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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance. CIPA requires schools and libraries to install measures to protect children from obscene or harmful content in exchange for discounts offered by the E-rate program.

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New Year, New Look for Our Scope and Sequence

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You might have noticed the new look and feel for our Digital Citizenship curriculum interactive Scope & Sequence. We simply refreshed the look to better show how all our offerings work together to support you in incorporating digital citizenship into your teaching. Many also incorporate videos!

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

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In a nutshell, CIPA requires that schools and libraries receiving E-Rate funding “block or filter Internet access to pictures that are: (a) obscene; (b) child pornography; or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors).” Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies.

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Allsides: Curating diverse perspectives (or looking at news from most sides now)

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The see news ratings for each story and can filter for perspective and trace a story back in time. The AllSides Bias Rating , reflects. New source bias ratings. That produces a fair, verifiable bias rating. I see rich opportunities for librarian-led conversations about these ratings. Do you agree with the rating?

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Learning Revolution Week's Events - Evernote in the Classroom - Yong Zhao - Google+ vs. Ning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

These skills and much more can be applied through Graphite, a free service by Common Sense Media. Thursday, June 12th at 3:30pm in Atherton, CA Common Sense Media: Making a Better World: Digital Citizenship For K-12 , As student devices are being integrated into schools, helping students be good digital citizens is more important than ever.

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