eSN This Week: 'Fair use' confusion threatens media literacy

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'Fair use' confusion threatens media literacy http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7430 In an age when digital images and recordings to supplement and enhance education are abounding, unnecessary restrictions and a lack of understanding about copyright law are comprising the goal of using such technology in the classroom, says a new report. After interviewing educators, educational media producers and media-literacy organizations, the report's researchers conclude that educators have no shared understanding of what constitutes fair-use practices, and that teachers face conflicting information about their rights, and their students' rights, to use copyrighted works.  Full Story GRANT ALERT ... Teaching American History Grant Program http://www.eschoolnews.com/erc/funding/opps.cfm#1871 The Teaching American History Grant Program supports projects that aim to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American... | Full Story Deadline: November 9, 2007 WEEK'S TOP NEWS ... Internet2 upgrades to 100 Gbps http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7433 Officials from the ultra high-speed advanced networking consortium Internet2 have announced that efforts to upgrade the network's infrastructure--including a substantial boost in its overall operating speed--are complete. Among the cutting-edge capabilities of the new Internet2, which connects more than 200 member universities to aid in research and education, is the capability for university researchers to connect through a high-speed link from one research facility to another. | Full Story Illegal downloader ordered to pay $222K http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7429 A federal jury on Oct. 4 ordered a 30-year-old Minnesota woman to pay $222,000 for sharing copyrighted music online, marking the first time one of the industry's lawsuits against an individual downloader had gone to trial. The defendant, Jammie Thomas, a single mother of two sons, said she would appeal. | Full Story Intel hosts 'Academy Awards for education' http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7431 On Oct. 4, the six winners of the 2007 Intel Schools of Distinction Awards were honored in Washington, D.C., for their exceptional use of technology to enhance math and science education. The award, though, was more than just a handsome check ... it was an evening of royalty. | Full Story Shooting rips Cleveland tech school http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7432 Three students and two adults were taken to hospitals Wednesday after a teenage student who had been suspended earlier in the week opened fire at SuccessTech Academy, an alternative school in Cleveland, and then apparently killed himself. | Full Story eSN TV Video ... eSN TechWatch: New Technology Tools for Schools -- October 15, 2007 http://www.eschoolnews.com/video/index.cfm?v=258&f=420 A real-time "virtual interpreter" for hearing-impaired students, a new social-networking web site for teachers, and more. Watch with Windows Media Watch with Quicktime MP4 SPECIAL REPORT ... How to Afford More Digital Content http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStorysr.cfm?ArticleID=7155 Educators want fast, affordable digital content. They want it everywhere, all the time. And they want it within tight budgets. To get all that, tech-savvy educators have discovered the economies of delivering voice, video, and data over a single wireless network. In this Special Report from the editors of eSchool News, you'll find out where and how educators are getting maximum digital content at a minimum costs. Read all about it now: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStorysr.cfm?ArticleID=7155 PARTNERS UPDATE ... The American Education Corporation offers three new high school elective courses http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/partners/showrelease.cfm?ReleaseID=3070 The American Education Corporation (AEC)--publisher of the A+anywhere Learning System (A+LS) curriculum courseware program--announced today that it has recently released three new high school elective courses for Psychology, Career Essentials, and Personal Finance. All three electives meet the requirements of a one-semester high school course and are incorporated into the existing A+LS management system. | Read More Promethean receives 2007 Award of Excellence http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/partners/showrelease.cfm?ReleaseID=3050 Technology & Learning Magazine has recognized Promethean, Inc. with the 2007 "Award of Excellence" for its Activstudio and Activprimary software solutions. | Read More Atomic Learning announces new tutorial series on Google docs http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/partners/showrelease.cfm?ReleaseID=3054 Atomic Learning, award-winning provider of Web-based software tutorials is excited to announce a new tutorial series on Google Docs and Spreadsheets. The series was released in late September and has quickly become a favorite at schools across the nation. | Read More Atomic Learning selected to receive Awards of Excellence Legacy Award http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/partners/showrelease.cfm?ReleaseID=3055 Technology & Learning magazine has awarded Atomic Learning the Awards of Excellence Legacy Award. The Legacy Award honors products that have stood the test of time and have evolved with the changing technology to continue to offer the highest quality experiences for educators and students. A panel of 30 educators test-drove more than 130 entries for Technology & Learning's Awards of Excellence. | Read More Berkery Noyes represents national trade productions in sale of three events to 1105 Media http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/partners/showrelease.cfm?ReleaseID=3058 Berkery Noyes, the leading independent investment bank serving the information, media and technology markets, announces that it represented Washington, DC-based National Trade Productions in its sale of three top-ranked public sector information technology trade shows to 1105 Media, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. | Read More Texas Woman's University and Spectrum K12 Solutions Inc. partner to prepare master teachers http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/partners/showrelease.cfm?ReleaseID=3031 Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc, the leading provider of comprehensive data management solutions for special populations in K-12 education and Texas Woman's University today announced that their collaborative effort to train future teachers of the deaf to use Encore to create successful, federally compliant Individual Education Plans (IEP)/Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) packets has exceeded all expectations. | Read More	October Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... Visit us online at http://www.eschoolnews.com every day for the latest news and resources all geared to help you stay on top of school technology. Get a video recap of October's top news with "TechWatch." Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/video Visit the daily updated Educator's Resource Center, where you'll find specific information on Collaboration and Storage, Teaching Effectively with Computers, Professional Development, and more. Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/erc/Challenges Get your own electronic copy of the Grants & Funding ALERT eMail newsletter for less than a dime a day (Now just $35 a year)! Everything you need to win technology grants you're looking for is now as close as your computer, available instantly via eMail. Get all the new grant opportunities just announced from federal, state and local agencies, community and corporate foundations, get up-to-the minute overviews of federal funding resources with deadlines and amounts and get grant-giver profiles complete with names, titles, and contact links. You'll go directly to the funding source, saving you valuable time. Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/ product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id29 Get Free Video News Content for your School. Get great video news content for your school including eSN-TV's critically acclaimed TechWatch newscast and the brand-new Visions of Innovation show and much, much more. eSN-TV programming for educators and education advocates is commercial free and copyright cleared. It's available to schools, school districts, colleges, and universities free of any charge. All schools and colleges are eligible to receive the same service at no charge Call 301-913-0115 ext 110 or email NThrush@eSchoolnews.com to learn more. It's FREE to all educators! Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com Register for Complimentary Subscriptions to eSchool News for the Fall! Register now for your FREE subscriptions to any or all the following FREE publications -- 1. eSchool News. Just go to https://www.eschoolnews.com/freeesn/index.cfm 2. Classroom News. Just go to https://www.eschoolnews.com/cn/index.cfm?go=re127 Don't forget, we now have a higher-education email publication, as well: 3. eCampus News. Just go and check the box to sign up. Go to http://www.eschoolnews.com/emailprofile/manage.cfm AND a Spanish-language eMail publication: 4. eScuela Americana. Just go to https://www.eschoolnews.com/escuela Educator's Resource Center ... Teaching Effectively with Computers http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/onlinelearning/index.cfm With a growing array of solutions at their disposal, more and more educators are integrating computers, laptops, and other technology into the classroom, and often with great success. Computer-based technologies offer rich new ways to reach students and fulfill curriculum goals, while bringing information to life for diverse kinds of learners. But teaching with computers also poses many challenges. | Full Story Enriching Education Through Digital Sharing http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/onlinelearning/index.cfm Thanks to new technologies, it's now easier than ever for schools and other organizations to create rich, online repositories of learning "objects" that students, teachers, and other users can draw upon at their own convenience to enrich their education. | Full Story Collaboration and Storage http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/collaborative_learning/ With many states and districts moving towards the 1:1 initiative, the question becomes, "How do we make this more cost effective for our school?" Buying personal computers for each student is expensive and difficult to maintain. Creating your own system can bog down your server and cannot be accessed outside of school due to firewall protections. So what is the best solution? | Full Story Professional Development http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/professionaldevelopment/ It's easy for today's educator to feel overwhelmed--in a complex and ever-changing educational environment, teachers are often expected to complete more in one day than they have time for in an entire week. They must, for instance, reach increasingly diverse student bodies, meet standards and assessments, integrate technology into the classroom, and meet certification requirements. | Full Story Minimizing classroom disruptions http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/minimizing_classroom_disruptions/ Computers and the internet have become welcome instructional tools in most schools, ushering a wealth of additional resources into today's classrooms. Unfortunately, they also bring with them the potential for unwanted distractions—such as online content that ranges from off-target, to inappropriate, material. | Full Story Dropout prevention and credit recovery http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/creditrecovery/ Educators nationwide are concerned about stemming the tide of high school dropouts. New data suggest the steep economic impact that dropping out of school can have on individuals, and on the economy as a whole. But whether it's for reasons of economic competitiveness, or simply as a moral imperative, giving students alternative paths to graduation is a top priority for many school leaders —and, fortunately, technology can help. | Full Story Accelerating Technology with eRate Support http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/eratefunding/ Since its inception 10 years ago, the $2.25 billion-a-year eRate has provided some $20 billion in telecommunications discounts to eligible schools and libraries. Through the eRate, qualifying institutions can receive up to 90 percent off the cost of internet and telephone services—quite a boon for cash-strapped schools. Thanks largely to this monumental federal program, the percentage of public school classrooms with internet access jumped from 14 percent in 1996 to 95 percent a decade later. | Full Story
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