This will alarm you. Even when you take precautions with your privacy, some basic detective work in minutes can reveal private information that makes you or your children vulnerable to online predators.

Teresa, who did not realize the possible consequences of revealing her personal information online, is easily tracked by what she shares in a chatroom and instant message profile. Within minutes and just a few clicks of the mouse, important information about where she lives, what school she goes to, her schedule, and much more is available to anyone interested in knowing it.

Take a look at this video and find out just how easy it was.
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If you’re looking for an affordable web calendar application for your school calendar, look no further!

WebCalendar is a web-based calendar application. You can configure it as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, or as an event calendar viewable by visitors.

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Appearances can be deceiving! Does your children know who owns the websites that they’re retrieving information from? Do you? Do you know how to get the information? In this short video Alan November discloses in a workshop he conducted for parents at the Harvey School who really owns the top website that holds the #1 position for the keyword search “Martin Luther King.” Take a guess who the owner is; you’ll be surprised! In this short video Mr. November will show you how to identify the owner for each and every website online. Be an informed Internet surfer…for your sake and for your children’s. Read the rest of this entry »

Raising our children to be global thinkers in a world that is very different from what we grew up in is what technology guru Alan November believes will best prepare American students for today’s world.

And that’s not the only skill that’s important. Being able to deal with “massive” amounts of information - organizing it, understanding it, adding value to it will all be critical to students in this information-rich society.

Finally, college graduates will also need to be self-directed…not waiting for a boss to tell them what to do, they’ll need to adapt to an ever-changing world that is getting “flatter” by the day and have “very good global communication skills,” noted Mr. November.

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This is the ninth (and next to the last) in a series of ten (10) video tutorials showing you how to create a podcast with GarageBand using a Macintosh. In this short video Dave Brown, the AustralianMac, shows you how to add several graphics to your podcast, particularly for people listening to your podcast using their iPod (or other mp3 player), iTunes on their computer, or their iPhone. It also shows you how to make chapters and how to incorporate URLs with each chapter.

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