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Subject: Re: Technology Issues for Educators
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Elizabeth-This is a bit of a last minute question, but I have to present at
an Asian Seminar on Friday. Does the Library have any material on Asia/
American wars in Asia/ Asian Americans???? If you have anything off the top
of your head, could you please advise? Thank you, Marta Brooks
At 06:29 PM 10/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Perhaps of interest from the current (10/29/99) Scout Report:
>Betty
>
>5. Two on K-12 Education and Information Technology
>Acceptable Use Policies: A Handbook
>http://www.pen.k12.va.us/go/VDOE/Technology/AUP/home.shtml
>CTER White Papers on Technology Issues for Educators
>http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/
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>These two sites address a number of issues related to K-12 education
>and the use of information technology (IT). The first, provided by
>the Virginia Department of Education Technology Division, offers
>guidelines for the appropriate use of computer networks. These
>guidelines are generally known as Acceptable Internet Use Policy, or
>AUP, and are comprised of "a written agreement . . . signed by
>students, their parents and their teachers, outlining the terms and
>conditions of Internet use-rules of online behavior and access
>privileges." Rather than set out a single AUP, this online handbook
>features a collection of selected resources to help administrators,
>teachers, library media specialists, and parents develop their own
>local AUP. The handbook includes links to examples of various
>components of an AUP, sample policies from Virginia and other states,
>and a selection of templates. The second resource features white
>papers written by teams of teachers and other K-12 personnel enrolled
>in a Masters program called CTER: Curriculum, Technology, and
>Educational Reform at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign in
>the spring of 1999. The topics covered include Access Issues;
>Credibility and Web Evaluation; Free Speech vs. Censorship; Privacy;
>Commercialism; Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Plagiarism; and
>Computer Crime and Technology Misuse. The layout and content of each
>of the seven white papers varies, but most are presented as easily
>navigated Webpages ("An Educator's Guide To...") rather than simple
>digitized text. [MD]
>
> From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999.
>http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
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