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Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age

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Officials responsible for discipline at colleges suggested that many students simply do not grasp that using words they did not write is a serious academic misdeed.

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App Watch: Phoning From the iPad

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Apple’s iPad doesn’t technically offer the ability to make phone calls, but New York-based voice over IP phone system provider M5 Networks has figured out a way to offer clients the capability through an app.

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'Digital drugs' at Mustang High School have experts warning of slippery slope

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As digital drugs or i-dosing appears in Oklahoma, experts warn that it's not the sounds themselves that should worry parents. The websites where the tones are sold entice young people down a slippery slope, they say.

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Computers at Home: Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality

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Researchers measuring a home computer’s educational value to a schoolchild in a low-income household are finding that test scores tend to go down, not up.

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The Medium Is the Medium

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David Brooks -- The Internet culture has yet to incorporate the literary culture of traditional bookish learning.

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Did You Know 4.0 (2009)

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Shift Happens -- revised. Resources to learn more about the shifts that are occurring in our world and their implications for K-12 and higher education.

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Did You Know?/Shift Happens (2008)

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Learn more about the shifts that are occurring in our world and their implications for K-12 and higher education.

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Did You Know 2.0

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Karl Fisch's Shift Happens -- Revised

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Greyson Chance turns into music industry model

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The sudden rise to celebrity status of a 12-year-old Edmond student has music industry experts and artists looking to social media such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube to revolutionize the entertainment business.

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Judge closes trial's Internet window

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 0)
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In a medical negligence case, the court clerk was told to block online access to public documents.

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Digital age can heighten public access quandary

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Oklahoman Editorial -- Time was judges concerned about how outside influences might affect jurors would admonish them not to watch TV or read the papers. Those days are long gone, and have been for awhile. The digital age has taken care of that.

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Encouraging the Text Generation to Rediscover Its Voice

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When a group of students at Riverdale Country School went a day without text messages, they rediscovered the freedom of youth.

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Voilà! A Better e-Course

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Carnegie Mellon meets the challenge of teaching a foreign language to a solitary online student.

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Common Sense Media

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Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

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