Publication Type: Expert Study
Date: 6/26/2007Contact: Mary Ann Wolf, 410-647-6965
Amber Moore, 703-201-4893
Robin Scullin, 202-222-2345
State educational technology leaders are increasing their focus on ensuring students’ online safety, protecting personal data and information, and promoting ethical online behaviors (including fighting plagiarism, cyberbullying and copyright infringement), according to a new survey of states released today at the National Educational Computing Conference, the world's largest educational technology conference for teachers, administrators, and technology coordinators.
The survey, The Changing Media Landscape: Ensuring Students’ Safety and Success in School & the Future Workplace, was conducted by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) of their members in cooperation with Cable in the Classroom, the national education foundation of the cable industry, to better understand the evolving challenges and opportunities offered by technology and to help develop best practices and standardized tools to address these issues nationwide.
A press release on the study is linked below.
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is the principal association for state directors of technology and their staff members providing professional development and leadership around the effective use to technology in education to enhance competitiveness in the global workforce.The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is the principal association for state directors of technology and their staff members providing professional development and leadership around the effective use to technology in education to enhance competitiveness in the global workforce. For more information, visit www.setda.org.
Cable in the Classroom (CIC), the cable industry's education foundation, works to expand and enhance learning for children and youth. Created in 1989 to help schools take advantage of educational cable programming and technology, CIC has become a leading national advocate for media literacy education and for the use of technology and media for learning, as well as a valuable resource of educational cable content and services for policymakers, educators and industry leaders.
Cable in the Classroom (CIC), the cable industry's education foundation, works to expand and enhance learning for children and youth. Created in 1989 to help schools take advantage of educational cable programming and technology, CIC has become a leading national advocate for media literacy education and for the use of technology and media for learning, as well as a valuable resource of educational cable content and services for policymakers, educators and industry leaders.
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