Site asks social networkers to rethink revelations
As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind students and others that letting everyone know where you are --…
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Father: School shooting suspect might have contacted students online
Among items seized from the room of a man accused of wounding two students at a Colorado middle school on Feb. 23 were photos of youths who appear…
Universities mull role of tenure in UAH shootings
Questions about how universities handle tenure decisions have arisen after Amy Bishop, a professor at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus, was accused of killing three colleagues from…
Study: Too few schools are teaching cyber safety
Students aren’t getting enough instruction in school on how to use technology and the internet in a safe and responsible manner, a new poll suggests.
Experts: Schools can track laptops less intrusively
School officials in Pennsylvania who admit remotely activating webcams to locate missing laptops could have used far less intrusive methods of finding the machines, such as GPS tracking…
Schools fall victim to P2P security breaches
Peer-to-peer file sharing in schools and colleges has come under scrutiny again after a Federal Trade Commission probe turned up massive security breaches that made student grades, Social…
Notification delay surfaces in Alabama shootings
Nearly an hour passed before University of Alabama at Huntsville officials dispatched emergency notification to students and faculty after fatal shootings allegedly committed by a professor, raising new…
Professor accused of killing 3 in tenure dispute
Tragedy rocked the University of Alabama campus in Huntsville Feb. 12 when a female biology professor allegedly gunned down six colleagues, three of them fatally, in an apparent…
Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2009: No. 5
Online learning might prove disruptive to education, but it also helped many schools avoid a disruption to the learning process as hundreds of schools closed temporarily amid swine-flu…
Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2009: No. 9
Despite the growth in internet safety education over the past year, one alarming trend continued to get worse: "sexting," or the act of sending explicit photos or text…
Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2009: No. 10
In November, the Federal Communications Commission proposed new rules stating that schools and libraries receiving federal e-Rate funding would have to submit proof they've implemented web-safety education programs…
FTC: Virtual worlds pose real threat to minors
Minors are able to access explicit content in virtual worlds without much difficulty, and the operators of those virtual worlds should take steps to keep that content away…
Student’s beating might be tied to Facebook posting
Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California might have been targeted after an internet posting urged students to beat…
Utah, video-gaming industry launch web safety initiative
On Nov. 18, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, announced the availability of a free program --…
Prince George’s schools to salvage computer system
An investigation by Prince George's County, Md., school officials found the SchoolMax scheduling system that snarled the first days of the new school year had significant shortcomings that…
Treating kids on the web in a new way
San Jose Mercury News columnist Larry Magid spent part of last week in Washington, D.C., attending a gathering that turned out to be a "watershed moment in the…
Judge: District’s visitor ID system is OK
A federal judge ruled Aug. 18 that a computerized background-check system made by Raptor Technologies does not violate the constitutional rights of parents and other school visitors who…
Feds issue more guidance on swine flu
Schools and colleges should be ready with hard-copy packets and online lessons to keep learning going even if swine flu sickens large numbers of students this year, U.S.…
Schools gear up for swine flu shots
Hundreds of schools are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days…
Study: Campuses unprepared for catastrophe
Most colleges and universities are prepared to respond to bomb threats, hazardous material spills, and severe weather, but only a small fraction of campuses have policies that would…
Flooding causes evacuations at U. of Louisville
Employees were evacuated by boat from a flooded building at the University of Louisville on Aug. 4 after heavy rain pounded the region, submerging cars up to their…