Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 08/06/2010

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  • New ID theft targets kids’ Social Security numbers | Washington Examiner – Annotated

    The new Identity theft steals children’s social security numbers before they have bank accounts.

    tags: education digital_safety

  • Josh Silver: Google-Verizon Deal: The End of The Internet as We Know It – Annotated

    Net neutrality — NOT going to happen.

    Verizon is going to serve up certain content faster if they pay for this. I use a Verizon Mi-Fi card and should this be what happens (looks like it is) then I’ll be looking for a net-neutral internet provider.

    This in many ways is more than censorship – it is attention to the highest bidder. Companies already have the benefit in that they hire people to optimize their sites for search engines and boost their “ratings” however, still, links can and do rise to the top based upon what people write about them.

    However, now, the actual carrier of the internet service can bias how fast we access websites. That is not just unfair – it is undemocratic. It is capitalism communism in many ways and repugnant to those of us who appreciate that anyone can rise to the top.

    Speak out. This issue is overviewed in this article from the Huffington post.

    tags: education netneutrality

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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