Recent Changes

Chapter 10 - Ethical and Legal Aspects of Teaching with Technology
Updates Submitted by Monica Vincent
AlthoughUpdate: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Location: Page 251
Suggestion: Website needs to be corrected; www.eff.org
Although the information this textbook. Additionally, i would recommend including additional information about bullying via instant messaging, cellphones and/or social networks.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998:
http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm

Chapter 10 - Ethical and Legal Aspects of Teaching with Technology
Updates Submitted by Monica Vincent
Updates: Coming Soon!
Location:
Suggestions:Although the information in this chapter remains timely and useful, in recent years it's become more evident that state education departments as well as local school districts are proactively promoting the Internet’s instructional benefits while protecting students from its risks. Legislation has been passed requiring school districts to develop and enforce acceptable policies and guidelines for both teachers and students as well as installing filtering software to avoid acces to harmful material. Herein are examples of information that can be included in the next edition of this textbook.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998:
http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm
Harris Interactive Report (Cyberbullying):
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/k12news/HI_TrendsTudes_2007_v06_i04.pdf
US DOE-Office of Educational Technology (Internet Safety):
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/safety.html
NJ-South Brunswick-Brooks Crossing Elementary School (Internet Safety):
http://www.sbschools.org/schools/bc/technology/internet_safety.php
Internet Access in US Public Schools & Classrooms: 1994-2005:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007020.pdf
SIF Certification:
http://certification.sifinfo.org/

Location: pg 201 top third of page
Suggestions: Macromedia products were purchased by adobe - the Adobe version of Director can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/products/director/
Update #5: HyperStudio (KnowledgeAdventure)
Location: middle of page 201
Suggestions:
last edit: 10/15/08 at 4:14 CST - while sitting in HyperStudio can be found here: http://www.mackiev.com/hyperstudio/index.html
Update #6: Authorware (Macromedia)
Location: pg 200, last two lines of text
Suggestions: Since purchasing all software from Macromedia, Adobe plans to discontinue Authorware: From the Albuquerque airportsite: "Adobe plans to discontinue development of Authorware, the visual authoring tool for creating rich-media e-learning applications for delivery on corporate networks, CD/DVD, and the Web"
I suggest removing the reference to Authorware altogether, or making mention that it is now owned by Adobe and they plan to discontinue its production
Update #7: Mathmatica
Location: pg 204, very bottom of page
Suggestions: While Wolfram still owns the rights to Mathematica, the website URL has changed. I suggest updating the link to either http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/index.html or the more general www.wolfram.com
Update #8: Maple (Waterloo Maple)
Location: pg 205, very top of page
Suggestions: The home page of www.maplesoft.com can be a little off-putting; it almost appears to be a business site, not a site for academic purposes - software or other wise. I would include a more specific URL that loinks directly to a page that is related to "Maple"
the URL is: http://www.maplesoft.com/products/Maple/

Chapter 8 coming soon! Look for them
Chapter 8: Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Presentation Systems
Updates by Noon, Oct 14!Jan Parker
Update # 1: Encarta
Location: pg. 200 top third of page
Suggestions: New link to Encarta: http://encarta.msn.com/
Update # 2: Curriculum Associates
Location: pg. 200 bottom third of page
Suggestions: New link to Curriculum Associates: http://www.curriculumassociates.com/
Update # 3: Postcards
Location: pg. 200 bottom third of page
Suggestions: A search of the Curriculum Associates site did not bring up and product named "Postcards" I suggest removing the reference altogether
Update # 4: Director (Macromedia)
Location: pg 201 top third of page
Suggestions: Macromedia products were purchased by adobe - the Adobe version of Director can be found here: http://www.adobe.com/products/director/
Update #5:
Location:
Suggestions:
last edit: 10/15/08 at 4:14 CST - while sitting in the Albuquerque airport

Chapter 8 updatescoming soon! Look for them by Noon, Oct 14!

Updates by Chris Townsend
-UPDATE #1: Touch Sensitive Screens, with Edmark TouchWindow specifically mentioned
-LOCATION: Pg. 170 end and beginning of 171

-SUGGESTIONS: Replace with reference to newest version ( Dragon Naturally Speaking ) and add reference to built in voice recognition capabilities in Windows operating systems.
-UPDATE #3: Adaptive output devices, with minimal reference to text to speech except brief mention of digitized speech
-LOCATION: Pg. 171 bottom of page172 middle
-SUGGESTIONS: Add reference to JAWS for Windows ( JAWS Home Page ), referencing both the text to speech ability and the advanced braille output ability and add reference to built in text-to speech capabilities in Windows operating systems.
-UPDATE #4: List of Software to assist Students with Disabilities
-LOCATION: Pg. 174-180
-SUGGESTIONS: Remove 'dead links' and update by adding new software from this article.