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Digiteen Global Project 2010-1Digiteen is a Flat Classroom™ Project.
UPDATE: This project runs from January - March 2010. Teachers, come and join us on Flat Classrooms to learn more about how to flatten your classroom. In addition, our portal has all Flat Classroom updates Welcome to the Digiteen 10-1 digital citizenship global project for January - March 2010. This is where schools and classrooms from around the world will discuss issues, research and take action to do with being online in the 21st century. The project also has a Digiteen Ning where students and teachers connect, interact, share multimedia and reflect on their experiences throughout the project. - Is dowloading movies online illegal? Video rental franchises such as Blockbuster and Hollywood Video are stepping up to the plate and are trying to give customers what they want—no late fees. Increasingly, because of low sell through prices, people are choosing to purchase movies over renting. In order to compete, many rental stores are offering inexpensive memberships and extended rental periods or no late fees - Should High Speed internet be a right to all internet users? France is one of the few countries that has made it a human right but Finland said it's the first country to make it a legal right. It's not clear whether those who can't get connection can sue the government for the violation. Since 1-megabit web access is dauntingly slow -- it's equivalent to DSL speed -- the government has pledged to expand the legal right to 100-megabit broadband access by the end of 2015. This news must come as a relief to Finns who have more important things to do than suffer the pain and frustration of a slow Internet connection. (There are allegedly 1.6 saunas for every Finn.) How fast is a 100-megabit connection? A Best Buy representative laughed and said, "Ridiculously fast," adding, "You'd be able to download a 500-megabyte file in only like five minutes." Getting Started
Digital Citizenship in EducationDigital citizenship can be described as knowing how to behave appropriately and responsibly with regard to technology use. Nine elements within three main areas have been identified that together make up digital citizenship. These are from the book Digital Citizenship in Schools' by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey. Digiteen 2010-1 Classrooms
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