost undetectable.

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5 Companies to Watch in 2011

The Electric Educator

Note: This is the first of my series "5 things to watch in 2011" Future installments will include: Five people to follow in 2011 Five trends to watch in 2011 Five technologies to watch in 2011 Five blogs to read in 2011 The folks over at Prezi continue to make their presentation product more and more compelling.

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2011 Virtual School Symposium Recap

The Electric Educator

2011 iNACOL Virtual School Symposium This week I attended the 2011 Virtual School Symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hardware and Software vendors are not working together. Apple and Google, are resistant to support of these products. Over 1,900 educators interested in online learning were in attendance.

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Three Things Teachers Need to Spot—and Stop—Plagiarism

Edsurge

Teachers’ options include checking for plagiarism manually or using time-saving software designed for this very purpose. Plagiarism-detection software can address the most pressing needs of classroom educators faced with assessing students’ written work. Google Classroom integration. But time isn’t the only challenge.

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Key Thoughts from 2011 Horizon Report

The 21st Century Principal

To check out an online version of the Horizon Report 2011, see here. According to the 2011 Horizon Report, there are four key drivers to current educational technology practices. We have Skype, Google Docs, and aEdmodo, so the tools are there, we just need to make the connections with the world. Educational Technology'

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Boxlight and Globisens Release New Version of GlobiLab Analytical Software for the Labdisc

techlearning

– Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) (“Boxlight”), and K-12 science technology pioneer Globisens have released a new version of the GlobiLab analytical software for the Labdisc portable STEM lab. GlobiLab software communicates wirelessly with the Labdisc multi-sensor compact devices, allowing for full setup and control of the devices.

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PROOF POINTS: Free, no frills programs lead the class in new federal study of remote learning

The Hechinger Report

Classrooms or individual students had to be randomly selected to use the education software, with researchers comparing those students’ test results or grades with students who didn’t use it. Much of the educational software was actually used inside school buildings, not only at home. No small studies were allowed.

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