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Education (CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act. Since 2000 this act…
Education
CIPA
Children’s Internet Protection Act. Since 2000 this act has provided filtering guidelines for schools and libraries to help protect students from accessing content that could be harmful.
To be CIPA compliant schools must implement policies that cover Minors access to the internet. The safety and security of student electronic communications.
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Internet Filtering
Internet Filtering also known as web filtering or internet restriction is a content restriction measure where an organization uses content control software with web filtering features to proactively restrict access to websites that are not good.
Internet Monitoring
Internet Monitoring also known as internet logging or web usage monitoring is the practice of using software to track websites visited. The data collected by the software is compiled into reports and analyzed to identify the web browsing habits of internet users within the workplace.
E learning
E Learning or electronic learning is a general phrase given to any teaching method that makes use of information technology. Telelearning takes place when the teacher and the student are in geographically separate locations. Blended learning as its name suggests involves a mixture of approaches.
VLE
VLE’s allow content to be uploaded and organized by topic week or date and accessed at the students own pace uploaded documents and files.
M Learning
Mobile Learning also called m learning is a form of telelearning where mobile technologies such as smart phones are used to access educational content.
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs and wikis have been adopted by many teachers to help their students learn. At their most basic, these technologies provide a cheap or free way to store electronic copies of lesson notes and related material which can help extend students' understanding of material covered in class.
Podcasting
Podcasts audio files distributed over internet using RSS feeds are cheap and easy to record and distribute requiring the minimum of hardware and software.
Open courseware
Open courseware is educational content which is free to distribute, use, and change usually distributed under a creative commons or similar license.
Game based learning
software which combines games playing with educational tasks sometimes called edutainment software has been popular since the availability of early home computers.
Web based exams
Advocates of the system claim the nature of the questions make it hard to cheat, since high quality answers require analysis and evaluation of information, while the Internet provides a quick and effective way to check facts
High tech cheating
Mobile phones are easily brought into the exam hall by students and then used to connect to the internet access notes.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is when work has been copied and pasted without attribution. These issues can be resolved easily by educating students on acceptable and unacceptable practice and teaching them how to write citations and bibliographies.
Combating Plagiarism
Technological solutions to fight plagiarism include using search engines to check the originality of phrases from student work, and using specialist anti plagiarism software.
Hardware Technologies
Software installed on the connected computer translates and processes touch inputs and can run dedicated interactive whiteboard applications such as games.
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Laptops in the classroom
Laptop handheld and tablet computers are slowly replacing traditional computer rooms in many schools. Laptops and other portable devices have the benefit of being accessible at any point during a lesson bringing information to the classroom rather than requiring the class to move to a dedicated computer room. With the move to laptops schools are starting to implement one laptop per student programmes either funded through school or with support from technology firms.