Flipping the iPad Enabled Classrom (Part 2 of 2)
Should All Personal Information Be Encrypted? | Adam Levin
As we roll out the technology to implement the Affordable Care Act -- with millions of Americans signing up for the first time -- attempts to find and exploit weaknesses in the system are bound to increase.
NSA Veterans: The White House Is Hanging Us Out to Dry
'There has been no support for the agency from the President, and this has not gone unnoticed.'
Isolation is now a choice educators make. | The Principal of Change
George Couros designs dynamic programs to infuse innovation into teaching and leadership, equipping educators with strategies for immediate impact and
EC3 Spotlight - Writer's Workshop and the iPad #ec3ta13 #iPad #eclead @mray
Writing Workshop, Part 1 | huffenglish.com
Of the subjects I proposed in my previous post, Writing Workshop received the most #1 votes. Google Docs rubrics received more votes if you count #2 and #3+ votes, but since I technically didn̵…
We still haven't reached the tipping point in Ed Tech.
Over the past two weekends I have attended regional conferences where teachers that teach the sciences and that teach academically advanced students, gathered for professional development. On both...
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teachers-technology-and-writing/Summary-of-Findings.aspx
Education World: Digital Tools for Teaching the Scientific Method
From forming a hypothesis to reporting findings, these apps and web-based tools support budding scientists.
Don't Snoop Me Bro Tunnel
Own the key to your privacy online. | Check out 'Don't Snoop Me Bro Tunnel' on Indiegogo.
Spy Agencies Exploit IT Vulnerabilities
Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data
Schools across the country are looking at new online ways to integrate and analyze information about their students. But privacy advocates remain wary.
EdTech 10: No Shutdown Here - Getting Smart by Getting Smart Staff - CE13,
October is Connected Educators Month and that means things are working, probably even faster than usual. With this much great stuff happening in schools, there’s really no time for shutting down.
Flipping the iPad Enabled Classroom (Part 1 of 2)
Curriculum Is More Important Than Learning Technology
The overwhelming amount of information will surely impede learning for many students in the absence of teaching grounded in good curriculum.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2425215,00.asp#
http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/224805/how-tablets-are-changing-the-way-writers-work/
Google has been secretly harvesting the passwords of all Wi-Fi devices ever
Explore – I deal with writer’s block by lowering my...
Mobile data security remains weak
Coalfire surveyed 400 individuals working in a variety of industries across North America who are not affiliated with their company's IT department.
Employees keep using personal cloud services to store work documents
Nearly 30% of employees are using personal cloud services to store work-related documents, according to a survey conducted at recent technology trade
NSA employee spied on nine women without detection, internal file shows
Twelve cases of unauthorised surveillance documented in letter from NSA's inspector general to senator Chuck Grassley
Anonymous Browsing: Comparing Tor, JonDo, VPN and web proxies
How your identity gets swiped even if you're careful
Obama’s Flip-Flop on Spying
By Jacob Sullum - President Obama claims he welcomes the public debate over government surveillance programs that track personal information about millions of innocent Americans. But if it were up to him, the debate never would have happened, since the programs would have remained secret. Furthermore, his administration is treating the whistleblower who made the debate possible as...
‘Innate need for privacy’: Rick Falkvinge talks freedom and surveillance
The difference between privacy and anonymity, Internet freedom and NSA surveillance, and the future of the web - at RT’s Google Hangout, Rick Falkvinge answers the most pressing questions that concern all Internet users in their everyday lives.
How to Encrypt the Data on Your Android Phone or iPhone
Corner Office Lessons in Leadership
From time to time I like to pick up useful advice intended for people in business, and apply it to education. One of my favorite sources is the New York Times feature “The Corner Office.̶…
Schneier on Security: Senator Feinstein Admits the NSA Taps the Internet Ba
We know from the Snowden documents (and other sources) that the NSA taps the Internet backbone through secret agreements with major US telcos., but the US government still hasn’t admitted it. In late August, the Obama administration declassified a ruling from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Footnote 3 reads: The term ‘upstream collection’ refers to NSA’s interception of Internet communications as they transit [LONG REDACTED CLAUSE], [REDACTED], rather than to acquisitions directly from Internet service providers such as [LIST OF REDACTED THINGS, PRESUMABLY THE PRISM DOWNSTREAM COMPANIES]...
A Visual Guide For Teachers New To Apple iPads bit.ly/15lZqfk #edtech #ipa